Sporting Commission News Today

The Premiership are saying all the right things and, for the most part, doing them. They are listening. We asked for a derby weekend, off the back of France’s success with the venture, and we got it. We asked for international players to be available more readily, and we got it (perhaps more out of luck than judgement, with the sorry demise of three clubs). We asked for fantasy rugby, shot clocks, player mics, better highlights packages and more gravitas around the messaging and narrative...

Into allegations of manipulating the outcome of matches for betting purposes. the 22—year—olds ban will remain in place until the outcome of the investigation. there are people behind the scenes in every sport, trying to corrupt live sport every day of the world, every night of the week, it is going on all the time, and that is not about whether you are in the uk or wherever you are, there are various markets around the world where betting goes on and we have seen it in every sport, whether ...