Europe

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has announced its first international rights deal since launching a tender over six months ago, an 18-territory pact with Saran Media covering Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Pay-television broadcaster Nova Sport has secured first-pick rights in the Czech Republic to the Uefa Europa League and Conference League over the next three seasons, 2024-25 to 2026-27, completing the…

FC St. Pauli has renewed its long-running main sponsorship deal with Congstar, championing the telecoms operator's "social responsibility" initiatives at a time of political uncertainty in Germany.

New Uefa regulations on multi-club ownership come into force today (Wednesday) and could impact on some of the continent’s leading clubs taking part in next season's European clubs competitions.

Northern Ireland's Women's Premiership has been added to the growing free football coverage on DAZN in an historic partnership unveiled today (Wednesday)

Nike has secured another massive victory in holding off Adidas to retain kit supply rights with the French Football Federation (FFF).

BetMGM is set to take over the ‘Official Training Wear Partner’ rights at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur from next season, SportBusiness can exclusively reveal.

Viaplay Group has cemented its future in the Netherlands until at least 2029, after today (Tuesday) signing off a multi-year Formula 1 rights renewal that also covers its home Nordic markets

Fifa has turned to the Balkans in its media rights sales process for the next two men's World Cups, launching invitations to tender (ITTs) in eight countries.

AXA has secured pitch-side access to club training sessions as part of a four-year sponsorship renewal with Liverpool FC’s men’s and women’s teams.

AIM Sport has secured the contract to deliver virtual advertising services and pitch-side LED boards for the upcoming Euro 2024 tournament in Germany, enabling Uefa to provide additional exposure to both global and national sponsors of the event.

The row between the DFL and its incumbent broadcaster DAZN has escalated after the latter vowed to take legal action over the Bundesliga domestic tender, prompting a fiery response from the league.

The National Hockey League is giving serious consideration to further changing its matchday scheduling at home to create more game windows for fans in Europe as part of internationalisation plans that are already proving fruitful. Shawn Meadow reports.

Private equity investment in French football has had the benefit of boosting revenues to record sums, but losses remain a concern despite narrowing year-on-year.

Mediaset España has again secured free-to-air rights to Formula 1’s Spanish Grand Prix in a deal negotiated with media group and subscription broadcaster DAZN.

The IPO of the sports-focused private equity firm is the best debut of a $1bn-plus offering on a European exchange in more than three years.