Football
Inter Miami co-owners Jorge, Jose Mas among investors poised to take over Real Zaragoza
Spanish second-tier club Real Zaragoza is poised to be taken over by a group of foreign investors, including Inter Miami co-owners Jorge and Jose Mas
Gol to show LaLiga match live on TikTok
Spanish free-to-air channel Gol has announced plans to broadcast next week’s LaLiga football match between Real Sociedad and Real Betis on social media platform TikTok.
777 Partners expands soccer portfolio with French lower-league club Red Star FC
777 Partners, the Florida-based alternative investment firm, has continued to expand its global soccer portfolio, completing an agreement to acquire Paris-based lower-league club Red Star FC
Morey becomes Crawley Town investor as part of WAGMI United takeover
Daryl Morey, president of basketball operations for the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers, has become an investor in Crawley Town following a takeover by American cryptocurrency consortium …
Texo replaces Saltire Energy as Aberdeen’s main shirt sponsor
Scottish football club Aberdeen has signed up industrial services provider Texo as its new shirt sponsor
Viaplay expands Swedish football offering with wide-ranging SvFF deal
Viaplay, the streaming service operated by Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, has agreed a four-year rights deal with the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) covering a range of properties
Uefa taps Friend MTS for anti-piracy services
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has appointed content protection firm Friend MTS to provide anti-piracy services across its competitions.
Canadian Premier League expands regional reach with Flow Sports partnership
Mediapro Canada has sealed a broadcast agreement with Flow Sports, in which the Caribbean sports broadcaster will gain the rights to the Canadian Premier League, Canadian Championship, and home friendlies fo…
Uefa approves new financial regulations amid fresh Manchester City accusations
Uefa has approved new financial regulations that will increase the amount of debt clubs are able to accumulate over a three-year period from €30m ($32.7
CNMC issues fresh rights tender recommendations to LaLiga
Spain’s competition watchdog, the Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), has issued its latest set of recommended changes to broadcast rights tenders launched by LaLiga, the governing bo…
Fifa set to launch ITT for Women’s World Cup rights in European, Central Asian markets
Fifa has announced it will launch an Invitation to Tender next week for the sale of media rights to the 2023 Women’s World Cup in selected territories in Europe and Central Asia.
OneFootball to provide global footprint for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A
Media platform OneFootball has agreed a distribution deal to bring live Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football matches to its global user-base.
Liverpool FC looks to engage US supporters with branded credit card
Premier League club Liverpool FC has partnered with financial technology firm Cardless to create its first branded credit card for United States supporters.
Disney and Facebook extend Copa Libertadores rights-sharing agreement
Media group Disney and social media giant Facebook, now known as Meta, have agreed to extend their agreement to share their respective rights to the Copa Libertadores in South America
AC Milan signs Konami as club’s first training kit sponsor
Italian football club AC Milan has signed up video game developer Konami Digital Entertainment to its sponsorship portfolio as a Principal Partner
Supponor’s latest virtual advertising solution approved for Bundesliga clubs
Virtual advertising firm Supponor has secured league-wide approval to supply its software-based virtual advertising solution to the German Football League (DFL)
LaLiga announces Indonesia and Thailand as testbed for LaLiga Pass streaming service
LaLiga, the organising body for the top two domestic football leagues in Spain, has announced that it will launch its new OTT streaming service in Indonesia and Thailand later this month
Webinar replay | How to choose your NFT technology partners
In this recording of the third and final webinar in our popular NFT series, we look at some of the more technical aspects of launching an NFT collection. The panel included Jorge Urrutia del Pozo from Dapper Labs, Flavio Restelli from Blockchain Partner by KPMG and Capital Block's Tim Mangnall.