Latin America
DAZN ‘in football rights talks’ with Globo, cuts subscription cost
Brazilian broadcaster Globo and sports streaming platform DAZN are in talks over a rights-sharing agreement for the Copa do Brasil and Copa Sudamericana club football competitions, it has been reported
Octagon aligns with Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation
Agency to provide media rights evaluation and counsel for Latin American winter baseball leagues
Havaianas goes deeper into surfing with global WSL deal
World Surf League (WSL) has signed a two-year global partnership with Brazilian flip-flop and beach shoe brand Havaianas
Umbro to replace Under Armour as kit supplier to Fluminense
UK sports brand Umbro will take over from US rival Under Armour as the kit supplier to Brazilian football club Fluminense in 2020
NBA G League expands to Mexico City in 2020
The National Basketball Association is continuing its outreach into Mexico by starting an NBA G League team in Mexico City from next season
Diamondbacks, Padres to play MLB’s first regular-season games in Mexico City
Major League Baseball has announced plans to hold regular-season games in Mexico City for the first time in 2020, with the Arizona Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres scheduled to play a two-game series…
Inaugural NBA Store opens in Mexico
Ahead of this week's NBA Mexico City Games 2019, the National Basketball Association has announced the opening of the inaugural NBA Store in Mexico
DAZN ‘close’ to Paranaense state league rights deal
OTT subscription platform DAZN is reportedly close to a deal to broadcast to the 2020 Paranaense state championship, according to reports in Brazil
Brazilian club Santos extend agreement with sleeve sponsor Kicaldo
Brazilian football club Santos has extended its sleeve sponsorship contract with agribusiness company Kicaldo until the end of 2020
Home games of Liga MX’s Querétaro remain on Imagen TV despite change of owner
The homes matches of Liga MX team Querétaro will continue to be shown free-to-air on Mexico’s Imagen Televisión network, despite the ongoing sale of the club from the family of businessman Olegario Váz…
Globo invests $3.3m in automated production company Pixellot
Brazilian media conglomerate Grupo Globo has made a $3
Liga MX to cut quota of foreign players at clubs
Liga MX has agreed to lower the number of foreigners at first division club rosters following pressure from Mexico national team manager Gerardo "Tata" Martino.
Brazilian basketball league sets first with TikTok launch
Short-form video platform TikTok has partnered with Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB), the top division of club basketball in Brazil
Local Uruguayan version of Fox Sports to stop broadcasting
Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports is set to cease operating its local version in Uruguay amid a change in business strategy
Ex-CBF chief Teixeira banned for life by Fifa
Fifa, the global governing body of football, has imposed a lifetime ban and a fine of CHF1m (€910,000/$1.0
Bolivian Football Federation assumes control of league TV rights
The executive committee of the Bolivian Football Federation (FBF) is to take over control of negotiation of broadcast rights to the country’s top-tier Primera División.
WRC event in Chile set to be cancelled amid social unrest
The World Rally Championship’s planned event in Chile next April is set to be cancelled due to ongoing social unrest in the country.
The event had been due to take place from April 16-19 in Concepción. T
TNT Sports nets Liga ACB rights in Argentina
The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (ACB), which organises the top tier of club basketball in Spain, has agreed a rights deal for the competition with Argentinian subscription-television c…