Spain
Spanish Football Federation sets new profit benchmark
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has reported a record profit of €30m ($32m) for the 2021 financial year.
The RFEF has been helped towards this landmark figure by a 60.8
BBL and WBBL renew with Kappa, Cazoo makes first basketball move
The British Basketball League (BBL) and Women’s British Basketball League (WBBL) have renewed an exclusive kit supply agreement with Kappa.
RTL nets strong free-to-air audience for Eintracht Frankfurt’s Europa League win
Eintracht Frankfurt’s victory over Rangers in the Uefa Europa League final registered strong ratings in Germany as 8.99 million viewers tuned in to commercial broadcaster RTL.
LaLiga receives no bids for public venue media rights, considers own channel
LaLiga, the governing body of Spain’s top two professional football tiers, received no bids for its so-called 'Horeca' broadcast rights for distribution in public establishments, and says it will now m…
Real Madrid secures €360m investment in 20-year Sixth Street JV partnership
LaLiga giants Real Madrid has secured a €360m ($380m) deal with United States-based global investment firm Sixth Street, which has acquired the right to stage a series of events at the redeveloped Santiago Bern…
PGA Catalunya club in talks to stage Ryder Cup in 2031
The PGA Catalunya golf club in Girona, Spain, is in talks to stage the 2031 Ryder Cup, the biennial competition between the United States and Europe
FC Barcelona to face Inter Miami, New York Red Bulls in US summer tour
LaLiga giants FC Barcelona will face Major League Soccer clubs Inter Miami CF and New York Red Bulls as part of a summer tour to the United States
DAZN Spain appoints FC Barcelona’s Sarina as SVP Marketing
Subscription streaming platform DAZN appointed Alessio Sarina as its new SVP Marketing in Spain
Badalona to host basketball’s Copa del Rey in 2023
The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto (ACB), the governing body for club basketball in Spain, has awarded hosting rights for the 2023 Copa del Rey to the Palau Municipal d’Esports in Badalona.
LaLiga clubs made €892m losses during Covid-hit 2020-21 season
Spain’s LaLiga has said the Covid-19 pandemic caused club revenues to regress to levels of ‘five or six years ago’ after the combined losses of teams across the top two leagues in the country amounted to €8…
‘Unbelievable’ WhaleFin-Atlético Madrid deal signed ‘more than two months ago’
Atlético Madrid’s club record main shirt sponsorship agreement with the cryptocurrency investment app WhaleFin was signed more than two months ago after progressing rapidly from first talks.
GreenPark Sports, LaLiga expand partnership to include NFTs
California-based developer to create in-game digital collectibles
Espanyol sets LaLiga first with Crypto Snack deal
RCD Espanyol has claimed a first for LaLiga, the top division of Spanish club football, by agreeing a sponsorship deal with iGaming token Crypto Snack that will lead to it accepting payments via cryptocurrencies
LaLiga adds three more years with BKT
LaLiga has renewed its sponsorship agreement with Indian tyre manufacturer BKT.
The deal will now run for a further three years, until the end of the 2024-25 season
Power Horse deal fuels Almería’s LaLiga promotion push
Spanish Segunda División football club UD Almería has agreed an initial two-year deal with Power Horse through which the energy drinks brand will take stadium naming and kit sponsorship rights.
Liga ACB launches blockchain-based metaverse app
Liga ACB, the top division of Spanish basketball, has entered the metaverse with the launch of a new mobile gaming application
Virtual advertising solution allows Madrid Masters to activate Betway deal outside Spain
ATP Media, the broadcast arm of ATP Tour in men’s tennis, has appointed UniqFEED to provide a virtual advertising solution for this week’s Madrid Masters tournament, enabling gambling brand and tournament spo…
Mediaset agrees domestic free-to-air deal for F1 Spanish GP
Media group Mediaset España has agreed a sublicensing deal for Formula 1’s forthcoming Spanish Grand Prix with the property’s main domestic rights-holder, the Movistar Plus pay-TV platform of telco Tele…