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Juve lands Azimut sleeve deal, TikTok for women
Juventus has filled one of the vacant positions on its men's team shirt, announcing global asset management firm Azimut as the new sleeve sponsor while TikTok has upgraded to shirt sponsor of the club's women's team.
TNT takes equity in rights deal with 3×3’s Unrivaled
TNT Sports has reached a multi-year media rights deal with Unrivaled, the new US women’s professional basketball league, investing in the league and becoming an equity partner.
Garber: Reward outweighing risk in MLS-Apple deal
Major League Soccer’s decade-long, $2.5bn-plus global streaming rights contract with Apple may end up being one of sport’s greatest-ever media deals, commissioner Don Garber has claimed.
Benfica facing corruption, tax fraud charges
Portugal’s public prosecutor has called for Benfica to be suspended from all sports competitions for between six months and three years after the Primeira Liga club and former directors were charged w…
Fiorentina lands Betway Scores as sleeve sponsor
Betway Scores has become the sleeve sponsor of Fiorentina in a deal with the Serie A side that took effect earlier this month
Kore is Two Circles’ latest acquisition in US push
Sponsorship and data intelligence platform Kore is Two Circles' latest acquisition under Charterhouse Capital Partners ownership, taking the agency’s client base to over 700 companies and strengthening its US presence.
Ironman sponsorship role for Andreopoulos as Scammell exits
The Ironman Group has appointed Yanni Andreopoulos as executive vice-president of global partnerships, with Matt Scammell departing from the role after just three months.
Faulkner swaps ECA for Wrexham role
Wrexham, the League One side owned by Hollywood actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney, has further developed its commercial and communications structure with the hire of Rob Faulkner from the European…
World Cup media rights on market in Portugal
Fifa has launched an invitation to tender for media rights in Portugal to the 2026 Fifa World Cup, giving interested broadcasters just over a month to turn around their bids.
New Kings League CEO to drive global growth strategy
Kings League, the Spanish seven-a-side football competition organised by the Kosmos agency, has outlined ambitious plans to launch multiple regional leagues worldwide, with growth to be overseen by newly …
Lenovo claims seventh Fifa Partner position
Chinese technology company Lenovo has signed as a top-tier sponsor for the coming World Cup cycle, taking over the seventh Fifa Partner berth with world football’s governing body.
EXCLUSIVE: New office to lead Premier League China push
The Premier League is to open an international office in Beijing and has recruited former World Wrestling Entertainment executive Jay Li to head up operations, SportBusiness understands
Fox Deportes, Telemundo to both air Super Bowl LIX
Boosted by growing Spanish-language audiences for the Super Bowl, Fox Deportes and Telemundo have announced that they will both be airing Super Bowl LIX in February 2025
Vegas Sphere to get Abu Dhabi twin
Sphere, the futuristic entertainment venue in Las Vegas that has quickly become engrained in the US sports sector, is heading to the United Arab Emirates
US investment firm Forest Road acquires Formula E team
ERT Formula E Team to be rebranded Kiro Race Co under takeover deal backed by Ares Management.
BeIN, Uefa: No issues over Euro 2024 rights payment
BeIN Sports and Uefa have both issued statements maintaining that there are no payment issues related to Euro 2024 rights in France in response to a newspaper report in the country yesterday (Monday)
Sponsors get extra exposure in A-League Stats Perform renewal
The Australian Professional Leagues (APL), which oversees the men’s and women’s A-League competitions, has extended and expanded its media deal with Stats Perform, giving more inventory to sponsors.
F1, Fifa voted ‘hottest’ sponsorship properties
Formula 1 and the Fifa men’s World Cup are the ‘hottest’ sponsorship properties in sport according to a global survey of industry subscribers conducted by SportBusiness Sponsorship.