Latin America

Badminton
Events

The Chinese Basketball Association’s first chief executive officer Wang Dawei has left his post after just 14 months in the job citing “personal reasons”. The
Football
Media

Spanish-language sports broadcaster Telemundo Deportes has secured exclusive rights in the United States to the home games of Liga MX giants CD Guadalajara (Chivas).
Football
Media

The Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) will today (Thursday) launch a fresh invitation to tender process for the broadcast rights to club competitions in the country
Rugby Union
Events

Sanzaar, the umbrella body of the South African, New Zealand, Australian and Argentinian rugby unions, has identified New Zealand as the preferred destination for the 2020 Rugby Championship, adding that…
Football
Media

Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster Rede Bandeirantes has pledged to pay back the football media-rights debt it owes to Globo, the dominant Brazilian free-to-air broadcaster, by September
Football
Media

The business of Brazilian club football is a minefield at the best of times, but a temporary change to the law by the country’s president Jair Bolsonaro has made it even trickier, especially for dominant media giant, Globo.
Football
Media

The Tenfield agency is said to have reached an agreement with the Uruguayan Football Association (AUF) to make a rights payment due in June for rights to club competitions, amid financial pressures caused…
Football
Media

Brazilian free-to-air commercial broadcaster SBT has acquired rights to the decisive second leg of the Campeonato Carioca football final between Flamengo and Fluminense
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Top-tier Brazilian football side São Paulo has signed up insurance and benefit management consultancy Isure as a sponsor.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Brazilian sports club Corinthians Paulista has signed up sports betting company Galera Group to its sponsorship portfolio
Cricket
Events

New Zealand Rugby is considering abandoning Super Rugby and replacing it with a trans-Tasman tournament, local media has reported
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Brazilian football club Ceará has signed up gambling firm EstadiumBet as its new front-of-shirt sponsor.
Rugby Union
Events

Sanzaar, the body which oversees Super Rugby and The Rugby Championship competitions between the South African, Australian, New Zealand and Argentinian rugby unions, is positive that the 2020 Rugby Championship…
Football
Media

Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo was ordered to honour its contract with the Carioca State Championship by the Rio de Janeiro district court following an injunction being filed by the rights-holder
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Brazilian football club Santos has added to its array of kit sponsors with lighting specialists Fox Lux. The brand will hold the designation of back-of-shirt sponsor at the club until June 2021
Football
Media

The Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) has cancelled its broadcast rights tender for club competitions, with a new process expected to be drawn up
Football
Media

Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has cancelled its contract with the Carioca State Championship amid an escalating conflict with Flamengo over the Rio de Janeiro-based club’s broadcast rights.
Football
Media

Brazilian commercial broadcaster Globo has failed in its attempts to block Flamengo from broadcasting its forthcoming Carioca State Championship match on the club’s TV channel, FlaTV.