Football
DR picks up Denmark’s qualifiers for next two major women’s tournaments
DR, the public-service broadcaster in Denmark, has struck a four-year deal with the Danish Football Association (DBU) covering rights to the qualifiers for the Uefa Women's Euro 2025 and the 2027 Fifa…
Uefa: Rising commercial income boosts club revenues to record levels
European club revenues rose to a record level of almost €24bn ($25.82bn) in 2022 thanks to rising commercial income and are set to rise even higher in 2023, according to a new report published today (Thursday) by European governing body Uefa.
RSL, Utah Royals land Intermountain Health in seven-year shirt deal
Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer and the Utah Royals of the National Women's Soccer League have agreed a deal with local-based Intermountain Health and its insurance arm Select Health for primary…
PinDrop agency handed Newcastle United remit
PinDrop, the sports marketing agency founded by former Arsenal commercial executives Sean Thornley and Menino Pereira, is to help enhance the sponsorship research capabilities of Premier League side Newcastle United.
Google Pixel advances football strategy with NWSL deal
The National Women's Soccer League has announced a multi-year sponsorship that makes the Google Pixel smartphone the league's official mobile phone partner and playoffs and championship presenting sponsor
Blackstone exits DFL investment race, CVC sole bidder
CVC Capital Partners is the last remaining private equity firm in the running to become the strategic partner of the German Football League (DFL) in a new media company after Blackstone dropped its bid…
EXCLUSIVE: EFL shortlists Pitch, Relevent for international rights talks
The English Football League is entering into detailed talks with incumbent Pitch International and the US-based Relevent Sports Group as it nears its award of international broadcast rights, SportBusiness…
Ireland’s Virgin Media retains wide-ranging Champions League output
Ireland’s Virgin Media Television has been awarded rights to 166 live Uefa Champions League matches each season across the new cycle running from 2024-25 to 2026-27.
Bundesliga protests escalate as league nears D-Day on private equity
The German Football League (DFL) is coming under increasing pressure to hold another vote into its decision to take on private investment and potentially drop the plan altogether following another weekend…
PepsiCo looks to cement market dominance with Saudi Pro League deal
PepsiCo has sought to cement its presence in Saudi Arabian football by announcing a deal to become a ‘Gold Partner’ of the Saudi Pro League.
Barcelona hit with €23m tax bill over agent payments
LaLiga club FC Barcelona is to appeal to Spain's Supreme Court after being ordered to pay €23m ($24.8m) for non-payment of tax on remuneration paid to players' agents.
Just Eat retains Uefa men’s club competitions sponsorship
Just Eat has extended its sponsorship of Uefa men's club competitions in a three-year deal following a request for proposals process.
Women’s Euro 2022 generated commercial income hike but remains loss-making
Uefa has reported a massive hike in commercial revenue for the 2022 Women’s Euro, despite continuing overall losses for the tournament after distributions are taken into account.
TVP finally negotiates Ekstraklasa free-to-air rights sublicensing
Matches from Poland’s Ekstraklasa are returning to free-to-air television in the country after TVP finally settled the details of a sublicensing agreement with pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus.
Sky locks up Premier League rights to 2028 in DACH region
Premier League broadcast rights have been retained in German-speaking countries by Sky Deutschland until the end of the 2027-28 season
Fuji TV ends live Eredivisie blackout with IMG deal to 2025
Live coverage of Dutch football's Eredivisie is to return to Japanese television screens this month after the IMG agency secured an agreement with commercial broadcaster Fuji TV
Libra accepts five-year Globo rights proposal, LFU talks continue
Libra has stolen a march on Liga Forte União (LFU) by signing a letter of intent with media giant Globo over a five-year domestic rights deal, albeit talks between the two rival collectives in Brazilian …
Ceferin cites family reasons for decision to stand down in 2027
Aleksander Čeferin plans to step down as president of Uefa in 2027 despite the organisation’s annual Congress agreeing a rule change that would have allowed the Slovenian to stay on for an unprecedented fourth term.