Fifa

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Italian pay-TV broadcaster Sky Italia has secured rights to broadcast the 2022 Fifa Club World Cup, which is taking place in Morocco next month. Sky Sport will show all seven matches live
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Shinai, the company that operates sports streaming platform iQiyi Sports, has acquired exclusive digital media rights in China to the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup.
Football
Technology

Further clarity is set to be provided surrounding video assistant referee (VAR) decisions in football, after a 12-month trial was given the green light
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Media

Brazilian media group Globo has acquired rights to the forthcoming 2022 Fifa Club World Cup
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Attendance

More than 500,000 tickets have been sold for this year's Fifa Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, leaving organisers with just under one million to go to reach a previously-stated target
Football
Events

Australia’s opening match at this year’s Women’s World Cup, which it will co-host with New Zealand, is set to move from Allianz Stadium to Accor Stadium to ensure a higher attendance for the fixture. A
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Fifa, football’s global governing body, has launched an invitation to tender in Germany for the sale of media rights for this year’s Women’s World Cup, which will take place in Australia and New Zeala…
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Streaming giant Netflix is continuing to grow its presence in the sports industry, ordering a pair of new docuseries on the 2022 men's Fifa World Cup and Six Nations Rugby
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The deadline to submit bids for two rights packages in Brazil to the Fifa Club World Cup passed yesterday (Monday)
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Media

Two major East Asian markets report rampant piracy of Fifa World Cup matches in December, while piracy challenges subside in some other markets.
Football
Governance

LaLiga, the organising body of the top two tiers of Spanish football, is considering legal action against Fifa over the world governing body’s plans to expand the Club World Cup and revise the format o…
Football
Events

Fifa has announced that Dubai and the Seychelles will stage the 2023 and 2025 Beach Soccer World Cups, respectively, the first time it has simultaneously awarded hosting rights for two editions of the…
Football
Events

Fifa will expand its Club World Cup to 32 teams in 2025, president Gianni Infantino said today (Friday), while he also announced that the world governing body has set a budget of $11bn (€10.3
Football
Finance & Law

European Super League Company (ESLC), the body formed to launch a breakaway club football competition, has today (Thursday) suffered a substantial blow to its plans through a European Court of Justice…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Analysis by SportBusiness Sponsorship indicates Fifa has generated around $1.74bn (€1.67bn) in sponsorship income during its four-year sales cycle, culminating with the current World Cup in Qatar, a more than 4.6-per-cent increase from the previous four-year period when it generated $1.66bn from the sale of its sponsorship rights.
Football
Attendance

The number of visitors to Qatar for the Fifa World Cup is set to fall short of the organisers' initial expectations, according to a report by Reuters. While Qatar had predicted 1
Football
Media

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV appears to have cut some images of fans not wearing masks from its television coverage of the Fifa World Cup, according to various reports
Finance & Law

In this week’s episode, podcast co-hosts Eric Fisher and Chris Russo interview Josh Rawitch, president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Fisher and Russo also discuss Glazer family’s move to consider selling Premier League giants Manchester United, initial business results from the start of the 2022 men’s Fifa World Cup, Bob Iger’s return to lead the Walt Disney Co. and the impact on ESPN, revived dealmaking in youth sports, and Major League Baseball’s offseason free agency period.