Fifa World Cup

Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sports marketing agencies Pitch Marketing Group and SDIsports have launched a joint venture to focus on the Fifa World Cups in 2022 and 2026
Football
Media

Brazilian media group Globo is reported to have successfully fought off an appeal from world football’s governing body Fifa over payment of a $90m (€76.1m) sum for rights to a host of tournaments.
Football
Media

Brazilian pay-television broadcaster BandSports has acquired linear rights to all South American 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying matches played on Matchday 4 of the continent’s qualification competition, i…
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Media

Pay-television broadcaster Turner has acquired the pay-television rights to tomorrow’s (November 17) Fifa World Cup qualifier between Uruguay and Brazil, while commercial broadcaster Band is still in t…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Italian beer brand Peroni has returned as a sponsor of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) until the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Football
Finance & Law

Hernan Lopez and Carlos Martinez, two former executives at US-based media group 21st Century Fox, have failed in their attempts to have a separate trial from sports marketing agency Full Play as part of…
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Media

Brazilian media group Globo has failed to negotiate a late agreement to broadcast tonight’s 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying match between Peru and Brazil.
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Media

Media conglomerate Grupo Nación has finalised its acquisition of domestic rights to the Paraguay men’s national team’s away 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers, as well as exclusive rights in Paraguay to a…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

ConTe.it, the Admiral Group-owned Italian insurance brand, has signed as an official partner of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) in a three-year deal
Football
Events

Spain and Portugal have announced a joint bid to host the 2030 Fifa World Cup
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Media

Fifa, football’s world governing body, has initiated broadcast rights sales processes in the Nordic region for the Fifa Women’s World Cup in 2023 and the men’s World Cup in 2026. T
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Media

The Uruguayan Football Federation (AUF) is poised to sign off on a broadcast rights deal with the Tenfield agency for Uruguay’s home 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifying matches.
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Media

Brazilian media group Globo has added to its coverage of national team football by acquiring rights to Argentina’s home qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Qatar-based logistics company GWC has signed as the first regional supporter for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Football
Attendance

Mounting delays to 2022 World Cup qualifiers due to Covid-19 are becoming a problem and a shortening of the format is a possibility
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

Clothing brand El Ganso will supply the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) with 'streetwear' for the Spanish national men’s team and officials in a four-year deal.
Football
Governance

Fifa is projecting a $120m (€101.3m) drop in expected revenues in the period through to the 2022 World Cup, due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Football
Events

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has reshaped its qualifying tournament for the 2022 Fifa World Cup, and has also provided updates on the suspended…