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Media Football

With less than a week to go until the start of Euro 2024, pay-TV operator beIN Sports has announced it has acquired the rights to show all matches in France from Uefa’s flagship international tournament i…
Media Tennis

The Lawn Tennis Association, the sport's UK governing body, has signed a comprehensive four-year domestic media rights agreement with the specialist Tennis Channel
Finance & Law Football

Highlight Communications, the parent company of the Team Marketing agency, has been delivered a boost with the removal of major investor Alexander Studhalter from the US Office of Foreign Assets sanctions…
Media Football

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) continues to ready a back-up plan to launch its own league channel with details of the model behind the proposed subscription service emerging this week.
Sponsorship & Marketing American Football

More US colleges are set to seek new revenue streams after the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) announced it will allow sponsor advertising on football fields for regular-season games in…
Governance Athletics

World Athletics’ plans to award prize money for gold medalists at the Olympic Games have been described as “discriminatory” by Spyros Capralos, president of the European Olympic Committees.
Governance Football

Premier League clubs have agreed to trial two new sets of financial regulations next season to run alongside the league’s Profit and Sustainability Rules (PSR) but rejected changes to the existing PSR s…
Media Football

GolTV's 10-year domestic rights deal for Ecuador’s top-tier two leagues has been ripped up with four years still to run after the pay-television broadcaster failed to meet payment deadlines.
Media Cricket

The Pakistan Cricket Board has launched an invitation to tender for its international media rights, having struggled to strike long-term agreements in key territories since its previous deals expired at the end of 2023.
Sponsorship & Marketing Tennis

French sports brand Lacoste has extended its ‘Premium Partner’ agreement with Roland Garros until 2030 in what is understood to be the most expensive outfitter deal among the four tennis grand slams.
Media Skiing

Leading ski federation claim to be making progress in talks with the International Ski and Snowboard Federation over media rights centralisation but are still 'far away' from an agreement.
Fan Engagement Football

OneFootball, the streaming and media platform, has entered into the e-commerce marketplace in its latest attempt to diversify revenue streams and become a fully holistic football content offering
Media Football

Premier Sports and BBC Scotland have retained Scottish Cup rights after striking new five-year deals that afford the pay-TV broadcaster a slight increase in match picks.
Media Ice Hockey

Amazon's impending entrance into live ice hockey broadcasting is to be complemented with a behind-the-scenes docuseries focused on some of the National Hockey League's top players.
Finance & Law Multiple Sports

Ligue 1 club Olympique Lyonnais (OL) has announced the sale of the LDLC Arena, its basketball and entertainment venue, to former president Jean-Michel Aulas
Media Football

The move represents the first time Amazon has picked up rights in Japan to a sports competition not involving Japanese athletes, following previous coverage of boxing and baseball events.
Sponsorship & Marketing Multiple Sports

Winners Alliance, the organisation that represents the collective IP of athletes, has appointed Team Playmaker, a new sales, marketing and sponsorship agency founded by former CSM executives Matt Grandis and Ross Meltzer, as its official partnership development agency.
Industry Moves Olympic Games

The organising committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics and Paralympics has finally filled its chief executive void, with Reynold Hoover the third person to take on the role.
Industry Moves Tennis

Portia Archer, a senior US sports and media executive, has today (Wednesday) been named as the new chief executive of the Women’s Tennis Association.
Sponsorship & Marketing Golf

All tournaments on the PGA Tour now have a title sponsor for the ongoing 2024 season, after Isco Industries, a piping solutions provider, acquired naming rights for the top event in Kentucky