Uefa European Championship
Uefa issues anti-piracy RFP to protect key competitions
Uefa, European football’s governing body, issued a request for proposals today (Monday) for anti-piracy services to protect its main competitions.
Rise of the Red Devils drives new Belgian FA partnership strategy
SportBusiness looks at the new commercial strategy of Royal Belgian Football Association, after seeing Belgium's national football team rise from #66 in Fifa’s ranking to the top of the world.
BMW extends Belgian FA deal, as revamped women’s league seeks title sponsor
BMW Group Belux has extended its sponsorship of the Belgian FA for the next four years, from 2020-21 to 2023-24
M6 and TF1 bid for Euro 2020 fee repayment ‘politely rejected’
French free-to-air commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 have attempted to secure a temporary repayment of around €18m ($20.3
Postponed Euro 2020 offered as simulated reality product by Sportradar
All 51 games of the postponed Uefa European Championship are to be offered as a simulated reality betting product by sports data and content company Sportradar
Ringo biscuit brand signs Italian national football team sponsorship
Barilla Group biscuit brand Ringo has signed as a sponsor of Italy’s national football teams for two years until the end of 2021.
Icelandic FA signs Puma for Euro 2020, ending 20-year Errea association
German sportswear company Puma has ousted Italian rival Errea from its long-term position as kit supplier to the Iceland national football team
Round-Up: Sri Lanka scraps stadium, OnePlus-Fnatic cricket initiative, Sunwolves in Australia ‘unlikely’, and more
Sri Lanka's government has scrapped its plans for a new $40m cricket stadium after warnings from former national team cricketers that it would end up a 'white elephant' - Channel News Asia/AFP
Polish Football Association signs T-Mobile as official sponsor
The Polish Football Association has signed up mobile phone network T-Mobile as an official sponsor
Spanish government extends Euro 2020 tax breaks and visa permissions for Uefa
The Spanish government has extended a series of tax breaks and visa permissions granted to Uefa for the hosting of Euro 2020 matches in the city of Bilbao now that the tournament has been postponed until…
M6 and TF1 ask to defer Euro 2020 rights payments
French free-to-air commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 have asked to defer their rights payments for football’s 2020 European Championship after the tournament was pushed back by a year, it has been reported.
Uefa, World Athletics and CGF in talks to avoid event clashes
The Commonwealth Games Federation is working with World Athletics and Uefa to ensure the Birmingham Commonwealth Games don’t overlap with a rescheduled World Athletics Championships or the Women’s Eur…
BBC addresses sporting void with archive content plan
UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has today (Thursday) unveiled plans to provide an array of content to compensate for the lack of sporting action it would have televised due to Covid-19
Mediaset receives share of €15m state funding to ease advertising woes
Mediaset has received a portion of a €15m ($16.4
ITV to broadcast ‘virtual’ Grand National and re-air Euro 96
UK free-to-air commercial broadcaster ITV will fill the hole in the gap left by the cancellation of the 2020 Grand National by offering live coverage of a virtual version of the iconic horse racing event
Nike postpones Euro 2020 national team kit launches as contracts scrutinised
Nike’s launch of Euro 2020 national team kits for England, France and three other European countries were postponed this week because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Uefa and LaLiga open up archive content to own platforms
European football's governing body, Uefa, and Spain’s LaLiga have both made available their wealth of archive content on their own broadcast platforms amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
Fifa forms Covid-19 working group, confirms Club World Cup delay
Fifa has agreed to delay the inaugural staging of its revamped Club World Cup in China to accommodate the new dates for the European Championship and Copa América national team tournaments, adding that …