Barcelona threatens exit in bid to get media arm US listing over the line
Plans to list FC Barcelona’s Barça Media business in the US will be shelved at the end of this month if the Spanish club does not receive the €40m ($42.5m) it is owed from such a deal, following further renegotiations to the agreement.
Disney tests Nordics sports market waters with Uefa club rights deal
Disney's entry into the Nordics rights market, landing the Uefa Europa League and Conference League in Denmark and Sweden, enables it to secure locally relevant content ahead of a more potentially heavyweight rights spend.
CEO Hill exits FAI following latest board meeting
Jonathan Hill has been ousted as chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), following a board meeting today (Monday).
Ex-IBU president Besseberg jailed in Norway for corruption
Anders Besseberg, the disgraced former president of the International Biathlon Union (IBU), has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison for aggravated corruption.
Next two Copa Sudamericana final hosts named
Asuncion in Paraguay and Santa Cruz de la Sierra in Bolivia will stage the next two editions of the Copa Sudamericana final, the showpiece match of South America’s second-tier football club competition.
All Italian Europa League quarter-final wins night for Rai
The all-Italian Europa League quarter-final clash between AC Milan and Roma yesterday (Thursday) drew an average audience of 4.8 million viewers for public broadcaster Rai
BBC names Kay-Jelski as Slater’s head of sport successor
Alex Kay-Jelski, a UK football journalist and editor, has today (Thursday) been named director of sport at the BBC, an appointment likely to be viewed as a surprise choice given his lack of sports media rights buying experience.
Wasserman strengthens women’s football business with Volante swoop
Leading talent representation and marketing company Wasserman is attempting to broaden its influence in women's football away from its United States heartland by acquiring the UK's Volante Sports agency.
Sky, BBC sign off one-year extensions to WSL contract
UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and public broadcaster the BBC have finalised their short-term domestic rights extension for the Women's Super League, covering the 2024-25 season only
Nike supplies Uruguay’s Copa America kits as AUF plans long-term tender
The Uruguayan Football Federation (AUF) is to launch a kit supply tender later this year after signing a short-term deal with Nike for the upcoming men's Copa America.