Football
Ares injects additional $75m into Inter Miami, ‘in talks with Chelsea’ over major investment
US investment fund Ares Management has injected another $75m (€68m) into Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and has held discussions with Chelsea FC over an investment in the English Premier League c…
Sheffield United agrees late shirt sponsorship deal with CFI
Newly promoted English Premier League club Sheffield United has announced a new 'Principal Partner' and front-of-shirt sponsor in Dubai-based online trading provider CFI Financial Group
FIGC report: Italian clubs still struggle with debt and structural weaknesses
Italian football has long-term structural problems and has yet to fully recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the annual study of football finance published by the Italian Football Federation…
EXCLUSIVE: Team Marketing close to global Swiss Super League rights deal
Team Marketing is close to expanding its sports client base for the first time in its 32-year history as it nears an agreement to become the Swiss Football League’s global commercial rights sales agent, sources have told SportBusiness.
Mengniu joins Wanda in Chinese sponsorship commitment to Fifa
Dairy products manufacturer Mengniu has extended its relationship with major Fifa tournaments until 2030 – underscoring the importance of Chinese sponsors to world football’s governing body in the next…
ATM latest Primera Federación broadcaster as RFEF short of asking price
Media solutions company ATM Broadcast has acquired domestic rights to the Primera Federación, the third tier of Spanish football, as part of a three-season agreement with the Spanish Football Federation …
OneFootball headcount shrinks to 250 amid further redundancies
The new management team at OneFootball has enacted further cost-saving measures at the media company with the overall headcount reduced by 15 per cent
New Serie A international rights cycle set to herald end of single agency model
Lega Serie A has kicked off in earnest its international broadcast rights sales process for the forthcoming cycle as it looks to replace its long-standing global agency model by striking deals through…
Arsenal announces quartet of additions to commercial team
Arsenal has made several additions to its commercial team as it looks to capitalise on its return to the Champions League for the 2023-24 season
Sony extends Bundesliga rights in Indian subcontinent to 2026
Pay-television operator Sony Pictures Networks India has extended its exclusive rights across the Indian subcontinent to the German Bundesliga for three more seasons
Nova renews broadcast deal with PAOK for next two seasons
Nova, the pay-television broadcaster owned by United Media Group, has announced a renewal of its deal with Greek Super League club PAOK for another two seasons, 2023-24 and 2024-25
Galatasaray thanks Azerbaijan and Turkey presidents for support in Socar deal
Azerbaijani national oil company Socar has signed a main shirt sponsorship deal with Turkish Süper Lig club Galatasaray covering European competition only in an agreement that has political as well as …
Emirates extends Arsenal main shirt deal until 2028
Dubai-based flag carrier Emirates has tied up Arsenal’s front-of-shirt rights for another five years until 2028 – the same end date as its current stadium naming-rights agreement with the North London clu…
Telefónica renews Uefa rights at slight decrease, hit with €5m F1 rights fine
Spanish telecoms operator Telefónica has renewed its exclusive Uefa club competition rights for a further three seasons, achieving a slight reduction in the overall cost.
Everton announces Stake.com sister brand Kick as sleeve sponsor
Everton has deepened ties with main sponsor Stake after announcing sister company, live streaming platform Kick, as its new sleeve sponsor.
EXCLUSIVE: No Saudi backing for inaugural ‘African Football League’
The Confederation of African Football opted for a slimmed-down, eight-team version of its proposed African Football League after expected funding from the Saudi Arabian Football Federation failed to materialise.
AS Roma agrees Asia-facing betting deal with 678.com
AS Roma has agreed a sponsorship deal with betting platform 678.com that will see the brand promoted on virtual pitch-side advertising boards in the Asia region
Uefa hands Juventus one-year Conference League ban, fines Chelsea €10m
Serie A club Juventus has been banned from the 2023-24 Uefa Europa Conference League for breaches of Uefa's financial fairplay (FFP) regulations while Premier League club Chelsea has been fined €10m f…