Football
ORF and ServusTV agree sublicensing deals for Fifa World Cup and Euro 2024
Austrian commercial network Servus TV and public-service broadcaster ORF have entered into two sublicensing agreements covering the upcoming 2022 Fifa World Cup and the 2024 Uefa European Championship
Ziggo locks up LaLiga rights to 2029 in face of Viaplay threat
Dutch telecoms operator Ziggo has retained its exclusive broadcast rights to Spain’s LaLiga until the end of the 2028-29 season.
Australia considers 2023 Asian Cup hosting bid
Football Australia is weighing up a bid to host next year's AFC Asian Cup
EXCLUSIVE: LaLiga terminates media rights deal with China’s Super Sports Media
Spanish football's LaLiga is terminating its digital media rights agreement in China with sports marketing company Super Sports Media due to missed rights fee payments, SportBusiness understands
Rangers sell inventory vacated by SportemonGo in new back-of-shirt deal
Scottish Premiership club Rangers has signed up Socomec, the electrical equipment and engineering group, as its new lower back-of-shirt sponsor
EXCLUSIVE: RFEF eyes premium from five-year bids in Spanish Super Cup European tender
Broadcasters across Europe have been invited to bid for Spanish Super Cup rights across three to five seasons in a sales process launched by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF)
Serie A ‘considers’ launch of radio channel
Lega Serie A, the organising body of the top division of Italian club football, is said to be considering the launch of its own radio channel
Sportfive renews Popp Feinkost sleeve sponsorship for Hamburg
German football club Hamburger SV has signed a renewal to its sponsorship contract with food brand Popp Feinkost
Toronto FC, BMO seal extension of foundational partnership
MLS expands pact with Canadian financial services company in new 10-year term
Boehly named as Chelsea chairman and ‘interim sporting director’
English Premier League club Chelsea has named co-owner Todd Boehly as its new chairman and announced that the American will act as “interim sporting director” following the departure of director Marina Gra…
Spring Media distributing media rights to expanded Women’s Cup
The Spring Media agency is exclusively distributing broadcast rights in Europe and sub-Saharan Africa to this year’s expanded Women’s Cup club team tournament held in Louisville, Kentucky.
Crystal Palace back with Macron as kit supplier as Puma departs
English Premier League club Crystal Palace has signed up sportswear brand Macron as its new kit supplier
Serie A receives fresh beIN bid for Mena broadcast rights
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has made a fresh bid to reclaim Serie A rights in the Middle East and North Africa
Barcelona seals deal for one-year move to former Olympic stadium
FC Barcelona has today (Tuesday) concluded a one-season deal to play its home games at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys whilst the most significant work on the redevelopment of Camp Nou is carried out, s…
Former USWNT stars seek Bay Area NWSL expansion team
Four former United States women's national team players are looking to establish a National Women's Soccer League team in the Bay Area in California
Entrance of Infront stokes competition in betting market, helps double value of DFB-Pokal rights
IMG Arena agreed four-year deal starting from 2022-23 season
Endeavor-owned betting division beat Infront in second round of tender
S4C follows Uefa national teams deal with FAW rights extension
Welsh public-service broadcaster S4C has agreed a four-year extension to its rights deal with the Football Association of Wales for domestic club competitions
Textor in advanced talks to buy Olympique Lyonnais
American investor John Textor is set to become the majority shareholder in French Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais