Imran Yusuf

The main backer of a new top-tier football league in Pakistan, Farhan Junejo, has told SportBusiness that his Pakistan Football League project is still on course for success, despite a burgeoning dispute between the PFL and sports marketing company Redstrike.

Sky New Zealand has secured exclusive rights to the men’s and women’s A-Leagues for another three years, with a second New Zealand team joining for the coming season.

Fifa has taken media rights for the 2026 Fifa World Cup to market in Cambodia, Taiwan and Vietnam, continuing its in-house sale of rights in the Asia-Pacific region

Three leading industry figures are bullish on media rights values, believing that Netflix is likely to enter into European sports acquisitions to continue its growth, thereby significantly boosting competition in the market.

The hazards of private equity investment in football was a strong theme at this year’s IMG x RedBird Summit with Lorin Parys, the Belgian Pro League CEO, issuing a warning over the associated payouts.

Eclat Media Group, which owns the SPOTV pay-television channels and streaming platform, has renewed its rights in South Korea to Italy's Serie A from 2024-25 to 2026-27

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has renewed its Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) rights from 2024 to 2028

Pakistan-based streaming platform Tapmad has secured Asian Football Confederation (AFC) rights in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Nepal

ITV will no longer show its weekly National Football League highlights programme in the UK this season

Indonesian media conglomerate MNC Group has renewed its Asian Football Confederation (AFC) rights from 2025 to 2028, in the wake of strong performances from the national team