Football
Evergrande planning three major stadiums in China
Chinese Super League football club Guangzhou Evergrande has started work on a landmark 100,000-seat home stadium
Fox Sports agrees to pay final Eredivisie rights fee tranche
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has agreed to pay the final fee instalment for the Dutch Eredivisie football league despite the continued suspension of fixtures due to the Covid-19 pandemic
Suning’s real estate division signs regional deal with Inter
Serie A club Inter Milan has signed a sponsorship deal with Suning Real Estate, a division of the club’s Chinese ownership group Suning.
Virtual cuppas and food bank donations: How football clubs are supporting communities during lockdown
Adam Nelson takes a look at how the community initiatives at Liverpool FC and Everton FC are providing fans with much-needed support during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Turkmenistan football league restarts, other Asian events join cancelled list
Turkmenistan on Sunday joined the small handful of countries around the world to continue hosting sports events amid the Covid-19 pandemic, as its domestic football season restarted
Liga MX suspends promotion-relegation for five years
Mexico's Liga MX has suspended promotion and relegation to and from the league for the next five years following a vote by the 18 club owners
Brazilian clubs vote for GSRM and Zeus-Stats Perform international rights deals
Global Sports Rights Management, the agency set up by Latin American sports rights executives, is poised to secure the international broadcast rights to Brazilian football’s top two leagues after being c…
MLS players asked to take significant salary cuts
Major League Soccer has begun discussions with the MLS Players' Association about the prospect of players taking significant salary cuts due to the global Covid-19 pandemic
St. Pauli stays connected with shirt sponsor Congstar
German telecoms operator Congstar has extended its shirt sponsorship deal with St. Pauli of German football’s second-tier 2. Bundesliga by two more years.
LaLiga offers additional programming to international broadcasters
LaLiga, the governing body of the top two divisions of Spanish football, has opened up its LaLiga StayAtHome content to international audiences as it looks to keep fans engaged in the absence of live sport
DFL ‘moves closer’ to compromise with domestic rights-holders
The German Football League (DFL) appears to have edged closer to an agreement with pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland over instalment payments for this season’s Bundesliga media rights.
Turner and Fox make April payment for Argentinian Superliga rights
Fox Sports and Turner Broadcasting, the US-headquartered domestic rights-holders of the Argentinian Superliga, have paid their instalments for April
Socios unveils Covid-19 immunity verification tool for football fans
Blockchain-based fan engagement platform Socios has announced plans for an immunity verification tool, designed to allow football fans to return to stadiums and watch live sport safely once the Covid-19…
Uefa considers August 29 as date for Champions League final
Uefa, football’s European governing body, is considering a plan to stage the Champions League final on August 29 in the Turkish city of Istanbul as part of a proposal that would also see the Europa League f…
Schramm Marketing Group’s Eli loses battle with Covid-19 virus
Rafael Eli, a partner and chief operating officer at Schramm Marketing Group, the New York-based sponsorship and events agency involved in sports, has died after contracting the Covid-19 virus
US Soccer shuts down majority of youth teams amid further cutbacks
The United States Soccer Federation has announced a series of cutbacks as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, including staff pay cuts, furloughs and layoffs
Foxtel ‘fails to make’ A$12m A-League rights payment
Australian pay-television operator Foxtel has failed to make its final rights fee instalment for this season’s A-League, the top-tier men’s football league in Australia, it has been reported.
Barcelona and Tencent combine for Covid-19 relief
FC Barcelona and Chinese technology company Tencent are partnering to provide medical equipment and materials to help the Covid-19 relief effort in Catalonia