Switzerland

Football
Media

Global streaming service DAZN has renewed its exclusive rights to the English Football League's Championship, League One and League Two as well as the EFL Cup in German-speaking countries, Italy, Spain…
Ice Hockey
Media

Swiss pay-television broadcaster MySports has acquired rights to ice hockey’s Champions Hockey League ahead of the start of the new season on September 1.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Grasshopper Club Zurich has announced a sponsorship agreement with Chinese watchmaker Seagull. The deal sees Seagull become a strategic partner of the Swiss Super League club for the 2022-23 season
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Workwear and safety products company Engelbert Strauss has renewed its sponsorship of the Swiss Football League (SFL) in a deal brokered by the Ringier Sports agency
Football
Finance & Law

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter and ex-Uefa boss Michel Platini have both been cleared of corruption charges by a court in Switzerland
Tennis
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has renewed its rights to the Wimbledon tennis grand slam in Germany, Austria and Switzerland under a multi-year deal, its second in Europe announced in the last two weeks
Football
Media

German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball has agreed a carriage deal with Swiss counterpart Blue Sport, a subsidiary of telecoms operator Swisscom
Football
Industry Moves

Jean-François Pathy, Fifa’s long-standing marketing director, is to leave the organisation, SportBusiness understands.
Multiple Sports
Governance

The City of Lausanne and Swiss Canton of Vaud have formed a new organisation which intends to better exploit the former’s status as the ‘Olympic Capital’. T
Multiple Sports
Media

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the 2022 World Games multi-sport event in a deal with International Sports Broadcasting
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Basel-based financial institution Bank CIC has signed as the shirt sleeve sponsor of Swiss football club FC Basel in a three-year deal from 2022-23 to 2024-25
Football
Finance & Law

Former Fifa secretary general Jérôme Valcke has been found guilty by a Swiss appeals court of forging documents and corruption in a case relating to World Cup media rights, but beIN Media Group chairman a…
Equestrian
Events

The International Equestrian Federation (FEI) has awarded hosting rights to a number of its major finals and championships, with the Swiss and US cities of Basel and Fort Worth respectively securing multiple…
Skiing
Governance

The national skiing associations of Austria, Croatia, Germany and Switzerland have united to protest the controversial re-election of Johan Eliasch as president of the International Ski Federation (FIS)…
Golf
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky has extended its PGA Tour broadcast rights in German-speaking countries as the established property continues to fight off competition from the lucrative LIV Golf series
Multiple Sports
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus has secured a distribution deal in French-speaking Switzerland with telco Sunrise
Football
Industry Moves

OneFootball, the football-focused streaming and media platform, has recruited Bayern Munich’s Michael Roth to a partnerships role.
Table Tennis
Media

DOSB New Media, the operator of online streaming service Sportdeutschland.TV, has secured rights to the Table Tennis European Champions League in a deal with Sportradar covering the German-speaking region