Copa Libertadores

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Media

Conmebol, the governing body of South American football, is seeking a speedy resolution to its issue around the media rights for the continent’s top-tier Copa Libertadores competition with a new Brazilian d…
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Media

Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has requested the termination of its rights contract for South American football’s top-tier Copa Libertadores competition.
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Brazilian football club Santos has added to its array of kit sponsors with lighting specialists Fox Lux. The brand will hold the designation of back-of-shirt sponsor at the club until June 2021
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Sports Betting

Stats Perform has signed a multi-year agreement to collect and distribute the official data across Conmebol men’s, women’s and U20 competitions.
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Governance

Two former executives at US-based media giant 21st Century Fox and South American sports marketing agency Full Play have pleaded not guilty to criminal charges in New York as part of the long-running corruption…
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Media

Social media platform Facebook has renewed a sublicensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports for coverage of the South American Football Confederation’s (Conmebol) Copa Libertadores c…
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Sponsorship & Marketing

The South American Football Federation (Conmebol) has added automotive manufacturer Ford as a sponsor of premier club tournament, the Copa Libertadores
Football
Marketing

Sports data and technology company Stats Perform has agreed a four-year deal with the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol)
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Video game brand Electronic Arts has signed a new agreement with the South American football federation Conmebol for rights to include the Copa Libertadores in the FIFA 20 football game
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Media

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to this weekend’s final of the Copa Libertadores, the South American Football Confederation’s (Conmebol’s) leading club competition. T
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Sponsorship & Marketing

Heineken-owned beer brand Amstel has extended its sponsorship of the Copa Libertadores and added the Copa Sudamericana competition to its South American rights
Football
Governance

World football’s governing body Fifa has today (Tuesday) handed life bans to three more senior former South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) executives, including Manuel Burga, who in December 2…
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Events

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has opted to move the final of this year’s Copa Libertadores club competition from Santiago in Chile to the Peruvian capital of Lima.
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Events

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has awarded hosting rights for the finals of the 2020 Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana to Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã and Córdoba’s Estadio Mario…
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Events

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has announced that 12 stadia across Argentina, Brazil and Peru will contest the hosting rights for the finals of the 2020 Copa Libertadores and Copa…
Football
Governance

The death of former Conmebol president Nicolás Leoz has brought South American football one step closer to closing the book on an era of corruption. As global agencies and investment funds are taking advantage of the power vacuum, Callum McCarthy examines the current landscape and asks if and when that book can be closed for good.
Football
Technology

Conmebol, the South American football confederation, has chosen British sports technology company Hawk-Eye Innovations Limited to provide the video assistant referee (VAR) solutions to its continental…
Football
Events

The twice-postponed second leg of this year's Copa Libertadores final between River Plate and Boca Juniors will now be played at Real Madrid's Bernabéu stadium on December 9, with a 7.30pm GMT kick-off. T