Latin America

Football
Events

The 2021 Copa América will now be held in Brazil after the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) stripped Argentina of hosting rights due to a rise in Covid-19 cases in the country just 13 da…
Football
Media

Media group Globo has finalised a rights deal in Brazil for all South American qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup that it did not already hold
Football
Media

HBO Max, the WarnerMedia-owned subscription streaming platform, has acquired broadcast rights in Brazil and Mexico to European club football competition the Uefa Champions League as part of its wider rollout…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Brazilian Série A football club São Paulo has signed a short-term shirt sponsorship deal with streaming service Amazon Prime Video.
Sponsorship & Marketing

Investment management company XP has become one of four top-tier official sponsors of the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) in a deal from 2021 to 2024
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

South Korean electronics company LG has rekindled its association with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football club São Paulo.
Rugby Union
Events

The Rugby Championship, the southern hemisphere-based international rugby union tournament, will welcome back world champions South Africa for its 2021 edition
Media

Telecoms, media and broadcast company Grupo Lauman has agreed a deal to acquire the Mexican arm of pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports
Football
Media

Cade, Brazil’s competition regulator, has extended by 60 days its investigation into potential monopolistic practices conducted by media group Globo in the domestic football rights market.
Volleyball
Finance & Law

Ary Graça, the president of the International Volleyball Federation (FIVB), is being investigated as part of a fraud probe launched in his native Brazil.
Football
Events

South America’s football governing body, Conmebol, has stripped Colombia of hosting rights for this summer’s Copa América amid social unrest in the country.
Football
Media

Brazilian commercial broadcaster SBT has added to its recent football rights drive by securing exclusive rights to the 2021 Copa América.
Football
Events

President of Argentina Alberto Fernández has said that the country would be willing to become the sole host of the upcoming Copa América if co-host Colombia is unable to stage the national team football t…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Brazilian Série A football champions Flamengo have agreed a sponsorship contract with building materials company ABC Construction, which will see the company’s logo brand the players’ shorts.
Football
Media

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has finalised a three-season deal for the rights to the top division of Brazilian club football, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Brazilian football clubs Ceará and Fortaleza have both agreed five-year master sponsorships with the Zenir furniture and appliances retail group. Both clubs play in Série A of the Brazilian Championship.
Football
Events

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has awarded hosting rights for the finals of this year’s Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana to the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Football
Media

The Paraguayan Football Federation (APF) has insisted that the terms of its media rights contract with pay-television broadcaster Tigo Sports will be respected despite challenges being made to the contract…