Nations Championship will bring a tectonic shift in sport, say rugby chiefs Rugby’s new Nations Championship, which starts next year and will pit the best of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres against each other, “signals a tectonic shift in the sport” says Six Nations CEO Tom Harrison. The biennial competition will comprise three rounds apiece in July and November followed by a three-day Finals Weekend, the inaugural [...]
It’s not the 90s, TNT deal for Six Nations wouldn’t hurt rugby Sport Business On the eve of this year’s men’s Six Nations bursts forth news that TNT Sports is preparing a bid for broadcast rights to the tournament from 2026. Cue mild hysteria at the possibility of rugby’s premier annual competition “disappearing” behind a TV paywall. An accelerant to the decline in mass interest in the sport or [...]
‘Confusing and chaotic’ schedule is threatening future of cricket, union warns Sport Business The global players’ union has launched a major review in a bid to find a way for international cricket and domestic leagues to “co-exist in a clear, coherent calendar”.