Football
Manchester City and Onefootball agree editorial content tie-up
The English Premier League's Manchester City has become the first club to sign up to distribute its editorial content on football media platform Onefootball
BeIN’s Digiturk freezes rights payments to Turkish Süper Lig
Digiturk, the Turkish pay-television subsidiary of international broadcaster beIN Media Group, has informed the Turkish Football Federation that it will be withholding payment for the rights to the top-flight…
Nent retains Champions League in Denmark but loses Norwegian and Swedish rights
Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has acquired exclusive rights to the Uefa Champions League in Denmark and exclusive rights to the Uefa Europa League and Europa Conference League in Finland, Norway and…
TUDN, Liga MX team up for player-only esports competition
TUDN, the United States-based Spanish-language sports network, has teamed up with Liga MX to broadcast the Mexican top-flight league's new esports competition, the “eLiga MX by BBVA Tournament."
Further exposure for Belarusian football in MyCujoo PPV deal
Football streaming platform MyCujoo is offering pay-per-view coverage of today’s Belarus Cup semi-finals after striking a rights agreement covering 47 territories.
Aser becomes Otro shareholder in tie-up with US investment fund
Global sports investment company Aser Ventures, the ownership group behind English football side Leeds United and international sports broadcaster Eleven Sports, has entered into a ‘strategic partnership’ wit…
Tebas outlines LaLiga’s resumption plans as June restart eyed for Eredivisie
LaLiga president Javier Tebas has insisted that the top tier of Spanish football will finish its 2019-20 season this summer, while the Dutch Football Federation (KNVB) has outlined a potential return date…
Fifa addresses changes to contracts and transfer windows
After the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Fifa has announced a series of measures and guidelines to address vagaries affecting players' contracts and transfer windows
Eni Aluko | Women’s sport is a great vehicle to tackle social issues
Former professional footballer has been appointed as sporting director for Aston Villa Women
South Korean football clubs running into financial trouble
Korean football clubs are facing dangerous financial problems due to the suspension of their season, the Yonhap News Agency has reported
EXCLUSIVE: United Soccer League to furlough staff amid Covid-19 shutdown
The United Soccer League has become the latest major sports organization in North America to furlough its employees amid the Covid-19 shutdown, SportBusiness can reveal
Turner ‘bids to terminate’ Brasileiro club rights deals
US-based media group Turner is seeking talks with the eight Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football clubs with which it holds broadcast rights deals, with a view to exiting the contracts ahead of the 2020 …
Polsat renews Polish Cup and second division rights to 2024
Polish pay-television broadcaster Polsat has agreed a new deal with the Polish Football Association (PZPN) for rights to the country's top domestic cup competition and its second-tier league, the 1 Liga
Lega Serie A wage cuts proposal met with scorn from players’ union
Lega Serie A, organising body of the top division of Italian club football, has voted unanimously to recommend that clubs impose wage cuts of between two and four months’ pay on playing and coaching s…
M6 and TF1 ask to defer Euro 2020 rights payments
French free-to-air commercial broadcasters M6 and TF1 have asked to defer their rights payments for football’s 2020 European Championship after the tournament was pushed back by a year, it has been reported.
Lagardère Sports distributes documentary on Liverpool star Mané
The Lagardère Sports agency has teamed up with German agency arena11, which represents Sadio Mané, for the worldwide distribution of a documentary on the Liverpool and Senegal footballer.
India submits AFC Asian Cup bid
India has tendered its bid documents to host the AFC Asian Cup in 2027. If the country succeeds, it would be the biggest football tournament it has ever hosted
Liverpool change tack as coronavirus cost-cutting continues
More sports organisations and athletes around the world are cutting pay and introducing other cost-saving measures as the economic impact of the coronavirus bites