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Football
Fan Engagement

Belgium's Pro League has expanded its deal with WSC Sports, with a greater focus on producing story-telling content that also fits in with the focus of its recently issued domestic rights tender.
Multiple Sports
Media

Two Circles is in advanced stage discussions to acquire the Spring Media agency as it looks to scale up its broadcast rights distribution capabilities, SportBusiness understands
American Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Samsung Electronics is to become the official TV partner of the National Football League (NFL) in the UK and Ireland.
Rugby League
Governance

Australia’s National Rugby League is set to expand into Papua New Guinea after the federal government reportedly finalised an agreement for a 10-year funding plan for a new franchise in the country.
Football
Media

Pay-television operator Canal Plus has struck a late rights deal with ORF, Austria's public-service broadcaster, ahead of its debut coverage of the Uefa club competitions in the country
Football
Media

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
Multiple Sports
Events

The Scottish Government has finally backed the proposal for the Commonwealth Games to return to Glasgow in 2026, with the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) claiming the event to be an “important first step” to “reset and reframe” the ethos of the Games.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Galatasaray has refuted criticism of the club's new sponsorship deal with MeritKing.news following claims of the website's ties to an illegal betting site.
Football
Finance & Law

Real Madrid has paused music concerts at its Santiago Bernabéu stadium following complaints from local residents in a move that could jeopardise the terms of its finance deal with US firm Sixth Street.
Football
Media

The South African Premiership will remain on free-to-air television during the 2024-25 season after a late sublicensing deal was struck between rights-holder SuperSport and public broadcaster the SABC.
Motorcycling
Industry Moves

MotoGP's hire of its first-ever managing director of global marketing has been more than a year in the making and is being seen as a major landmark in the motorcycling series' aggressive growth plans,…
Mixed Martial Arts
Sponsorship & Marketing

Asian mixed martial arts promotion One Championship has agreed a sponsorship and technology partnership with Sui, a Layer 1 blockchain, that will see the company’s technology integrated into the ONE Fight Arena, the official mobile game of the championship.
Multi-sport
Governance

Seven contenders, three continents represented, two Olympic champions, just one woman: the candidates are in for next year's International Olympic Committee presidential election.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Premiership Rugby is considering a centralised kit supplier deal in a move that would see it follow a model commonly employed in US sport
Basketball
Finance & Law

Euroleague Basketball has claimed a first for European sport by introducing new rules including those akin to the NBA’s luxury tax system.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Qatar Airways will be the new global airline sponsor of the Uefa Champions League until at least 2030 having agreed an unprecedented two-cycle deal, SportBusiness can reveal.
Multiple Sports
Media

Monday Night Football, ESPN's weekly showpiece NFL game, will be available to DirecTV's 11 million customers tonight (Monday) after the carriage dispute with Disney was finally resolved.
Multi-sport
Events

A ‘multi-million-pound’ funding offer from Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) looks set to assuage the Scottish government’s financial concerns and pave the way for a deal for Glasgow to stage the multi…