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Glasgow’s organising committee for the 2014 edition of multi-sport event the Commonwealth Games has appointed the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union as its latest broadcast rights holder.

Malaysian pay-television operator Astro has acquired the broadcast rights in Malaysia and Brunei to the European qualifiers for the Uefa Euro 2016 and 2018 Fifa World Cup football tournaments.

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has secured the domestic rights to the 2014 Fifa World Cup.

Sommet Sports, a new digital free-to-air channel in New Zealand, has acquired the broadcast rights to the remainder of the 2013 MotoGP motorcycling championship, according to the Fairfax news agency.

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has rejected a request from public-service broadcaster ARD to sublicense the live rights to Saturday’s women’s singles final of the Wimbledon tennis championships, according to the DWDL.de website.

Spanish commercial broadcaster Atresmedia has acquired rights for the 2013 Uefa European Under-19 Championship national football team tournament.

SuperSport has lifted its ban on broadcasting AFC Leopards games after the Kenyan Premier League football club suspended its rights deal with rival pay-television broadcaster Zuku TV.

The Dentsu advertising agency has been awarded rights in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games.

Al Jazeera-owned pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport has announced it will launch next month in Hong Kong, Thailand, the Philippines and Taiwan.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has announced it will show the men's and ladies semi-finals, and finals, of the ongoing Wimbledon tennis championships live in 3D.