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German fans tuned in in their millions to watch the hosts thrash Scotland in the Euro 2024 curtain-raiser, which drew a 10-year audience high in the UK for a tournament-opener

Unrivaled, a 30-player 3x3 short-format basketball league for professional players, is looking to reshape the offseason for athletes, offering six-figure salaries to keep the stars of the WNBA at home.

Infront will act as Fifa’s ‘media rights sales advisor’ in selected Asian markets, after world football’s governing body took back World Cup media rights in the region from the agency two years ago. In

IndyCar's new domestic media rights deal with Fox will ensure the open-wheel racing series remains on free-to-air television in the US, with every race set to air on Fox's national network

Liberty Global has taken a controlling stake in Formula E, after acquiring shares in the electric motor racing series held by media company Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD)

NBCUniversal's Peacock streaming service is to show every game from the inaugural season of USL Super League, the United States' new women's competition, while TelevisaUnivision has picked up Spanish-language…

French football's LFP Media has announced its first direct deal with a broadcaster for its next international rights cycle, a three-year agreement with DAZN across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Warner Bros. Discovery’s five-year ownership of cycling media company Play Sports Network has come to an end as the media giant continues to reshape its digital operations.

Sky Italia has opted against opening up free-to-air coverage of Uefa club competitions in Italy next season via the on-sale of rights or on its own TV8 channel.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has the security of a long-term broadcast deal in India after FanCode secured exclusive streaming rights to its major properties from 2025 to 2028.

Canada's new Northern Super League has a platform to help attract sponsorship deals after it was announced that all matches will be broadcast through a combination of Bell Media's TSN and RDS, plus public broadcasters CBC Sports and Radio-Canada.

The Two Circles agency has been identified as the winning bidder for global broadcast and sponsorship rights to the Uefa Women’s Champions League, SportBusiness understands.

DAZN has renewed its Serie A rights in Germany and Austria while also acquiring rights in Switzerland for the next three years, in a deal agreed by the assembly of governing body Lega Serie A in December

The IMG agency is once again the standout candidate to secure global in-flight and in-ship media rights to major Fifa tournaments after an invitation to tender (ITT) was issued

Uefa has opted to canvass the agency market again for global commercial rights sales to its flagship club competitions in a request for proposal process inviting bids over three or six seasons.

Lega Serie B is preparing for intense negotiations this week as it looks to bring an end to its stuttering domestic media rights sales process for the 2024-27 cycle.