Czech Republic

The 2029 and 2031 editions of both the men’s and women’s World Handball Championships will be held in Europe, extending the International Handball Federation (IHF)’s reliance on the continent as the host of its flagship events.

Lega Serie A continues its piecemeal international rights sales strategy, picking off markets in direct deals, and has now issued an RFP in Poland, SportBusiness understands.

Fifa has issued tenders in six Central and Eastern European countries for media rights to the 2026 and 2030 men's World Cups as it seeks to maximise the commercial impact of improved qualification prospects for Europe's mid-tier nations.

The European Handball Federation (EHF) has taken the unprecedented step of awarding hosting rights for the 2026 Women’s Euro to five countries: Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Turkey.

The Ligové Fotbalové Asociace (LFA), the Czech league football association, has begun the search for a title sponsor for the top two divisions.

US-based mixed martial arts promotion the Professional Fighters League (PFL) has agreed a new rights deal in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with pay-television broadcaster TV Nova

Exclusive rights to women's tennis' WTA Tour have been acquired in the Czech Republic and Slovakia by the Canal Plus Group for the new cycle

Lega Serie A is close to finalising its first international broadcast deals of the new cycle after rights were awarded in eight countries from the 2024-25 season onwards

Domestic broadcast rights to the top two Czech football leagues have fetched CZK430m (€17.6m/$19.1m) per season during an invitation to tender with telco O2 picking up the lion’s share of the inventory.Fol

Formula 1 action will return to the schedules of Nova Sport in the Czech Republic and Slovakia next season after the pay-television broadcaster finalised an exclusive deal

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has hailed the importance of the English Premier League to its audience, after retaining exclusive rights in France just as domestic rights to Ligue 1 are on the market

The Ligové Fotbalové Asociace, the Czech league football association, has launched its domestic media rights tender for the next five-year cycle, covering the elite Fortuna Liga and second-tier Fortuna N…

Czech investment company PPF Group has bought a 6.3-per-cent stake in Viaplay Group as the embattled streaming broadcaster continues to shift equity

Multi-platform subscription broadcaster DAZN has acquired rights to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, GT Masters and GT4 Germany touring cars series in eight markets

Rugby Europe has struck a deal with the European Broadcasting Union that will see its rugby sevens events televised by public-service broadcasters in the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland and Spain

Pay-television broadcaster O2 TV Sport has acquired rights in the Czech Republic to the European League of Football (ELF) as a new Prague-based team debuts in the competition

Telecoms operator O2 has secured the lion’s share of domestic broadcast rights to the Extraliga, the top ice hockey league in the Czech Republic, while Spring Media has retained the international rights a…

An invitation to tender process has been launched for the domestic, international and betting video rights to the Czech Extraliga, the top ice hockey league in the Czech Republic, covering five seasons…