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The Vegas Golden Knights and LA Kings have become the latest NHL franchises to sign helmet sponsorship deals for the rescheduled 2020-21 season that got underway this week
Calcio’s Revolution: The Fall and Rise of Italian Football
Italian football’s golden era of the 1980s and early 1990s is a distant memory, but after falling from the summit, there are now signs that it is on its way back up.
Dangerous liaisons | The mafia has infiltrated calcio. Now it is looking beyond Italy
The ‘Ndrangheta – the Calabrian mafia – has successfully infiltrated football in Italy. As Frank Dunne explains, some fear that its influence may now be spreading to Spain and beyond.
Serie A details specifics of ‘territorial’ Mena rights tender
Lega Serie A has today (Friday) published its invitation to tender for broadcast rights in the Middle East and North Africa from 2021-22 to 2023-24, offering a region-wide package and individual packages…
M6 and TF1 offer stop-gap exposure solution to Ligue 1
Nicolas de Tavernost, chairman of M6, has written to France’s Professional Football League (LFP) proposing the French free-to-air commercial broadcaster as a short-term solution to the top-tier Ligue 1…
Former MP & Silva, IMG and Sportfive executive Pozzali invests in Entourage agency
Carlo Pozzali, one of the co-founders of MP & Silva and also a former IMG and Sportfive executive, has invested in the Entourage talent management and sports marketing agency
Qukes launches campaign as new sponsor of Football Australia’s MiniRoos
Food wholesaler Perfection Fresh Australia has signed a two-year sponsorship with Football Australia’s ‘MiniRoos’ grassroots programme in support of its Qukes baby cucumber brand.
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‘The aim is to speak to a truly global audience’ | Why Fifa is getting into the podcast game
Governing body partners with Universal Music Group to develop insight around music and entertainment
Fifa launching new podcast series, PlayOn, hosted by One Direction’s Liam Payne
Miles Jacobson I Who are the winners and losers of Brexit’s impact on football?
Miles Jacobson, the man behind the Football Manager simulation, explains some of the likely effects of Brexit on the game and the transfer market in both the UK and Europe
NHL helmet sponsors offer stop-gap solution – and insights about the future
Keith Wachtel, NHL's chief business officer, speaks to SportBusiness about the wider strategy behind the league's new division and helmet sponsorships for the 2020-21 season.
Football Association’s Swarbrick looks for silver lining in “tough” 2021
Matthew Glendinning talks to Kathryn Swarbrick, the FA’s commercial and marketing director, about what is on the horizon for English football's governing body as it continues to develop its brand strategy amid the pandemic.