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Champions League TV rights on the market in trio of European countries
Sales processes for Uefa club competition broadcast rights from 2021-22 to 2023-24 have been issued in Belarus, Moldova and Romania
Gazprom renews Champions League deal, expands into international competitions
Russian energy giant Gazprom has extended its sponsorship of the Uefa Champions League and expanded its association with European football’s governing body to include national team competition rights.
Uefa to make 700,000 tickets available for Women’s Euro 2022, outlines legacy plans
Uefa has outlined its ambition to make 700,000 tickets available for the 2022 Uefa European Women's Championship tournament in England and get 120,000 more girls playing football in schools and clubs as…
Eleventh-hour tender issued for Mena broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions
An invitation to tender has finally been issued in the Middle East and North Africa for broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions, a rights property that has long been held by Doha-based pay-television…
Madrid court wants ECJ to rule on Uefa, Fifa’s Super League stance
The European Court of Justice has been called upon to determine whether Fifa and Uefa, football’s world and European governing bodies, respectively, are in breach of European Union competition law by p…
Porto replaces Istanbul as Champions League final host
Uefa has today (Thursday) confirmed that Estádio do Dragão in Porto will become the new host of the 2020-21 Champions League final after overcoming the “many challenges” of moving its showpiece club event…
Uefa opens disciplinary investigation into Super League holdouts
Uefa has opened an official disciplinary investigation into the three clubs yet to drop out of the breakaway European Super League, with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Juventus potentially facing a two-year…
Uefa ‘lining up’ return to Portugal for Champions League final
Portugal is said to be in pole position to host the relocated Uefa Champions League final for the second year in a row, after the UK government failed to come up with the necessary guarantees for the match…
Uefa to stage UK government talks over Istanbul’s Champions League final
European football’s governing body Uefa is set to hold talks with the UK government in an effort to resolve issues surrounding the staging of this season’s Champions League final.
Real, Barca, Juve remain committed to ESL idea, other clubs agree peace deal with Uefa
Football clubs Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus have said they remain committed to the ideas that underpinned the recent European 'Super League' proposal and hit out at the "intolerable" pressure and…
FedEx delivers upgrade from Europa League to Champions League sponsor
Delivery services specialist FedEx will step up to become a sponsor of the Uefa Champions League across the 2021-24 cycle
Sponsorship left out of European Super League rights equation
Champions League sponsors and major agencies were not consulted ahead of the European Super League’s failed launch last month
LIVENow lands Euro 2020 rights in Singapore, agrees distribution with telcos
Pay-per-view streaming platform LIVENow has acquired media rights in Singapore for Uefa Euro 2020 and agreed distribution deals with local telcos Singtel and Starhub
Uefa outlines Women’s Champions League financial model with €24m to be distributed
Uefa, football’s European governing body, has revealed details of a new financial distribution model for its Women’s Champions League club competition, which will see €24m ($29m) redistributed to teams…
Uefa investigates Ibrahimović’s ties to betting firm
European football’s governing body Uefa has launched a probe into allegations that AC Milan and Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimović holds a financial stake in a betting company, contrary to Uefa and Fifa re…
‘Binding contracts’ were signed for ESL, says Pérez
Florentino Pérez, president of Spanish LaLiga football club Real Madrid and founding chairman of the European Super League, has maintained that the 12 clubs that signed up to the breakaway competition …
Best of 2021 | ESL failure leaves governance questions untested
Even as the European Super League project floundered in the face of political and public opposition, its architects claimed it was 'fully aligned' with the law. Ben Cronin asks legal experts to assess the legal merits of the breakaway plot and asks what it means for the European sports model.
Bilbao and Dublin’s Euro 2020 matches reallocated, Munich retained as host
Uefa has today (Friday) announced that Bilbao and Dublin have been stripped of hosting rights for this summer’s rescheduled European Championships, with the former’s matches to be transferred to Seville and…