Football
Streaming platform Fanatiz secures $10m in fresh funding
Football streaming platform Fanatiz has closed a $10m (€9m) Series A funding round investment deal with 777 Partners, a Miami-based private investment firm.
BKT retains French football footprint with Ligue 2 title deal
Indian specialist tyre company BKT will pay the Ligue de Football Professionnel between €2m ($2.2m) and €2.5m
Teqball tables plans for global expansion
Dominic Bliss talks to the executives at the helm of teqball, which has just received GAISF Observer Status, and the plans the fledgling sport has for its future.
Foreign player salary cap will help domestic players and finances, Chinese FA says
The Chinese Football Association has said it's new salary cap for foreign players is aimed at improving domestic players and 'deflating financial bubbles'
I-League’s Mohun Bagan ‘to merge with ISL’s ATK’
Two leading Indian football teams from Kolkata, the I-League's Mohun Bagan and the Indian Super League's ATK, are to merge and play in the Indian Super League, according to media reports
Bayern Munich drive off with lucrative Audi renewal
German car manufacturer Audi has signed off on a four-year sponsorship renewal with Bundesliga champion Bayern Munich in a deal thought to be worth between €50m ($54.8m) and €60m per year.
Mitsubishi Motors enters Italian football for first time with Chievo Verona
Italian football side Chievo Verona has added automotive brand Mitsubishi motors as its new main sponsor.
The deal will run until the end of the 2019-20 season
FanCode to stream I-League in multi-year deal
Digital sports content platform FanCode has agreed a multi-year rights deal to Indian club football competition the I-League
Supercopa final in Saudi nets 1.97m Spanish pay-TV viewers
The first Spanish Supercopa to be played in Saudi Arabia yielded an average of 1
Nent to stream all Danish 1st Division matches on Viaplay
The Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group will increase the exposure of Denmark’s 1st Division, the second-tier football league in the country, by broadcasting all matches on its Viaplay streaming service.
Gambling sponsorship under threat from UK government review
UK government ministers have committed to reviewing the 2005 Gambling Act in a move which could have a significant impact on sponsorship revenues in British football
Dan Haddad | Liverpool takes a chance on Nike in search of sales growth
Dan Haddad, head of commercial strategy at Octagon UK, looks at the potential upside for Liverpool in opting to switch kit supplier rights from New Balance to Nike.
US Soccer unveils 2020 SheBelieves Cup teams, venues
The prestigious SheBelieves Cup invitational international women's soccer tournament will be participated by the United States, England, Spain, and Japan from March 5-11 in the US
LaLiga engages with skiers through Grupo Aramón tie-up
LaLiga, the organising body of the top two divisions of Spanish club football, has sought to embrace the winter sports market by agreeing a partnership with ski resort organisation, Grupo Aramón.
OneSoccer supplants TSN with Concacaf Gold Cup deal
OneSoccer, Mediapro’s OTT sports streaming service in Canada, has acquired exclusive rights to the 2021 and 2023 editions of the Concacaf Gold Cup, the national team tournament for associations from N…
Atlético Mineiro adds Multimarcas Consórcios as shoulder sponsor
Brazilian football club Atlético Mineiro has added real estate business Multimarcas Consórcios to its portfolio of shirt sponsors.
Bundesliga signs up Amazon Web Services for real-time statistics
Germany’s Bundesliga has become the world’s first football league to work with Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing subsidiary of the retail giant becoming increasingly involved in sports broadcasting and…
ITV ‘in talks with BT’ to sublicense Champions League rights
UK commercial broadcaster ITV is in talks with telco BT to sublicense some of the latter’s Uefa Champions League rights for the 2021-24 cycle, according to newspaper the Sunday Times.