Swiss Super League to return on June 19 as expansion emphatically ruled out
A proposal to expand Switzerland’s Super League to 12 teams has been dismissed as the league prepares to resume this season’s campaign on June 19 following the suspension imposed as a result of the Cov…
Bolivian Football Federation eyes $40m from four-year TV rights deal
The Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) has set a target of $40m (€36m) from its sale of broadcast rights to the country’s top-tier División Profesional between 2021 and 2024.
BeIN lands exclusive rights to Austria’s ÖFB Cup final
Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has secured exclusive rights across multiple international territories to tonight’s final of the ÖFB Cup, the national knockout clubs tournament in Austria.
Women’s Bundesliga nets UK coverage in BBC Alba deal
Germany’s Women’s Bundesliga is to receive broadcast coverage in the UK after a rights deal was struck by BBC Alba, the Gaelic-language channel of public-service broadcaster BBC Scotland.
European Tour adopts cluster approach with UK return to action
Golf’s European Tour is to adopt a model of hosting tournaments in one regional ‘cluster’ as it makes its return to action following the Covid-19 shutdown.
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Sportfive name revived in Lagardère Sports and Entertainment rebrand
The Lagardère Sports and Entertainment agency has brought back the Sportfive name in a rebranding exercise following its takeover by H.I.G.
Pinsent Masons named World Athletics’ first legal services supplier
World Athletics has signed a four-year agreement with Pinsent Masons that affords the London-based international law firm the role of athletics’ first official supplier of legal services.
GolTV maintains Ecuadorian league rights payments during Covid-19 shutdown
Pay-television broadcaster GolTV has committed to fulfilling its rights payments to clubs in Ecuadorian football’s top-tier Serie A.
Tensions ease between Swiss-Ski and Wengen organisers after CHF300,000 donation
Swiss-Ski, the sport’s national governing body in Switzerland, has withdrawn its request to remove the iconic race in Wengen from the provisional 2021-22 FIS World Cup calendar as it seeks a resolution t…
Metz returns to Kappa in three-year kit deal
French Ligue 1 side Metz has signed a three-year kit supply deal with Italian sportswear brand Kappa.
The new agreement will run from 2020-21 to 2022-23