CORPORATE
+++ The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) has secured an investment from athlete-led private investment firm Athletic Ventures through to the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games +++
BRANDS
+++ Everlast has collaborated with Off-White to create a custom fight kit for Terence Crawford
+++ Eastside Golf has revealed “Take Flight,” its new collaborative shoe collection with Nike
+++ Amazfit has announced elite distance runner Grant Fisher as a new brand ambassador
+++ Former tennis world no. 2 Álex Corretja has become a new ambassador for padel equiment brand Starvie
+++ Mizuno Running is expanding its US field team with five new brand specialists and territory managers to boost its support for the category
COMMUNITY
+++ Technogym-backed Wellness Foundation will celebrate the tenth edition of “Wellness Week,” dedicated to exercise and healthy lifestyles, on Sept. 23-30
+++ The French Tennis Federation (FFT) is launching “Boost Padel,” a project for the construction of 500 padel courts at FFT-affiliated clubs throughout France
+++ Paris has hosted its first annual, large-scale “Fête du Sport,” with more than 2.5 kilometers dedicated to sports in the heart of France’s capital city
+++ Golf participation across Great Britain is surging to a record high, according to the latest Sporting InsightsRounds Played Monitor, with rounds played up 25 percent in the second quarter from the same period in 2024 +++
EVENTS
+++ At its Art and Design Gallery in New York on Sept. 18-26, the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) is hosting a cross-disciplinary exhibition, “Adapt / Evolve,” on adaptive and inclusive design to examine programs within FIT’s School of Art and Design, including fashion design, footwear and accessories design, graphic design, interior design, jewelry design and toy design
+++ A new full-distance Ironman triathlon, the Ironman San Juan, will debut on Nov. 1, 2026, in San Juan, Argentina
+++ The inaugural edition of Ironman Jacksonville, a new full-distance Ironman triathlon in northeastern Florida, will take place on May 16, 2026 +++
SOURCING
+++ France experienced a 5 percent drop in clothing exports and a 9 percent drop in textile exports in the first half of 2025, according to data from Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) +++
FINANCIAL
+++ Manchester United has announced record financial revenues of £666.5m (€764.9m) last year despite a challenging Premier League season in which it finished 15th
+++ World Athletics reported like-for-like revenues, excluding Olympic Dividend, of $59.8 million in the year ended December 2024, for a 10.5 percent increase on the previous year +++
PEOPLE
+++ Adam Harter has stepped down as LIV Golf’s Chief Marketing Officer after just over a year in the role
+++ London Marathon Events has named Heather McCormick as Group Communications and Public Affairs Director and Guy Fowles as Marketing Director
+++ Jean-Marc Gallot, most recently CEO of Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin (LVMH Group) has been appointed Managing Director of Ligue 1 football club Paris FC, in which the Arnault family acquired a majority stake in 2024
+++ The Rebel Sport parent’s board dismissed Group MD and CEO Anthony Heraghty effective immediately, upon receiving additional information about his affair with SRG’s chief human resources officer, Jane Kelly
+++ Greg Norman, the first CEO of LIV Golf, has announced his departure from the league
+++ Nike’s Chief Sustainability officer, Jaycee Pribulsky, is leaving the company after less than two years in the role
+++ British gym apparel brand Gymshark has appointed Rich Sanders as its new Chief Financial Officer, with immediate effect
+++ Global sports and entertainment marketing agency Fuse has hired Lucy Basden-Smith, most recently at Havas Play, as its new Managing Director +++
LEGAL
+++ VF Corp. has been named in a proposed shareholder class action filed in a Colorado district court, along with president and CEO Darrell Bracken, former CFO Matthew Puckett, and current EVP and CFO Paul Vogel +++
DISTRIBUTION
+++ Footwear brand Vionic, owned by Caleres, will be distributed in Italy by Veneto-based Asak&Co +++
RETAIL
+++ Oysho, Inditex’s sportswear brand, has opened a store – its first in the Netherlands – on Amsterdam’s Kalverstraat, a few steps from the iconic Dam Square
+++ Decathlon Spain, we learn from Diffusion Sport, has opened a 470-sqm store in Valencia, its 22nd in the eponymous autonomous community
+++ Anta Group plans to expand its retail presence in Southesast Asia to 1,000 stores within the next three years, Vice President Will Wang announced at the 2025 Asia New Vision Forum in Singapore
+++ Golf equipment brand Titleist has opened a standalone retail and fitting store in Pinehurst, North Carolina
+++ Decathlon has added five new padel Pro Shop spaces into its Spanish stores in Guadalmar (Málaga), L’illa (Barcelona), Ortega y Gasset (Madrid), and the Madrid municipalities of San Sebastián de los Reyes and Majadahonda, each with an average area of 70 square meters +++
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