Round-Up: Tokyo Olympics-linked firm paid Papa Diack, IPL sponsorship deals, HK rugby season to start, and more
A consulting company working for the committee bidding to secure the 2020 Olympics hosting rights for Tokyo transferred $370,000 (€314,000) to Papa Massata Diack, the son of jailed ex-IAAF president L…
Round-Up: World Cup qualifiers become ‘a problem’, U17 World Cup under threat, SA’s Southern Kings enter liquidation, and more
Mounting delays to 2022 World Cup qualifiers due to Covid-19 are becoming a problem and a shortening of the format is a possibility
Round-Up: Rugby Australia rights talks continue, Oppo agrees deal with MS Dhoni, IOC protests Korea Olympic split, and more
The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Australian commercial broadcaster Nine has not bid for Rugby Australia media rights, contrary to reports yesterday that it had - SMH (subscription required), The…
Round-Up: Bach wants to visit Suga, PCB sells domestic media rights, NSW to relax attendance cap, and more
International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said he hoped to visit Japan in October to meet new Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga - Japan Today
Round-Up: Seven makes partial CA payment, iQiyi-Barcelona deal, LPGA Tour ‘Asia swing’ cancelled, and more
Australian commercial broadcaster Seven has made only a partial payment of a A$25m ($18.2m/€15.4m) instalment due in its media-rights deal with Cricket Australia.
Round-Up: Valcke and Al-Khelaifi trial begins, NRL player pay threat, Macau GP drops F3, and more
A criminal trial of former Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke and the chairman of sports pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports Nasser Al-Khelaifi began in Switzerland yesterday
Zhibo.tv acquires China League One rights
Chinese streaming platform China Sports, also known as Zhibo.tv, has acquired exclusive rights to China League One, the country's second-tier football division, for the 2020 season.
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Round-Up: Migu sublicenses LaLiga rights, Neymar signs with Puma, new F1 teams to pay $200m, and more
Migu, the entertainment streaming platform of Chinese mobile network China Mobile, agreed a sublicensing deal with streaming platform iQiyi Sports for coverage of the Spanish LaLiga during the 2020-21…
Round-Up: Rossi bound for Malaysia, IPL’s 20,000 Covid-19 tests and more
Seven-times MotoGP champion Valentino Rossi has dismissed speculation he will be retiring from the sport at the end of the season, saying he is on the verge of signing a new deal with Malaysian-based team…
SportBusiness to present sponsorship and media-rights panels at All That Matters
SportBusiness is leading panel discussions on the sponsorship and media-rights sectors at next week's All That Matters Online 2020 sports and entertainment industry conference