Fifa World Cup
ORF nets 2026 World Cup rights in Austria, sublicensing likely
ORF, the public-service broadcaster, has acquired exclusive rights in Austria to the 2026 Fifa World Cup in a deal agreed directly with football's governing body
Fifa issues ITTs in South Korea for men’s and women’s World Cups
Fifa has today (Wednesday) launched the tender process in South Korea for media rights to the men's World Cup in 2026 and the Women's World Cup in 2027
SBS nets exclusive 2026 Fifa World Cup rights
Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has renewed its rights to the Fifa Men’s World Cup, securing an exclusive deal for all 104 matches of the 2026 edition.
FA: Australian government has appetite for more major football events
Football Australia is confident there is the political will in the country to back another bid for the men’s Fifa World Cup, even if it means going up against another Middle East financial powerhouse.
EXCLUSIVE: Visa and Qatar Airways renew top-tier Fifa Partner deals
Visa and Qatar Airways have renewed their top-tier Fifa Partner deals, covering all of the global football federation's major men’s, women’s and youth events, SportBusiness can exclusively reveal.
XTrend deal highlights regional appeal of Argentinian national team
The Argentinian Football Association (AFA) is continuing to reap the commercial benefits of being men's World Champions, signing another regional sponsorship deal covering parts of Asia, this time with…
Fifa looks to leverage Australian ratings momentum with World Cup tenders
Fifa is looking to take advantage of football euphoria in Australia with the launch today (Monday) of separate invitations to tender for the media rights to the men's World Cup in 2026 and women's edition…
Mengniu joins Wanda in Chinese sponsorship commitment to Fifa
Dairy products manufacturer Mengniu has extended its relationship with major Fifa tournaments until 2030 – underscoring the importance of Chinese sponsors to world football’s governing body in the next…
AFA disputes Binance on contract termination, court action is next
The Argentinian Football Association has disputed claims that ‘contractual breaches’ were behind Binance’s severance of the cryptocurrency exchange’s ‘main global sponsor’ deal with the federation.
Moroccan FA president Lekjaa to lead country’s 2030 World Cup bid
Morocco's King Mohammed VI has appointed Fouzi Lekjaa, president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF), to lead the country's joint bid to host the Fifa World Cup in 2030
AB InBev overlooks Qatar beer ban to expand Fifa deal
AB InBev has expanded its relationship with Fifa, agreeing a new sponsorship deal covering the 2026 men's Fifa World Cup, as well as adding the rights to this year’s Women’s World Cup.
McDonald’s delivers Fifa sponsorship renewal to 2026
McDonald’s, the fast food chain, has signed a new contract with Fifa to remain as a World Cup sponsor until the 2026 edition in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Fifa takes 2026 World Cup rights to market in Austria, Switzerland
Fifa has gone to market in Austria and Switzerland with the media rights in both countries to the 2026 World Cup
Fifa expands 2026 World Cup to 104 matches, reverts to four-team groups
World governing body Fifa has scrapped its proposed three-team group stage for the expanded 48-team men's World Cup in 2026 and will now organise an opening round with 12 groups of four in a tournament…
Lopez, Full Play convicted in football rights bribery case, Martinez acquitted
Hernan Lopez, the former chief executive at Fox International Channels, has been convicted of participating in a scheme to pay bribes to South American football officials, while the Full Play agency has…
World Cup pushes Fifa towards $3bn in broadcast revenue in 2022
Fifa generated broadcast income of $2.96bn (€2.77bn) in 2022, fuelled by media rights deals for the World Cup in Qatar and reflective of just over half of the governing body’s total revenue for the year.
Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay launch official 2030 World Cup bid
Argentina, Uruguay, Chile and Paraguay have officially launched their bid to host the 2030 Fifa World Cup, 100 years after the first-ever tournament was held in South America, and hope to add Bolivia to…
World Cup rights take Abema to big quarterly loss, but wider deal impact hailed
Japanese digital media company CyberAgent reported a rare quarterly loss in its 2023 Q1 financial results, caused by the costly acquisition of 2022 Fifa World Cup rights by its streaming platform Abema