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Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Venture capital firm aligns with several prominent pro team owners
Football
Governance

An independent study commissioned by Uefa, football’s European governing body, has found that it could lose up to €3bn ($3.5bn
Football
Media

Football-based media platform OneFootball has acquired global rights to the Copa do Brasil club competition through an agreement with sports marketing agency Klefer
Football
Media

Absent a broadcast deal in the region, Lega Serie A has opted to continue broadcasting matches on YouTube free of charge in the Middle East and North Africa, but will also grant a “non-exclusive one-month e…
Multiple Sports
Media

The recent investment in Spring Media and its merger with Future Sports Agency will allow the Stockholm-based sports marketing agency to take “bigger bets on rights”, according to chief executive Tobias Osm…
Basketball
Technology

Fiba, the world governing body for basketball, is to make its .basketball domain name available to the general public on the GoDaddy registry for the first time
Cricket
Media

Innovative Production Group, the commercial rights-holder of the Lanka Premier League Twenty20 cricket competition, has established a joint venture with UK-headquartered agency Redstrike
Badminton
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Badminton World Federation has announced a one-year extension with HSBC, its Principal Global Partner and title sponsor of the BWF World Tour
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Deltatre, the international technology company, has announced that chief executive Giampiero Rinaudo will soon retire from the role after more than 35 years with the business, with Andrea Marini, existing…
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

Uefa and its appointed agency Team Marketing are inviting bids for licensing rights to the Uefa Champions League in the cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and fan token space, including the opportunity…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Spanish football club Real Madrid has signed a global sponsorship agreement with American healthcare giant Abbott
Football
Media

The effect of the Covid-19 pandemic and DAZN’s swoop for global broadcast rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League for four seasons has led the Spring Media agency to seek a new business model for its…
Multi-sport
Sports Betting

Match fixing in professional football declined for the third consecutive year in 2020, despite the increased risks created by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new study carried out by Stats Perform…
Motorsport
Events

Formula 1 has spelled out plans to return to circuits it has been absent from for two years due to Covid-19 as part of a record 23-race calendar for 2022, but has confirmed that China will again be absent…
Football
Media

Uefa has sent a request for proposals document (RFP) to companies interested in selling commercial rights to its club competitions, encouraging potential bidders to “consider structures with minimum guarantees” and allowing bids across six seasons.
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

Fifa has warned that it will “adopt a new commercial positioning in gaming and esports” in the wake of thus far unsuccessful renewal negotiations with incumbent licensing partner EA Sports.
Football
Events

The International Olympic Committee has waded into the debate surrounding Fifa’s proposal to transform the men’s and women’s World Cups into biennial events by stating that it supports the calls for a…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Tyler Tumminia, commissioner of the Premier Hockey Federation. Eric and Chris also discuss major ticketing-related deals involving SeatGeek and Vivid Seats, the backing of LeBron James’ The SpringHill Company by a group of top-tier investors, and the completion of Arctos Sports Partners’ $3bn (€2.59bn) investment fund.