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Media

Disney and DirecTV failed to agree on a licensing deal, leading to Disney-owned channels — including ESPN and ABC — going dark Sunday night in the middle of US Open broadcasting and just before a marquee col…
Multi-sport
Events

Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) has sought to accelerate a decision from the Scottish government over Glasgow hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games, claiming it would be “short-sighted” to turn down the…
Multiple Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

Lars Stegelmann, the former head of commercial for the Visa Cash App Formula 1 team and one-time commercial director for the DTM sports car racing series, has been appointed to lead a new office in Germany for the Two Circles marketing agency.
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Italian banking firm UniCredit has been announced as a new partner of Formula 1 team Scuderia Ferrari in a multi-year deal after Spanish bank Banco Santander chose not to renew its sponsorship at the end of the 2024 season.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

LaLiga has signed up SportyBet as a betting sponsor in Africa as it broadens out a regional betting roster that already includes deals in Asia-Pacific, Central and South America, North America and South Africa.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Blockchain firm BlockDAG has struck its second major sponsorship deal of the week after announcing an agreement with Italian Serie A club Inter Milan.
American Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Media and technology company Comcast has become the latest technology-based founding partner of Levi's Stadium to announce an extension with the home of the San Francisco 49ers
Football
Industry Moves

Santiago Sluzewski Monti, who has headed up media rights trading at Torneos for the last eight years, is leaving the Argentina-based rights agency.
Football
Events

Milan's San Siro stadium will not host the 2027 Uefa Champions League final after the city's two Serie A clubs, Inter Milan and AC Milan, decided to press ahead with plans to renovate the venue, it has been reported.
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Digital consultant and software development firm Globant has stepped up its presence in Formula 1 by agreeing a sponsorship deal with Williams Racing.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Brazil’s competition regulator has launched an investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices in the production and commercialisation of 3D cam carpets in Brazilian football.
Football
Governance

Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin has acknowledged that too many matches are being played by Europe's leading teams, but defended the new format of the expanded Champions League group stage as a necessary …
Padel
Sponsorship & Marketing

Swedish gambling platform Betsson has expanded on its already significant presence in padel via a global deal with Premier Padel
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Inter Miami has agreed a training kit sponsorship deal with blockchain platform Polkadot in what is claimed to be the first-ever sports sponsorship agreement with a Decentralised Autonomous Organisation…
Tennis
Media

ESPN has renewed its rights to the US Open in a long-term 12-year deal that will run to 2037 but sees the United States Tennis Association assume host broadcast duties.
Paralympic Games
Media

Huge interest on the back of Paris’ hosting of the Olympics helped France Télévisions multiply its audience for the Paralympics opening ceremony by nearly 10 times compared to Tokyo 2020.
Football
Finance & Law

City Football Group (CFG), the parent company of Manchester City and several other football clubs around the world, has raised capital worth £210m (€249.8m/$277m) through the issue of new preference shares.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Betano's aggressive expansion into football shows no signs of slowing down after being unveiled as Uefa's new global betting sponsor for the Europa League and Conference League competitions.