Football
MSP Capital downgrades Bournemouth deal, Everton signs timing sponsor
Newly-promoted Premier League club AFC Bournemouth has extended its association with last season’s main shirt sponsor MSP Capital in a lower-level training kit deal.
Ronaldo agrees NFT partnership with crypto exchange Binance
Portuguese football star Cristiano Ronaldo and cryptocurrency exchange Binance will release a series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) later this year under a new, multi-year deal
Former Astros GM Luhnow acquires Spanish club Leganés
A consortium led by former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow has acquired Spanish second-tier football club Leganés.
Cryptocurrency advertising under scrutiny as Spanish watchdog prepares regulation
Spain’s National Securities Market Commission (CNMV) has warned that it is preparing new regulation over the advertising of cryptocurrency firms and their products.
Audi Field to host 2023 MLS All-Star Game
Audi Field, the home of Major League Soccer team DC United, will stage the 2023 MLS All-Star Game, it has been announced
Hong Kong Premier League to implement VAR after ‘receiving HK$10m grants’
The Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) has announced it is seeking to implement Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology in the Hong Kong Premier League from the start of the 2023-24 season
Fifa appoints Infront as exclusive World Cup licensing agent in China
Fifa has appointed the Infront agency as its official licensing agent in China
Douyin sublicenses Fifa World Cup streaming rights from CCTV
Chinese digital media firm Douyin Group has acquired rights for this year's Fifa World Cup in a sublicensing deal with the state-owned China Media Group, parent of state broadcaster CCTV
DAZN strikes Spanish carriage deal with Orange ahead of new LaLiga season
The Spanish arm of French telecoms operator Orange has agreed a carriage deal with DAZN to provide the OTT subscription broadcaster’s service within its Orange TV content offering.
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