Football
Townsend to become full-time Australian Professional Leagues CEO in 2022
Australian Professional Leagues (APL), the managing body of Australian professional football’s elite A-Leagues, has announced its current managing director Danny Townsend will transition to the role o…
Eredivisie’s NEC Nijmegen adds GGPoker as sleeve sponsor
Dutch football club NEC Nijmegen has agreed a sleeve sponsorship deal with online poker platform GGPoker
Huddersfield Town signs BK8 as global betting sponsor
Huddersfield Town, the second-tier English football club, has signed up gambling platform BK8 as a sponsor
Populous lands contract to design new Milan stadium
Sport and entertainment architecture and design practice Populous has been selected to design a new stadium for Italian Serie A city rivals Inter Milan and AC Milan
777 Partners-backed Ata Football secures women’s Serie A in US, Canada and Germany
Atalanta Media-owned women’s football streaming platform Ata Football has signed a two-year deal to cover Italy’s top-tier women’s Serie A in the US, Canada and Germany.
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Advertising watchdog bans Arsenal’s fan token adverts
The Advertising Standards Agency, the UK’s regulator for the sector, has ruled that two advertisements posted by Arsenal for its crypto-based fan tokens have breached regulations and said that the ads “…
Chelsea extends Fifa video game sponsorship with Electronic Arts
Premier League football club Chelsea has extended its long-running official video gaming sponsorship with Electronic Arts, publishers of the Fifa video game series
PSG adds to regional portfolio with Volt and Big Cola
Peruvian beverage group AJE has signed a regional sponsorship with French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain until June 2024
Infront, Mediapro awarded Caf broadcast services contracts, RTS lands Afcon rights
The Confederation of African Football has appointed Infront France, AMP Visual, Globecast and Mediapro as broadcast services suppliers for its events in 2022 and 2023, while Senegalese public-service broadcaster…
Sportradar renews Bundesliga global betting data and streaming rights deal
Betting data services company Sportradar has agreed a five-year extension to its international betting data and streaming rights distribution agreement with Germany’s Bundesliga.
New Covid restrictions disrupt NZ teams, Super Rugby Pacific launch
The tightening of Covid-19 restrictions in New Zealand means it is unlikely that the New Zealand Breakers basketball team and Wellington Phoenix football team will complete the second halves of their Australia-based…
Internacional latest in Brazil to launch fan token via Socios.com
Brazilian football club Internacional has become the latest in the country to sign a deal with blockchain provider Chiliz
Visa moves first on Fifa Women’s Football Partner rights
Payment services brand Visa has become the first-ever ‘Fifa Women’s Football Partner’, a new designation, effective in 2023, created as part of the international federation’s newly-launched sponsorship structu…
Inter Miami CF brings in XMANNA as inaugural sleeve sponsor
Major League Soccer's Inter Miami CF has secured a "major" multiyear partnership with software technology company XMANNA, which has been designated the team's inaugural sleeve sponsor and its official…
Angel City FC brings in Crypto.com as official cryptocurrency, NFT partner
National Women's Soccer League expansion team Angel City FC has brought in cryptocurrency exchange Crypto.com as club’s official cryptocurrency and nonfungible token (NFT) partner.
Infantino sees ‘majority’ backing for biennial World Cup vision
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has said “probably the majority” would back the men’s and women’s World Cups moving to a biennial hosting model, but refused to commit to a voting date as world footbal…
Bandeirantes lands Club World Cup rights in Brazil
Brazilian media group Bandeirantes has acquired broadcast rights to the 2021 Fifa Club World Cup
Mondelēz extends with FFF in support of Milka chocolate brand
Food and beverage group Mondelēz International has extended its sponsorship of the French Football Federation until June 2024.