Brazil

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.

Mastercard has renewed its sponsorship contract for Brazil’s national football teams in a four-year extension with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) to 2024.

The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) is to launch an online streaming channel offering coverage of domestic sports events, with the potential of also showcasing international competitions

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…

Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster TV Cultura has acquired rights to the closing stages of the 2020 edition of the Campeonato Paulista de Futebol Feminino, the women’s state championship in São Paulo.

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…

Media rights to Formula One are back on the market in Brazil after a long-term deal with the Rio Motorsports business was ended just two months after being announced

Brazil’s National Basketball League (LNB) has signed up betting and online games operator Betmotion as an ‘Official Partner’ of the National Basketball League (NBB) for the 2020-21 season. B

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Brasil has acquired rights to the top-tier Brasileirão Feminino A-1 in a deal covering the semi-finals and finals of the 2020 season.

Brazilian football club Ceará has signed up restaurant chain Coco Bambu as a sponsor.

Brazilian football club Flamengo, champions of the 2019 Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, has signed health insurance company Union Life as its back-of-shorts sponsor.

Brazilian commercial broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes has held negotiations with the Dentsu agency about acquiring rights to the 2021 edition of the Copa América tournament, it has been reported.

IMG has appointed the director of the Rio Open, Luiz Procopio Carvalho, as its new vice-president of tennis events, with the executive agreeing a contract that will allow him to continue to run the Brazilian…

Brazilian media group Globo has threatened to take action against Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A club Athletico Paranaense after the club sold pay-per-view rights to Sunday’s match using the controversial P…

Brazilian commercial broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes has settled a four-year debt with media group Globo for rights to the top tier of Brazilian domestic football. A final R$10m (€1.5m/$1.8

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A side Goiás has renewed its domestic media-rights agreement with media group Globo until 2024. Goiás’ current agreement was due to expire at the end of the 2021 season.

Public-service broadcaster TV Brasil stepped in to show coverage of yesterday’s (Tuesday’s) 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifier between Peru and Brazil after media group Globo failed to negotiate an agreement.

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.