Balkans

Skiing
Governance

The four national ski associations of Austria, Croatia, Germany and Switzerland have withdrawn their joint appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) concerning the controversial re-election of…
Weightlifting
Events

The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) has announced that five bidders are in contention to host its 2024 World Championships, with the strong potential for the event to head to a new market
Basketball
Media

Euroleague Basketball has renewed its exclusive rights deals with United Media-owned broadcasters Nova and Sportklub for five more seasons, from 2023-24 to 2027-28.
Motorcycling
Media

Albanian sports broadcaster Tring Sport has renewed its deal with Dorna Sports, the commercial rights-holder for MotoGP, for an additional three years until 2025
Volleyball
Media

Max Sport, the Bulgarian pay-TV broadcaster owned by telco A1, has picked up rights to Italy’s top-tier volleyball league.
Motorsport
Media

Max Sport, the Bulgarian pay-TV broadcaster owned by telco A1, has extended its World Rally Championship rights for two more seasons. The new deal covers the 2023 and 2024 campaigns
Football
Media

Bulgarian pay-television broadcaster Max Sport has acquired rights to club football competition the Coupe de France
Basketball
Sponsorship & Marketing

Gambling platform Meridianbet has become the new front-of-shirt sponsor for Serbian basketball champions Crvena Zvezda [Red Star Belgrade]
Mixed Martial Arts
Events

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) has announced that its 2022 World Championships will take place in Belgrade
Wrestling
Events

Belgrade will stage wrestling’s World Championships for the second consecutive year in 2023 after United World Wrestling (UWW) confirmed Russia will again be denied hosting rights.
Football
Media

Telekom Srbija has retained and expanded its exclusive Uefa club competition broadcast rights in the Balkan region after the Team Marketing agency completed the sales process
Football
Media

The Team Marketing agency has this week initiated the Uefa club competitions media rights sales processes from 2024-25 to 2026-27 in the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria
Football
Media

Following recently concluded rights sales in France and the UK, the Team Marketing agency has issued invitations to submit offers (ISOs) for broadcast rights in the Balkan countries to Uefa club competitions…
Football
Licensing & Merchandising

Video game publisher EA Sports had added the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) to its roster of national team representatives for this year’s Fifa 23 game.
Football
Media

Oversport, the new OTT streaming platform in Albania, has secured a clean sweep of broadcast rights to domestic club football in the country
Multiple Sports
Sports Betting

Sports betting and gaming group Entain has today (Thursday) launched a new venture to drive expansion in Central and Eastern Europe through the €600m ($619.7m) acquisition of Croatian operator SuperSport.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sports betting company Meridianbet has acquired naming rights to the top division of club football in Montenegro
Skiing
Governance

The national skiing associations of Austria, Croatia, Germany and Switzerland have united to protest the controversial re-election of Johan Eliasch as president of the International Ski Federation (FIS)…