Portuguese Primeira Liga
Qatar Sports Investments acquires stake in Portugal’s Braga
Investment group Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) has added SC Braga to its sports portfolio by acquiring a minority stake in the Portuguese Primeira Liga team
OneFootball adds LaLiga highlights to UK offering in Premier Sports link-up
OneFootball, the streaming and media platform, has agreed a deal with UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports to show highlights of Spain’s LaLiga, as well as live matches from Germany’s DFB-Pokal and…
Sporting CP, Benfica announce contrasting financial results
Portuguese Primeira Liga rivals Sporting CP and Benfica have reported contrasting financial fortunes, with the former announcing record results and the latter seeing losses mount
DAZN adds non-exclusive rights for Primeira Liga in Japan
Streaming platform DAZN has acquired non-exclusive rights in Japan for the Portuguese Primeira Liga in a deal covering at least the 2022-23 season
FA and LPFP become latest football rights-holders to launch NFT tenders
The English Football Association (FA) and Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP) have become the latest rights-holders to issue requests for proposals for the licensing rights to non-fungible tokens…
FC Porto enters the metaverse with Upland deal
Portuguese Primeira Liga champion FC Porto has agreed a deal with metaverse real estate property game Upland that will see a digital version of the club’s Estádio do Dragão arena mapped as a virtual prop…
Genius takes data tracking and broadcast augmentation to Portugal with Benfica deal
Sports data and betting services company Genius Sports has struck the first tracking data and broadcast augmentation deal in Portuguese football with Primeira Liga club S.L. Benfica
Binance becomes FC Porto back-of-shirt sponsor, launches club fan token
Portuguese Primeira Liga side FC Porto has agreed a deal with cryptocurrency provider Binance to become the team’s 'Official Fan Token Partner' and back-of-shirt sponsor for the 2021-22 season.
Porto ‘assessing’ sale of minority stake
Portuguese Primeira Liga football club FC Porto is weighing up the sale of a minority stake after receiving interest from outside investors, it is reported
Benfica posts €17.4m loss
Portuguese Primeira Liga football club Benfica has registered a loss of €17.4m ($20.6m) for the 2020-21 financial year.
The loss comes after the Lisbon giant registered a profit of €41.7m
OneFootball adds various leagues, AFC rights and Serie A clips to Italian portfolio
Football-based media platform OneFootball has significantly upgraded its content portfolio in Italy, adding rights to a string of leagues, including the top divisions in Portugal and Scotland, while also…
Adidas strikes six-year extension with Benfica as club seeks shirt sleeve sponsor
Sporting goods brand Adidas has renewed its kit supplier contract with Portuguese football club Benfica for another six years, extending until 2027
Betano replaces NOS at Sporting CP as Nike confirmed as kit supplier
Portuguese Primeira Liga football club Sporting Clube de Portugal will kick off the 2021-22 season with betting operator Betano as its new front-of-shirt sponsor
WiZink makes co-branded payment card play with Benfica
Portuguese football club Benfica has signed a five-year sponsorship agreement with the Spanish digital bank WiZink
Creditors ‘seeking exit’ from Sporting CP
Debtholders in Sporting Clube de Portugal are seeking to sell out of the Portuguese Primeira Liga football club, according to Bloomberg
Betano calls foul as Bwin ‘snatches Portuguese Primeira Liga naming rights’
Betting operator Betano has written to Portugal’s top-flight football clubs and threatened legal action against the Portuguese Professional Football League (LPFP), after it was beaten by rival company B…
Benfica engages WME Sports in stadium and academy naming rights search
Portuguese football club Benfica has contracted WME Sports, the sports representation arm of the Endeavor-owned WME agency, to secure naming rights partners for the club’s Benfica Stadium and Benfica Y…