Football
Mediapro offers €1.5m in bid to break Liga Iberdrola deadlock
Mediapro, the Spanish production and media rights group, has revealed details of a €1.5m ($1.6
Celta Vigo signs sleeve sponsorship with Maldives government
Spanish football club Celta Vigo has signed a sponsorship contract with the government of the Maldives
LNFS seeks to head off RFEF intervention in Spanish futsal
Liga Nacional de Fútbol Sala (LNFS), organising body of the top two divisions of futsal in Spain, has reportedly approved the launch of a lawsuit against the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) over its a…
DAZN ‘joins forces with Mediaset’ in latest Copa del Rey rights bidding
OTT sports streaming service DAZN has joined Mediaset’s bid for the three-season cycle for Spanish domestic knockout competition, the Copa del Rey, it has been reported.
De Siervo says Serie A could take a game abroad if Fifa and Uefa change rules
Luigi De Siervo, chief executive of Serie A, has suggested the Italian league could try to play an official game abroad, if Fifa and Uefa change their rules regarding such fixtures
Aston Villa looking to turn fan engagement into commercial revenue with new loyalty card scheme
Data-led fan engagement platform Fortress and Barclays have developed a new universal payment scheme at Aston Villa FC, aiming to deepen the connection between a club and its fans and open up whole new commercial revenue opportunities in the process.
Bengaluru-APL Apollo deal the latest in slew of Indian football sponsorships
Indian Super League football club Bengaluru FC has agreed a one-year sponsorship deal with steel pipe manufacturer APL Apollo, in the latest of a slew of deals agreed ahead of the 2019-20 season
Sevilla’s back-room operations working to catch up with team performance in modernisation push
Market research conducted in 2014 showed that success on the field was not translating into awareness off it for La Liga side Sevilla FC. Frank Dunne looks at how the club has subsequently addressed this, doubling commercial revenues to €18m.
South Korea to debut AFC’s new Women’s Club Championship
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced that South Korea will host the inaugural edition of its Women’s Club Championship.
New Balance appeal request rejected, Liverpool set to sign with Nike
Premier League club Liverpool looks set to sign a five-year kit supplier contract with sportswear giants Nike after rival brand New Balance was unsuccessful in its final attempt to block the deal
Liverpool v New Balance: six things we learned
Liverpool FC’s legal dispute with New Balance has provided unprecedented insights into the minutiae of a modern Premier League kit supplier agreement. Ben Cronin looks at some of the details from the case and examines what they say about the club and the brands involved.
Indian and German football federations sign MoU
The All India Football Federation signed a memorandum of understanding with its German counterpart the DFB on Friday, covering joint work to develop football in India
Indonesian football association elects police commissioner as chief
The Football Association of Indonesian (PSSI) elected Mochamad Iriawan, the commissioner-general of the country's National Police, as its new leader during a congress in Jakarta on Saturday
Fifa, Asean sign social responsibility MoU
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) signed a memorandum of understanding on Saturday with football's global governing body Fifa, to increase football-related social responsibility projects…
Bundesliga CEO “disappointed” by Fox Sports coverage in US
Following the completion of Bundesliga's new media-rights deal with ESPN in the United States, which begins in 2020, the German league's chief executive Christian Seifert has revealed he was disappointed…
Eintracht Frankfurt’s New York office to open in January 2020
Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt plans to open its regional office in New York City in January 2020, SportBusiness has been told.
IMG’s Oettle named AC Milan’s head of sponsorship sales
Serie A club AC Milan has appointed Maikel Oettle, an experienced sponsorship executive, to the newly-created position of head of sponsorship sales
Gravity Media Group unites broadcast, production companies under one brand
Gearhouse Broadcast, Hyperactive Broadcast, Input Media and Chief Entertainment will now trade under the brand name of ‘Gravity Media’ as part of a rebranding process by parent company Gravity Media Gro…