Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona has teamed up with blockchain-based fan engagement company Chiliz, through which fans can interact via the Socios.com voting and rewards platform
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Online training sessions for volunteers at next summer's Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics have resumed following a roughly eight-month suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic - Japan Today
Germany and Switzerland reintroduce spectator ban following Covid spike
Spectators will once again be banned from German and Swiss sports stadiums after the national governments in both countries reintroduced the measure to curb a spike in Covid-19 cases in both countries
Stats Perform adds Ecuadorian leagues to football data rights portfolio
Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has agreed a deal with the Liga Profesional de Fútbol del Ecuador (LigaPro) for data rights to its Serie A and Serie B club competitions.
LT signs up as Villa sleeve sponsor, Acronis adds Southampton to European portfolio
English Premier League club Aston Villa has signed Asian betting operator LT as the club’s new shirt sleeve sponsor.
Astro adds Primeira Liga to football output
Malaysian pay-television broadcaster Astro has added rights to Portugal’s Primeira Liga to its sports output in a deal signed ahead of the start of the 2020-21 season this weekend.
Hamburger SV adds Deutsche Telekom to sponsorship portfolio
German football club Hamburger SV (HSV) has extended the sponsorship contract of German telco Deutsche Telekom