Europe

Multiple Sports
Media

Russian sports marketing agency Telesport is allegedly demanding the bankruptcy of its former owner Petr Makarenko as the businessman and his former company come under a myriad of lawsuits to recover debt
Football
Media

ITV has concluded an eleventh-hour deal with Viaplay to show live UK coverage of Uefa Nations League matches this week featuring Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Rugby Union
Sponsorship & Marketing

Concerns linger over the financial health of Le Coq Sportif as the French Rugby Federation (FFR) moves on from a six-year kit supply term to return to previous sponsor Adidas.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

German discount supermarket chain Lidl is to build on its successful sponsorship of Euro 2024 by becoming an Official Partner of the Uefa Europa League and Uefa Conference League for three seasons until…
Multi-sport
Events

Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) has sought to accelerate a decision from the Scottish government over Glasgow hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games, claiming it would be “short-sighted” to turn down the…
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Italian banking firm UniCredit has been announced as a new partner of Formula 1 team Scuderia Ferrari in a multi-year deal after Spanish bank Banco Santander chose not to renew its sponsorship at the end of the 2024 season.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Blockchain firm BlockDAG has struck its second major sponsorship deal of the week after announcing an agreement with Italian Serie A club Inter Milan.
Football
Events

Milan's San Siro stadium will not host the 2027 Uefa Champions League final after the city's two Serie A clubs, Inter Milan and AC Milan, decided to press ahead with plans to renovate the venue, it has been reported.
Football
Governance

Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin has acknowledged that too many matches are being played by Europe's leading teams, but defended the new format of the expanded Champions League group stage as a necessary …
Paralympic Games
Media

Huge interest on the back of Paris’ hosting of the Olympics helped France Télévisions multiply its audience for the Paralympics opening ceremony by nearly 10 times compared to Tokyo 2020.
Football
Finance & Law

City Football Group (CFG), the parent company of Manchester City and several other football clubs around the world, has raised capital worth £210m (€249.8m/$277m) through the issue of new preference shares.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Betano's aggressive expansion into football shows no signs of slowing down after being unveiled as Uefa's new global betting sponsor for the Europa League and Conference League competitions.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Cryptocurrency platform Kraken has added the sleeve sponsorship of Bundesliga club RB Leipzig to recent deals in European club football as it continues its expansion in Europe
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Borussia Dortmund has announced a ‘record-breaking’ three-year deal with blockchain firm BlockDAG the day after expanding its relationship with crypto exchange Coinbase.
Football
Media

CazéTV makes move after being “informed” that French users were circumventing geoblocking measures to watch its Brazilian coverage of Ligue 1.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

The cryptocurrency sector’s strong presence in Italian football has been reinforced by Inter Milan’s new sleeve sponsorship deal with Gate.io.
Football
Media

The Uefa Champions League final is likely to remain on free-to-air television in Spain for another three seasons after Team Marketing initiated a sales process, SportBusiness understands
Motorsport
Sponsorship & Marketing

Uralkali confirms it has "received in full" the payment owed by Haas following the termination of the title sponsorship deal between the two parties.