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Kentaro agrees football deals with Russia, Albania and Ukraine

Sports agency Kentaro Group yesterday announced marketing deals with the Russian Football Union (RFU), the Albanian Football Association and the Football Federation of Ukraine.

Under the deal with the RFU, which started with yesterday’s match against Slovakia, Kentaro will exclusively market the second and third-party TV rights of all Russia’s home qualification matches in the build up to Euro 2012.

In the other two deals, Kentaro will market the third-party broadcast and related media rights of all Albanian Euro 2012 qualification and friendly matches and additionally distribute the international media rights of all Ukraine´s friendly matches prior to Euro 2012.

Kentaro marketed the TV rights for over 250 matches in the build-up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup, including 90 per cent of South American qualifiers.

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