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Finance & Law

Lagardère, the France-based media conglomerate, has announced plans to sell 75 per cent of the Lagardère Sports agency to H.I.G. Capital, the Miami-based private equity and asset management firm.
Football
Media

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has rejected Lagardère Sports’ application for interim emergency measures in the agency’s dispute with the Confederation of African Football (CAF) over the …
Football
Marketing

Karlsruher SC of German football’s 2. Bundesliga is to appeal against a recent court ruling in favour of sports marketing agency Lagardère Sports Germany in a long-running dispute.
Industry Moves

The Lagardère Sports agency has promoted Joel Segal to the position of chief executive of its North American business.
Football
Events

The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has said it will hold talks to determine the dates of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) in Cameroon, while the governing body has been forced into a new…
Football
Media

Ahmad Ahmad, the president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), has refused a request from the Lagardère Sports agency to address the recent termination of the two parties’ agreement at the or…
Football
Marketing

The English Football Association has extended its marketing partnership with Lagardère Sports.
Football
Media

The Lagardère Sports agency, official marketing partner of the Polish Football Association (PZPN), has agreed a deal with Onefootball for the digital platform to offer live streaming of Polish Cup fixtures.
Finance & Law

The immediate economic impact of the move by the Confederation of African Football to cancel its global media and sponsorship rights agreement with the Lagardère Sports agency was today outlined by Lagardère, a…
Football
Business

Lagardère, the France-based conglomerate, has said it will contest the Confederation of African Football’s decision to cancel its global media and sponsorship rights agreement with the Lagardère Sports age…
Industry Moves

Bernd Schauz, a long-standing executive at the Lagardère Sports agency, has launched his own sports and entertainment executive recruitment agency and consultancy.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

Global partnership marketing agency Lagardère Plus has been appointed by vehicle manufacturer Volkswagen to manage its hospitality and ticketing across its sponsorship portfolio in German football.
Tennis
Marketing

The Lagardère Sports agency has agreed a two-year extension to its partnership with the French Tennis Federation (FFT) to remain one of the official hospitality agencies of Roland-Garros grand slam tournament …
Football
Media

Dentsu, the Japanese advertising giant heavily involved in sports marketing, has acquired the international rights to the J.League, Japanese football’s top division.
Football
Media

Paraguay-based pay-television broadcaster Tigo Sports has acquired the rights to Costa Rica’s Concacaf Nations League matches. The rights are for broadcast outside of Costa Rica.
Football
Sponsorship & Marketing

French football's Olympique Lyonnais has announced Crédit Agricole Centre-Est, a regional arm of the French financial institution, as an official partner of its women’s team.
Golf
Industry Moves

Discovery, the media group that owns Eurosport, has strengthened its golf team as it continues to enhance its OTT platform GolfTV, recruiting media rights executive Tim Lunn from Lagardère Sports.
Football
Marketing

The Regional Court of Karlsruhe is scheduled to deliver its verdict on November 15 on the legal case between sports marketing agency Lagardère Sports Germany and Karlsruhe SC of German football’s 2. B