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Stadia

The site of a headline-making 100,000-seater football stadium in Guanghzou being built by troubled Chinese property developer Evergrande has been reclaimed by the local government and will be auctioned…
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Governance

The UK Government has been called on to create a new independent regulator (IREF), while a solidarity transfer levy has been proposed for Premier League clubs as part of the Fan-Led Review of English Football…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Italian Serie A club SSC Napoli has signed up meme cryptocurrency Floki to its sponsorship portfolio
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Events

The ceremony, organised in collaboration with Dubai Sports Council, will present winners of fourteen categories with nominees including Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, Robert Lewandowski, Lucy Bronze, Italy and Argentina, among many others
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Media

Football-based media platform OneFootball has acquired rights to the Indian Super League club competition in over 200 countries across the world
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Media

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has secured a two-year agreement, covering 2021 and 2022, for exclusive media rights to the Asian Football Confederation's major national team and club competitions
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Media

German pay-television broadcaster Sportdigital Fussball has expanded its relationship with DAZN by launching its linear channel on the subscription platform
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Virtual advertising solutions provider Supponor has extended its exclusive deal with German football champions Bayern Munich, in a move which will see the company supply its next-generation Supponor AIR…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

French Ligue 1 football club AS Monaco has launched its $ASM fan tokens on fan engagement and rewards app Socios.com, while it has agreed a new sponsorship deal with iGaming brand Premier Bet
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Spanish football’s LaLiga has signed up gambling platform RushBet as a regional sponsor.
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Governance

Fifa’s plan to host a men’s football World Cup every two years could cost the world’s biggest leagues and clubs a collective €8bn ($9bn/£6.7bn) in lost revenues, according to a new report. The
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Media

United Media’s pay-television broadcaster Sportklub has acquired exclusive media rights in the Balkans for the next two editions of the Africa Cup of Nations, as well as the knockout phases of the TotalEnergies C…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The Premier League has signed up oil lubricant provider Castrol to fill its final central sponsorship position in a multi-year deal which will begin in January 2022
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Data

Sports data firm Stats Perform and A-Leagues have agreed a three-year deal, beginning with the 2021-22 season, to create new, data-driven content for the leagues’ media channels.
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Governance

Fifa and Uefa have welcomed a report from Members of European Parliament which “strongly opposes” breakaway competitions such as the attempted European Super League project proposed by 12 football clu…
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Media

The Premier League has initiated its broadcast rights sales process in Latin America and the Caribbean, inviting broadcasters to lodge their first-round offers by December 13
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The Sportfive agency has widened its association with the Asean Football Federation by becoming the exclusive commercial representative for the 2022 AFF U23 Championship
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Media

Lega Serie A has awarded non-exclusive international scouting database rights to the Russia-based InStat and Italy-based Wyscout, SportBusiness understands