Europe

Handball
Media

Women’s handball has been delivered a major exposure boost in Germany after public broadcasters ARD and ZDF opted to buy the rights to the women’s Euros together with the men’s competition.
Multi-sport
Events

The 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympic Games were awarded to the French Alps and Salt Lake City, respectively, today (Wednesday) as expected, albeit with significant conditions imposed
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

FedEx has extended as a global sponsor of the Champions League for a further three years, taking its association with Uefa past a decade, SportBusiness can exclusively reveal.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Two seasons before the English Premier League bans betting firms from front-of-shirt sponsorships, more than half of teams have secured a betting shirt sponsor ahead of the 2024-25 campaign.
Athletics
Media

Almost five years on from being named as the future seller of Diamond League rights internationally, Infront has struck a mixture of free-to-air and pay-TV deals from 2025.
Football
Finance & Law

The battle for control of football’s international match calendar has intensified after European Leagues and Fifpro Europe announced legal action against Fifa, accusing the world body of repeatedly favouring its own competitions and commercial interests.
Cycling
Media

Cycling’s Flanders Classics will continue to receive crucial domestic free-to-air broadcast coverage in Belgium in an agreement that will be welcomed by race sponsors.
Football
Media

Serie A will remain part of TNT Sports’ offering in the UK and Ireland after an agreement was reached with the league, which has also now hammered out details of a betting rights renewal with Stats Perform, SportBusiness understands.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Germany-based workwear brand Strauss could expand its sponsorship portfolio after entering the Premier League football market via a deal with Liverpool
Football
Media

Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has acquired non-exclusive Serie A highlights rights for three years as it makes changes to its longstanding domestic football coverage
Multiple Sports
Sponsorship & Marketing

Indian tyre brands Ceat and BKT have served notice of their international ambitions, announcing sponsorship deals with German Bundesliga champion Bayer Leverkusen and The Hundred, the England and Wales…
Motorsport
Finance & Law

Formula E has spent £110,000 (€130,700/$142,300) to acquire the intellectual property rights to W Series, the all-female racing championship that collapsed into administration last year.
Football
Media

Domestic free-to-air coverage of the Polish Ekstraklasa has been secured for the next three seasons, after a late sublicensing agreement was struck between pay-television's Canal Plus Polska and public…
Tennis
Events

The Spanish city's staging may represent the future hosting strategy for the women’s and men’s tennis tournaments
Esports
Licensing & Merchandising

EA Sports needs to agree deals with just four further teams to control the video game licensing rights to all 20 clubs in the Italian top flight.
Multiple Sports
Media

Viaplay Group’s subscriptions have dropped year-on-year, though financial losses have reduced significantly, as the embattled media group continues to focus on its core markets of the Nordics and the N…
Multiple Sports
Media

Rival Greek telcos Nova and OTE have overhauled their pay-television distribution approach by agreeing to cross-supply their sports channels in a bid to tackle rampant piracy and offset churn.
Football
Media

The majority of French clubs have sought to calm the rhetoric emerging from some counterparts in response to the heavily criticised Ligue 1 rights sales as ructions begin to emerge with private equity investor CVC.