Football
Former Arsenal shareholder Usmanov considers Everton investment
Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov has revealed his interest in investing in English Premier League football club Everton
Cyfrowy Polsat handed hefty €8m fine in ARD-ZDF Euro 2016 probe
Cyfrowy Polsat, the Polish pay-television operator, has been issued with a fine of PLN34.9m (€8.1m/$9.1
Argentina’s Superliga gauges interest in international rights as tender issued
Argentina’s Superliga, the top-tier of domestic football in Argentina, has kicked off an invitation to tender to sell the league’s broadcast rights internationally from the 2020-21 season onwards.
TV2 picks up rights to Haaland’s Dortmund debut
Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has acquired exclusive rights to a trio of friendly matches featuring Borussia Dortmund as Norway’s star striker Erling Braut Haaland prepares to make his debut for t…
Puma ‘to replace Umbro’ as PSV kit supplier
Dutch football club PSV Eindhoven is set to sign a lucrative kit supply contract with German sportswear manufacturer Puma
Benfica claims Portuguese first with VOD platform
Portuguese Primeira Liga football club Benfica has launched its new Benfica Play video-on-demand service through a link-up with OTT platform developer Insys Video Technologies
Aldi joins group of sponsors quitting FFA portfolio
Football Federation Australia (FFA) has lost another of its sponsors with supermarket chain Aldi opting not to renew its contract upon its expiry at the end of 2019
Preston North End signs local firm as first-ever sleeve sponsor
English Championship football club Preston North End has agreed a deal for Clearview Home Improvements to become its first-ever sleeve sponsor
Chelsea’s commercial revenue growth buoyed by status among Europe’s elite
Premier League football club Chelsea reported a commercial revenue increase of 8.5 per cent for the 2018-19 season – compensating for falls in broadcast and matchday income over the period.
Premier League issues broadcaster-focused ITT in Nordics from 2022-23 onwards
The English Premier League is inviting bids in the Nordic region for broadcast rights from the 2022-23 season onwards
North Korea withdraws from women’s Olympic football qualifying tournament in South Korea
North Korea has pulled out of the final-round women's football qualifying tournament for the 2020 Olympics, due to take place in South Korea next month
Atlanta United unveils six full-capacity games at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in 2020
Major League Soccer team Atlanta United has revealed it will open the upper level at Mercedes-Benz Stadium for at least six games in the 2020 season
Rambler ‘targets Match TV clips in latest Premier League rights case’
Russian sports broadcaster Match TV, owned by Gazprom Media, is reported to have become the subject of a lawsuit in Rambler Media Group’s crackdown on what it claims is illicit broadcasts of the English P…
StarTimes picks up FA Cup rights in sub-Saharan Africa
Pay-television operator StarTimes has acquired rights across sub-Saharan Africa to the FA Cup, England’s leading knockout club football tournament.
Trio of Mexican broadcasters land Chivas rights for 2020 Clausura
Mexican Liga MX football team Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas) has agreed rights deals with commercial broadcasters TV Azteca, Televisa and Multimedios for its 2020 Clausura campaign, but has reportedly…
Altice’s BFM TV suffers blow in Champions League final court ruling
The Conseil d'État, the highest administrative court in France, has ruled that free-to-air news channel BFM TV, which is owned by telco Altice, was not authorised to broadcast last season’s Uefa Champions Le…
Chinese Super League caps foreign player salaries at $3.3m
The Chinese Super League is introducing a range of financial sustainability measures, including a cap on salaries for foreign players of $3.3m (€3m).
Host cities announced for AFC Asian Cup China 2023
The Chinese Football Association has named the 10 host cities for the 2023 AFC Asian Cup as: Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Xi'an, Dalian, Qingdao, Xiamen and Suzhou