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Football
Industry Moves

Sports and media group Kosmos has hired Gorka Herrero Nebot from LaLiga as its international commercial director and head of global partnerships
Football
Finance & Law

Fenway Sports Group (FSG) has blamed the “general economic context of French football” for ending its discussions to buy Ligue 2 club Girondins de Bordeaux.
Football
Media

Fifa is inviting bids for broadcast rights to its revamped Club World Cup in different international markets after negotiations over a global streaming deal with Apple broke down
Football
Media

Viewership numbers soared during the Euro 2024 final in both Spain and the UK last night with RTVE netting its highest football audience since the Euro 2012 final.
US College Sport
Media

US college sport's Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has been ordered to hand over its media-rights agreements to Florida State University (FSU), which is continuing its break-away bid
Cycling
Finance & Law

Astana Qazaqstan states the draft agreement provides for long-term investment for a period of at least five years and financing at the level of leading WorldTour teams.
Football
Media

The English Football League has issued an RFP for a documentary series as it builds on its latest international media rights deals and turns to content creation to boost the profile of its clubs in the US market.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The Argentinian Football Association has appointed IMG as its exclusive sponsorship agency in the Asia Pacific region (APAC), as part of a two-year deal that will run from 2025 to 2026.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Nike is one of the club’s three top-tier sponsors, but president Joan Laporta in March ramped up the pressure on its kit supplier to either quit or pay more.
Football
Media

TV Klan, the private television channel in Albania, has acquired exclusive rights to the Fifa World Cup in 2026.
Football
Media

Clubs from France’s Ligue 1 finally have oversight of domestic broadcast rights revenues after they voted to approve five-year deals with DAZN and beIN Sports but remain in talks over escape clauses.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Uber has split its approach to its latest European football sponsorship deals, turning to its Uber Eats food delivery brand to sponsor Spain’s LaLiga but marketing its main ride-hailing app business in a shirt deal with Serie A side Como 1907.
Esports
Events

Saudi Arabia's emergence as the home for the esports and gaming industry has been underlined by the International Olympic Committee today awarding the country hosting rights to its new Olympic Esports Games event.
US College Sport
Finance & Law

A US appeals court has ruled that some college athletes may qualify as employees under federal wage laws, in what is another setback to the National Collegiate Athletic Association in its long-running…
Baseball
Sponsorship & Marketing

MGM Resorts International has chosen its MGM Resorts brand to become a 'Proud Partner’ of the New York Yankees in a move linked to the awarding of up to three full commercial casino licences in the New Y…
Tennis
Media

A grand slam has been broadcast on Tennis TV for the first time after ATP Media's OTT subscription streaming service stepped in to provide coverage in New Zealand of this year's Wimbledon, which concludes on Sunday.
Football
Finance & Law

Chelsea FC has transferred control of its women’s team to Blueco, the holding company used by Todd Boehly’s Clearlake consortium to buy the Premier League club in May 2022, in a move that could help it …
American Football
Finance & Law

The National Football League is set to allow each of its 32 franchises to sell to private equity investors, albeit up to a limit of 10 per cent only, commissioner Roger Goodell has declared