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Sports media rights continue to grow in value around the world. This article looks at figures for the global value of the sector from 2010 to 2017, and the trends driving the growth, with data and analysis from the TVSM Global Report.

Coca-Cola and McDonald’s, two of Fifa’s major partners, have urged football’s global governing body to reform ahead of a meeting today (Monday) to set a date for a vote to replace outgoing president Sepp Blatter.

How and why different types of football fans engage with the sport, and how this varies around the world, with data from the FANS.PASSIONS.BRANDS study by Havas Sports & Entertainment and the University of Southern California’s Annenberg Innovation Lab.

Fifa’s ethics committee has called for a change in rules to allow for more information to be released about ongoing investigations at football’s global governing body.

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Dave Richardson has defended the governing body’s decision to cut its World Cup to 10 teams after further criticism of the move this week.

US senators yesterday (Wednesday) called for an extensive overhaul in the way football is administered by both global and US governing bodies, as a collective of labour union and human rights groups stepped up their campaign for reform at Fifa.

Spanish Liga football club Real Madrid has retained its title as the world’s most valuable sports team, with US major league franchises enhancing their position in the upper echelons of Forbes’ annual study.

Organisers of the Champions League T20 (CLT20) cricket competition have shelved the event with immediate effect, citing a lack of interest from fans.

The International Automobile Federation’s (FIA) World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) has given its approval to a new set of technical regulations that could lead to a major revamp of the cars used in the World Rally Championship (WRC).

Fifa has today (Thursday) banned former Executive Committee member Chuck Blazer from all football-related activities for life, while the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has chosen Sonia Bien-Aime to replace its suspended president Jeffrey Webb on the Fifa ExCo.

Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda has today (Tuesday) completed its acquisition of the majority shareholding in the Infront Sports & Media agency.

The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has launched a new brand in a move that brings to a close the merger process between the men’s and women’s professional world tours.

Harold Mayne-Nicholls will appeal against a seven-year ban from football by the ethics committee of Fifa, the sport’s global governing body.

British sportscar marque Aston Martin has dismissed speculation concerning a return to Formula One, stating a deal in the motor-racing series would be improbable at best.

Formula One’s commercial rights-holder and main shareholder CVC Capital Partners has maintained it is under no pressure to sell its controlling stake in the motor-racing series, according to co-chairman Donald Mackenzie.

Formula One’s Strategy Group has given its latest update on plans to shore up the future of the motor racing series, stating that important decisions and “innovative evolutions” have been approved.