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Stay updated on competition rule and format changes that could impact your services

By: Alex Roberts

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These resources give early visibility of competitions introducing new rules which may have a material impact on their trading.

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Updates from April 2023, you may have missed:

  • New rules introduced for F1’s Sprint Race by FIA:
    • Separate Qualifying Sessions: The sprint race now has its own qualifying session on Saturday called the “Sprint Shootout,” with Practice Two removed from the weekend schedule. Meanwhile, the qualifying session for the Grand Prix on Sunday takes place on Friday evening.
    • Modified Sprint Qualifying Format: Sprint qualifying will now consist of three sessions of 12, 10, and eight minutes, compared to 18, 15, and 12 for a full qualifying format. Teams must use new tires in each session, starting with medium compound tires and ending with soft tires.

Updates from March 2023, you may have missed:

  • New rules to be implemented during the 2023 IPL (Indian Premier League) season:
    • Teams now need to pick five substitutes alongside their playing 11, with one of the five substitutes allowed to come on at any stage of the match as an Impact Player as elected by the captain of the team. The Impact Player can bat and bowl (unlike a substitute who is only allowed to field). The player replaced by the Impact Player cannot take any further part in the match.
    • Team captains will carry two team sheets to the toss and submit their preferred playing 11 after the toss.
    • Players can take DRS reviews for wides and no-balls.

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Updates from December 2020, you may have missed:

  • BNP Paribas Open to not be held March 8-21 2021 as originally scheduled. New tournament dates tbc.
  • CONCACAF to introduce VAR at 2021 Champions League and Gold Cup
  • ATP announces tour calendar up until April 4th 2021
  • WTA announces first seven weeks of 2021 tour
  • English League Cup final pushed back 2 months to April 25th. Final is due to take place at Wembley.
  • Inaugural NBL Cup to take place in Melbourne starting Febuary 20, 2021
  • NHL 2020-21 regular season schedule announced, starting January 13 2021 (56 games)
  • Billie Jean King Cup 2021 Finals and Playoffs moved to April 2021 (13-18 and 16-17 April respectively)
  • Amended tour dates: England to tour Sri Lanka and South Africa to tour Pakistan in January 2021
  • New competition: Indian Premier Handball League to launch December 24th
  • Tournament date change: Asean Football Federation moves Suzuki Cup National Team tournament to December 5, 2021 to January 1, 2022, cancelling the 2020 edition
  • Diamond League 2021 to return to 32 disciplines (had been 24 in the previous edition)
  • England and South Africa ODI Series abandoned due to COVID-19
  • Cyprus First Division to implement VAR from matchweek 14 / 11th December
  • England’s ODI Series versus the Netherlands rescheduled to 2022
  • Women’s Rugby World Cup to expand to 16 teams from 2025

Updates from November 2020:

  • EFL to increase the permitted number of substitutes to five in all EFL fixtures for the remainder of the 2021/21 season
  • Big Bash League implement three rule changes for upcoming competition