Italy’s Sports Minister, Vincenzo Spadafora, has returned to the topic of free access to Serie A broadcast coverage by proposing that a similar system be employed for the return of domestic club football a…
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Portuguese football facing losses of €266m, warns of ‘collapse’ if league is suspended
Sónia Carneiro, executive director of Liga Portugal, has warned that the teams in the top two divisions of Portuguese league football are facing collective losses of over €250m ($304m) for the 2020-21 se…
NFL caps Super Bowl LV attendance at 22,000 fans
Super Bowl LV at Tampa's Raymond James Stadium on February 7 will officially have a capacity of 22,000 fans including 14,500 ticket buyers and 7,500 vaccinated health care workers who will be guests of…
Serie C matches streamed free following Eleven Sports cyber attacks
Matches from Serie C, the third tier of Italian club football, will be shown on video-sharing platform YouTube and social media website Facebook after rights-holder Eleven Sports’ coverage was hit by c…
Genius Sports adds Argentinian FA to live data portfolio
Sports data and technology company Genius Sports Group has agreed a long-term deal with the Argentinian Football Association (AFA) encompassing exclusive live data and integrity rights
Italian clubs sanctioned over ticketing, Serie A braced for €600m Covid hit
The Italian antitrust authority, l’Autorità Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), has ruled that nine Serie A football clubs breached best practice on the sale of match and season tickets by…
Lega Serie B moves closer to TV rights tender with guidelines revision
Lega Serie B, governing body of the second tier of Italian club football, has revised guidelines for the marketing of its broadcast rights for the next cycle