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Football
Media

Event is a first involving a major football league
Golf
Events

Journeyman golfer Robert Garrigus, who is currently ranked men's world No
Football
Events

The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and Gerard Piqué have defended their actions after it emerged that Kosmos, the agency formed by the FC Barcelona defender, agreed a €24m ($25.9m
Football
Media

Brazil’s top-tier football league is to be broadcast across the Middle East and North Africa following rights deals struck with Saudi Sports Company and MBC Group, the free-to-air broadcaster backed b…
Golf
Events

The Saudi-backed LIV Golf Investments has announced a partnership with hospitality provider QuintEvents for all ticketing and hospitality efforts starting for its scheduled inaugural eight-event LIV Golf …
Football
Media

Footballco, the private equity-backed football media business, has acquired Middle East-based digital sports publisher Kooora in an eight-figure, all-cash deal
Rugby Union
Media

Pan-regional pay-television operator beIN Sports has acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the World Rugby Sevens Series in Australia and all 24 territories across the Middle East and North Africa
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

Former Qatar Sports Investments senior marketing officer Sunny Singh has established a new sports marketing agency, Collaborate Sports and Entertainment, in the United Arab Emirates
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Sports footwear and apparel brand New Balance has signed as the kit supplier for leading Qatar Stars League football club Al Sadd SC in a three-year deal, from 2022-23 to 2024-25
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has expanded its portfolio of Asian Football Confederation content in the Middle East and North Africa region for the 2022 season to now include rights to club competitions…
Golf
Events

The Aramco Team Series, the series of Ladies European Tour (LET) golf tournaments sponsored by Saudi Arabian state-owned oil company Aramco, is to expand into Southeast Asia as it returns for a second…
Basketball
Events

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has announced the creation of a pan-regional club competition in West Asia and the Middle East to be staged alongside the upcoming East Asia Super League
Padel
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports will show the inaugural edition of the Premier Padel tour across 37 countries including Australia, France, New Zealand, Singapore and Turkey
Wrestling
Media

Saudi media company MBC Group has acquired rights in the Middle East and North Africa to live events and programming organised by World Wrestling Entertainment
Motorsport
Events

Saudi Arabia is seeking to add a MotoGP race to its motorsport events portfolio, according to the country’s Sports Minister, Prince Abdulaziz Bin Turki al Faisal.
Cricket
Events

The Asia Cup will return later this year after a four-year absence, the Asian Cricket Council has announced. The tournament will be staged in Sri Lanka from August 27 to September 11
Football
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has acquired media rights to the remaining AFC Asian Qualifiers for the 2022 Fifa World Cup in 18 territories across the Middle East and North Africa
Football
Events

The Trophée des Champions, the annual French football match between the winners of Ligue 1 and the Coupe de France, will be held in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv for the second year running this year.