South America
Blaze to replace Pixbet as Santos’ main shirt sponsor
Brazilian betting company Blaze has agreed a deal to become the new main shirt sponsor of Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Santos.
CBF seeking greater cut from Brazilian sports betting revenue
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has called on the Ministry of Finance to make changes to the law that will regulate the domestic sports betting sector in order to increase its share of revenue
Peru loses another event as Lima ‘withdraws’ as World Athletics U20s host
Peru has lost its latest sporting event, with World Athletics announcing that Lima has withdrawn as host city of its 2024 U20 Championships citing “circumstances beyond its control”.
1190 Sports named consultant to Liga Forte Futebol investors
1190 Sports, the international broadcast rights-holder to Brazil’s top two football leagues, has been appointed as a consultant to the two funds backing Liga Forte Futebol (LFF), one of two organisations s…
Dafabet becomes AFA regional sponsor in Asia
The Argentinian Football Association (AFA) has announced betting company Dafabet as its new regional sponsor in Asia through until 2024
Alfieri and Visconti take on new roles at FC Diez Media
FC Diez Media, the IMG-owned business that manages the commercial rights to South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) club competitions, has promoted Diego Alfieri and Pedro Visconti to the roles o…
Peru stripped of U17 World Cup hosting rights
World governing body Fifa has stripped Peru of the hosting rights to the Under-17 World Cup due to be held later this year, one week after taking away the rights to the Under-20 World Cup from Indonesia
Argentina the frontrunner to host Fifa U20 World Cup
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has said that Argentina has a “very good chance” of replacing Indonesia as the host of the upcoming U20 World Cup, with the South American country the only nation to hav…
Overseas betting firms to be banned from sponsoring Brazilian clubs
Betting companies will be prevented from sponsoring sports clubs in Brazil if they do not have an established headquarters in the country, according to a new measure being proposed by the Brazilian Ministry…
Athletico-PR announces sponsorship deal with Esportes da Sorte
Brazilian betting company Esportes da Sorte has agreed a deal with Brazilian Série A club Athletico Paranaense to become the club’s newest primary shirt sponsor.
Paramount-owned Chilevisión acquires free-to-air rights to Paris 2024
Commercial broadcaster Chilevisión has secured exclusive free-to-air rights in Chile to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games as part of a new agreement with the International Olympic Committee.
Band, Globo close Brazilian Série B deals from 2023 onward
Commercial broadcaster Band, Globo-owned pay-television broadcaster SporTV and Globo's PPV platform Premiere will all share coverage of the Brazil's second-tier football league, Série B, for at least …
Band Série B deal ‘99.9 per cent done’; pay-TV talks continue
Brazil's Série B, one the world's most valuable second-tier football leagues, is close to confirming its domestic broadcasters from 2023 onward.
Brazilian digital influencer Casimiro to stream Women’s World Cup matches
Brazilian influencer Casimiro has revealed that he will be streaming coverage of this year’s Fifa Women’s World Cup.
Argentina friendlies to receive free-to-air coverage following government resolution
The Argentinian government has today (Monday) published a resolution to ensure that all friendly matches played by the national team this year are shown on free-to-air television
Brazil-Morocco friendly to be shown on Band, YouTube
Brazilian commercial broadcaster Band has acquired rights to the national football team’s forthcoming friendly against Morocco, which will also be live streamed on YouTube.
TCL ups presence in South American football with Copa Libertadores deal
Chinese consumer electronics company TCL has expanded its sponsorship activity in South American football by becoming an Official Sponsor of the Copa Libertadores club competition for the 2023-26 cycle
LiveMode recruits ex-Meta LatAm sports head Lenz Cesar to lead expansion
Brazilian sports marketing agency LiveMode has recruited experienced sports broadcast executive Leo Lenz Cesar to its expanding team