Football

Vincent Labrune turned up for work this morning intent on enacting phase two of French football's recovery plan, following his surprisingly comfortable re-election as Professional Football League (LFP) president.

At least five top-tier sports marketing agencies are vying for the chance to sell Uefa Champions League commercial rights from 2027-28 onward, after the deadline for bids passed this morning.

The Belgian Pro League will once again look for a five-season domestic broadcast rights agreement after launching its tender in conjunction with the IMG agency.

US talent representation and marketing company Wasserman has targeted Switzerland for its latest football move, acquiring the country's leading player agency, International Football Management (IFM).

Viaplay is streaming free YouTube coverage in the UK of the opening 2024-25 Uefa Nations League fixtures after failing to sell the rights on to a broadcaster

BeIN Sports’ first instalment payment for its slice of Ligue 1 domestic rights remains unpaid with the broadcaster understood to be holding out for full details of the sponsorship inventory it has been awarded.

TV Pública, the state broadcaster in Argentina, has insisted it is in talks to sublicense rights to the Argentina national team for the remainder of the 2026 Fifa World Cup qualifiers after a rare blackout last night.

Oppo has downgraded its sponsorship deal for the Uefa Champions League to become one of the competition’s new second-tier partners for the next three-year cycle.

Pernod Ricard has pulled its sponsorship of Paris Saint-Germain after just three days following a fierce backlash from football fans in Marseille, from where the drinks company hails.

The overhaul of senior personnel at Chelsea has continued with the English Premier League club today (Thursday) announcing the departure of chief executive Chris Jurasek and promotion of Jason Gannon to president and chief operating officer.

Video game publisher Konami has secured a significant victory in its battle with rival EA Sports by securing exclusive agreements with Serie A's two Milan clubs for the 2024-25 season, SportBusiness has learned.

Premier League coverage in the Caribbean will be shown by the ESPN channels and made available to Flow TV subscribers after a deal with pay-television broadcaster Verticast ended one season early.

SportBusiness understands that Amazon Prime Video will soon finalise a deal to exclusively show one match per week – a home fixture of a club belonging to the Liga Forte Uniao bloc – over five years, from 2025 to 2029.

ITV has concluded an eleventh-hour deal with Viaplay to show live UK coverage of Uefa Nations League matches this week featuring Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Sportfive has established a dedicated sales division for women's football, as agency competition in the space intensifies.

IMG is currently looking to recruit a vice-president of football in the Americas and a vice-president of rights in Latin America after losing some key experience in the region