United Kingdom

Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

The IMG agency has appointed Luke Organ as senior vice-president of global partnerships for its media business.
Motorsport
Media

Formula E has solved one of its biggest media headaches ahead of the new season that gets under way next month, announcing an exclusive broadcast rights deal in the UK and Ireland with pay-television operator…
Athletics
Finance & Law

The continued absence of a title sponsor and long-term broadcast partner has thrown a spotlight on the financial plight of UK Athletics (UKA), which was spared from bankruptcy by Nike frontloading a significant…
Football
Finance & Law

Brentford FC owner Matthew Benham is considering the sale of a minority stake in what represents the latest move by a Premier League club to seek outside investment
Cricket
Media

TNT Sports, the UK pay-television broadcaster, has acquired exclusive rights in the country to England women's cricket's upcoming tour of India
Multiple Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Orsen sports marketing agency has secured the contract to identify sports and entertainment sponsorship opportunities for Metavisionaries, the space research organisation staffed by former Nasa scientists.
Football
Media

The English Premier League has struck a new £6.7bn (€7.8bn/$8.5bn), four-year domestic media rights deal with incumbents Sky, TNT Sports and the BBC, with online retail giant Amazon dropping out of the picture from 2025-26.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Host Broadcast Services, the Infront-owned sports broadcast production company, is to set up a UK business division, headquartered in London, next month
Rugby Union
Finance & Law

Increasing broadcast revenues has been cited as an immediate target for the Rugby Football Union (RFU), with the sector still lagging behind pre-Covid levels, the English governing body has revealed
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Chinese tyre manufacturer ZC Rubber has signed with Arsenal as the club’s ‘Official Global Tyre Partner’ in a deal brokered by the EMW Global agency.
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Joel Seymour-Hyde has left his role as managing director of Octagon UK after more than 16 years with the agency
Multiple Sports
Media

Viaplay Group has laid out plans for a “recapitalisation programme” that includes a SEK4bn (€350m/$382m) new equity raise and SEK14.6bn debt renegotiation package as part of measures designed to stave off insolvency and subsequent bankruptcy.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Castore, the UK sportswear manufacturer, is closing in on a £1bn (€1.16bn/$1.26bn) valuation, after securing £150m in a round of investment led by US bank Raine Group.
Football
Media

Streaming platform Fite has acquired exclusive rights in selected markets across Europe and Oceania to Portugal’s Primeira Liga until the end of the 2025-26 season.
Multiple Sports
Media

Premier Sports, the pay-television broadcaster, is to return to UK homes early next year after announcing it has reached an agreement to buy back the business that it sold to Nordic media giant Viaplay…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment (S&E) top executives Steve Martin and Jamie Wynne-Morgan have left the agency after nearly two decades following a major restructure of its UK operations.
Football
Governance

The top two divisions in women's football in England have today (Tuesday) agreed unanimously to proceed with the formation of NewCo, a new organisation to run the professional game
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Adobe has added to its sponsorship portfolio in women’s football by agreeing a three-year deal to become the lead sponsors of the Women’s FA Cup.