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Football

Media Group Ukraine has said it will launch its third channel dedicated to football next year
Multi-sport

The Australian Olympic Committee has called on public-service broadcaster ABC to reverse its decision not to pursue radio rights to the 2020 summer Olympic Games, calling the stance “monumentally short-sighted”.
Football

The FA Women’s Super League, the top tier of women’s club football in England, has secured its first rights deal in the Asia-Pacific region through an agreement with Australian telcoms operator Optus.
Multi-sport

Pay-television broadcaster Sky New Zealand has furthered its recent rights acquisition drive by agreeing a deal for the 2022 and 2026 editions of multi-sport event the Commonwealth Games
Football

CBS has won the English-language rights to the Uefa Champions League in the United States from the 2021-22 season through 2023-24 in a surprise development, according to multiple reports in the US.
Basketball

The NBA basketball league has agreed a rights deal in South Africa with free-to-air broadcaster e.tv. The multi-year agreement names e
Multi-sport

Media company Nordic Entertainment Group (Nent) has extended a distribution agreement with Norwegian telco Telenor
Multi-sport

Sanjay Gupta has left his position as managing director of pay-television broadcaster Star India and the Indian division of its parent company Disney to take up a new role at internet firm Google
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Hispanic mixed martial arts promotion Combate Americas has agreed English-language rights deals in the US and Canada with pay-television broadcasters AXS TV and Fight Network
Volleyball

The Brazilian Volleyball Confederation (CBV) has launched a pay-per-view model for its OTT streaming service, a move that will grant full coverage of the men’s and women’s Superliga club competitions for…