Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has switched its coverage of English Premier League football matches to its less popular CCTV5 Plus sports channel in a move analysts are linking to diplomatic tensions between…
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Women’s World Team Squash Championship cancelled due to Covid upsurge in Malaysia
The 2020 Women’s World Team Squash Championship in Kuala Lumpur has been cancelled after the city was placed in lockdown to control the spread of the Covid-19 virus.
Initial signs with Australian Open, extra WTA event for quarantined players
The Australian Open tennis tournament has named global hygiene services brand Initial as the ‘Official Hygiene Partner’ of the 2021 Australian Open.
PP Sports ‘countersues Premier League over collapsed deal’
Chinese streaming platform PP Sports is following through on a threat last year to sue the English Premier League over their collapsed media rights deal, according to a report in the Financial Times
Burnley takeover expands US presence in Premier League
Premier League becomes the sixth with American majority ownership
Champions League broadcast rights ‘to hit market in Brazil’
Broadcast rights to the Uefa Champions League, Europa League and new third-tier Europa Conference League are poised to hit the market in Brazil, it has been reported
LFP to re-tender Mediapro’s French league rights ‘next week’
The French Professional Football League’s (LFP) board of directors has agreed to re-tender its broadcast rights for the 2020-24 cycle next week but has limited the auction to those rights returned by M…