Americas

American Football
Media

Amazon Prime Video's Thursday Night Football (TNF) broadcast of the Seattle Seahawks-Dallas Cowboys NFL game on November 30 drew its best-ever audience with an average of 15.26 million viewers
Football
Media

Fast-growing Brazilian streamer CazéTV has made its latest high-profile football acquisition in a deal for exclusive rights to 25 matches at Euro 2024.
Football
Events

Inter Miami has sold out its season ticket packages for the 2024 Major League Soccer regular season despite a large hike in the price of tickets
Mixed Martial Arts
Media

Disney-owned sports broadcaster ESPN has renewed its rights in the US to the Professional Fighters League mixed martial arts promotion
Football
Media

Uefa's media rights sales process for its club competitions has closed in Brazil, with incumbents Warner Bros. Discovery and commercial broadcaster SBT joined by fast-growing streaming platform CazéTV for the 2024-27 cycle.
Winter Sports
Events

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has taken the unprecedented step of outlining its planned Winter Olympic Games hosts for the next 15 years, much to the disappointment and annoyance of Sweden.
Motorsport
Media

Nascar has signed seven-year domestic media rights contracts for its premier Nascar Cup Series with broadcasters Fox Sports, NBC Sports, Amazon Prime Video and TNT Sports that will begin in 2025 and run…
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Jeff Shell, the former chief executive of NBCUniversal (NBCU), is to join US private equity firm RedBird Capital Partners to lead its sports and entertainment investment business
Ice Hockey
Sponsorship & Marketing

Toronto-based pizza chain Pizza Pizza has taken over the home helmet sponsorship rights to the NHL’s Toronto Maple Leafs from social media platform TikTok.
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Investors in FTX have filed lawsuits against Major League Baseball and the Mercedes-AMG Petronas Formula 1 team for allegedly helping to push the sale of unregulated securities via the cryptocurrency exchange
Cricket
Sponsorship & Marketing

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has announced a new multi-year sponsorship with kit manufacturer Macron, bringing an early end to the governing body's existing agreement with Castore
Baseball
Industry Moves

Major League Baseball has hired Josh Clark as senior vice-president of content distribution as the league and its broadcast department wades through the ongoing regional sports network (RSN) turmoil
Football
Media

Iris Sport Media, the boutique agency set up by Ioris Francini and his former IMG colleagues Floris Weisz and Luca Baldanza, has been appointed by state-controlled sports media entity Saudi Sports Company…
Football
Events

Doubts have been raised over whether or not a friendly match will go ahead in February in Riyadh between Cristiano Ronaldo's Saudi Arabian club Al-Nassr and Lionel Messi's Inter Miami
US College Sport
Media

US college athletes competing in the Big Ten Conference are to be given the chance to build their personal brands and explore commercial opportunities via the use of digital media clips featuring them…
Golf
Governance

Tech-infused golf league TGL has been forced to push back its inaugural season to "early 2025" after the roof of the league's planned Florida venue suffered extensive damage from a power failure
Mixed Martial Arts
Finance & Law

The Professional Fighters League (PFL) has acquired rival promotion Bellator from Paramount Global in a landmark deal in the global mixed martial arts space
Basketball
Sponsorship & Marketing

The YMCA of Metro Atlanta has signed as the jersey patch partner to the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks in a purpose-led collaboration between the two entities.