Latin America

Motorsport
Events

All-female motor racing competition the W Series has announced a tie-up with Formula 1 that will see it become part of the support programme at this year’s US and Mexican Grands Prix.
Governance

Alberto Murray Neto, the outspoken Brazilian lawyer and Olympic sports administrator, has resigned as the chairman of the ethics council at the Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB)
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Coritiba has unveiled online betting and entertainment company MarjoSports as its main shirt sponsor for the 2020 season
Football
Media

Football streaming platform Fanatiz has closed a $10m (€9m) Series A funding round investment deal with 777 Partners, a Miami-based private investment firm.
Basketball
Media

Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB), the top division of club basketball in Brazil, has furthered its reputation for innovation in the domestic media market by agreeing a rights deal with social video platform…
Surfing
Events

El Salvador has furthered its ‘Surf City’ strategy by landing hosting rights to the 2020 World Surfing Games.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football club Vasco da Gama has signed a shirt sponsorship deal with department store chain Havan and is reportedly set to announce a kit supplier deal with Italian sportswear …
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Brazilian football club Corinthians has signed up Chinese consumer appliance brand Midea as its main back-of-shirt partner until the end of the season
Football
Media

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has selected media protection company Irdeto to provide services to combat piracy of its live content and protect the brand of the governing body
Football
Media

Brazilian broadcaster Globo is yet to reach a rights agreement with Campeonato Brasileiro Série A football club Flamengo for this year’s Campeonato Carioca state championship.
Football
Media

Social media platform Facebook has agreed a deal to stream the Florida Cup, the club football exhibition tournament, across Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Diageo-owned beverage manufacturer Ypióca has agreed a deal to become title sponsor of the Campeonato Cearense state football competition in Brazil.
Football
Media

Mexican Liga MX football team Club Deportivo Guadalajara (Chivas) has agreed rights deals with commercial broadcasters TV Azteca, Televisa and Multimedios for its 2020 Clausura campaign, but has reportedly…
Football
Media

The Argentinian Football Association has launched a new over-the-top streaming platform providing archive footage and a variety of other national team content
Motorsport
Media

Brazilian media group Bandeirantes, which operates free-to-air and pay-television channels, has said that its rights deal for the IndyCar motorsport series has expired
Football
Media

Sports agency SportTV Rights has rejected claims made by the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) that it was not supplying the rights fee payments to the country top-tier Primera División.
Golf
Media

US-based media group Discovery has announced the acquisition of Latin American Golf S.L
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

UK-based sports brand Umbro has extended its kit supplier deal with Brazilian football club Santos for another season