Latin America

Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

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

Sanzaar, the body which oversees Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship competitions, has confirmed that Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have confirmed their places in the southern hemisphere’s R…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

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.
Football
Events

The 2020 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League will be completed in a centralized location in the United States from December 15-22, the regional soccer federation has announced
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports broadcast the opening weekend of the top-tier Primera División league in Argentina after an injunction was issued.
Football
Media

The Peruvian Football Federation (FPF) has put new legislation in place to sell the broadcast rights to the country’s top-tier Liga 1 collectively.
Football
Media

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.
Tennis
Industry Moves

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…
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports has warned that it will use “all measures” at its disposal, including “legal and judicial action” following the termination of its rights agreement for Argentina’s Primera D…
Football
Media

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…
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Argentinian football rivals Boca Juniors and River Plate have both signed up Spanish ridesharing company Cabify as a sponsor
Motorsport
Events

Electric off-road motorsport series Extreme E has confirmed the calendar for its inaugural season in 2021, which will start six weeks later than planned and feature a race in Patagonia after plans for…
Football
Media

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
Football
Media

A media rights deal between the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) and the Sports TV Rights agency – which is set to expire at the end of this year – should be extended into 2021, according to FBF exe…
Football
Media

Matías Lammens, Argentina’s minister for Sports and Tourism, has revealed that the national government is hopeful of a deal being reached to showcase club football matches on public-service television.
Motorsport
Events

The Formula E electric racing series has revised its calendar plan for the 2020-21 season, with races in China and Mexico postponed indefinitely as the first four rounds will now consist of double-headers…
Football
Media

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.
Football
Media

The Argentinian Football Association (AFA) and the newly-created Professional Football League (LPF) have cancelled pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports’ rights agreement for the Primera División, the to…