Europe

Football
Governance

Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin has rejected any possibility that Saudi Arabian teams could compete in the Champions League, or that European football’s showpiece cup final could be played in Riyadh.
Football
Media

OneFootball has renewed another key media deal in its home market after extending its agreement with Deutsche Telekom to stream live and highlights coverage of matches from German men’s football’s thi…
Football
Industry Moves

Sports executive Andrea Ekblad has joined the Football Association as ‘Broadcast Lead - Women’s Professional Game’, in a role that covers the top two tiers of women’s football in England, the Women’s Super Lea…
Football
Media

ITV has re-established itself as the home of the England men's national football team, after the UK commercial broadcaster picked up a slate of rights for the 2024 to 2028 cycle
Tennis
Industry Moves

The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC) has appointed Sara Hunter, formerly of the English Football Association, as its head of brand partnerships and hospitality for the Wimbledon Championships
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Uefa has completed its national sponsor tier for the men’s Euro 2024 tournament with the announcement of a deal with German poultry producer Wiesenhof.
Football
Finance & Law

Everton has announced today (Friday) that Miami-based investment fund 777 Partners has signed an agreement to acquire Farhad Moshiri’s full stake in the Premier League club, which accounts for 94.1 per cent of the shares.
Sailing
Media

The European Broadcasting Union, the umbrella body of free-to-air broadcasters, has acquired media rights in 39 European territories to the 37th edition of the America’s Cup, sailing’s blue-riband eve…
Football
Media

The German Football Association (DFB) has four major contracts in place for international media rights to the Google Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga, ahead of the start of the 2023-24 season later today (Friday)
Basketball
Sponsorship & Marketing

Following the recent strengthening of its ties with Infront, Germany’s Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) has extended its title sponsorship agreement with financial services company TeamBank.
Football
Industry Moves

Premier League club Arsenal has announced the departure of chief executive Vinai Venkatesham, who will leave next summer after 14 years with the London club
Football
Media

Dutch football’s Eredivisie is edging closer to signing off a renewal with incumbent domestic broadcast rights-holder ESPN but in a deal spanning five seasons and not 10 as initially envisaged.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Manchester City has today (Thursday) announced that UK baby products brand Joie will become the naming-rights sponsor of the club's Academy Stadium
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Volkswagen will not sponsor next year’s Euro 2024, hosted in its home market of Germany, after deciding not to extend a deal covering Uefa’s men’s national team football competitions for ‘cost discipline’ reasons, SportBusiness can exclusively reveal.
Table Tennis
Media

A new global table tennis event featuring some of the sport's leading male and female players, and based loosely on golf's Ryder Cup, is to debut later this year
Multiple Sports
Media

Viaplay Group continues to dispose of more equity after Norwegian media group Schibsted secured a 10.1-per-cent shareholding in the financially troubled broadcaster. Viaplay has already sold a 6
Football
Finance & Law

777 Partners, the Miami-based investment fund reportedly in talks to buy Premier League club Everton, has launched a supporters’ bond to raise money for a new training centre at Italian club Genoa.
Ice Hockey
Media

Switzerland’s second-tier ice hockey competition, the Swiss League, will be shown by pay-television broadcaster Sky and media group CH Media during the upcoming 2023-24 season.