Europe

Middlesex amongst the notable absentees amid an effort to evolve the women’s professional game

DAZN’s longstanding strategy of showcasing top European football leagues in its major markets has been maintained through its retention of LaLiga rights in both Italy and Portugal for five more seasons.

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.

New sponsorship deals have been the main driver of revenue growth for the Mercedes Formula 1 team after it announced record turnover of £546.5m (€640m/$681m) for 2023.

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.

A new, five-year deal between IMG and the English Football League will facilitate a sizeable jump in broadcast production specification for matches that currently go out on the iFollow streaming service

Disney's entry into the Nordics rights market, landing the Uefa Europa League and Conference League in Denmark and Sweden, enables it to secure locally relevant content ahead of a more potentially heavyweight rights spend.

Jonathan Hill has been ousted as chief executive of the Football Association of Ireland (FAI), following a board meeting today (Monday).

Chelsea FC has sold a hotel and land worth more than £76m on its Stamford Bridge stadium site to parent company BlueCo in an apparent attempt to reduce its losses in order to comply with the Premier League's Profitability and Sustainability Rules.

France's President has identified the Trocadéro and Stade de France as backup options should ambitious plans for the Olympic Games fail to come to fruition due to security concerns.

Sports Direct, the retail chain controlled by former Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley, has failed in its attempt to convince a UK competition tribunal that the club should be obliged to distribute next…

Anders Besseberg, the disgraced former president of the International Biathlon Union (IBU), has been sentenced to three years and one month in prison for aggravated corruption.

The proposal of a curtailed budget of between £130m and £150m for a 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, with £100m offset by the CGF, could serve as a blueprint to help attract hosts for future editions.

The attempted takeover of Everton by 777 Partners is approaching a critical stage with growing doubts over the US investment fund’s ability to the finance the deal, and concerns for the very existence of the Premier League club.

Scottish authorities are engaged in talks over Glasgow staging the 2026 Commonwealth Games, 12 years on from playing host, as the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) bids to finally nail down a city or region to rescue the event.

Alex Kay-Jelski, a UK football journalist and editor, has today (Thursday) been named director of sport at the BBC, an appointment likely to be viewed as a surprise choice given his lack of sports media rights buying experience.