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Concacaf stuck in neutral as deals wait...Bernie in the driving seat...Fresh joint bid in Colombia...Full steam ahead for Full Play

Horse Racing: Irish public-service broadcaster RTÉ agreed a two-year rights deal, for 2012 and 2013, with Horse Racing Ireland and the Association of Irish Racecourses, for races in Ireland.

American Football: US networks CBS, Fox and NBC acquired rights for the NFL in nine-year deals, from 2014-15 to 2022-23, worth a combined $3.1bn (€2.4bn) per year.

Football: Fifa, football’s world governing body, agreed deals with pan-European broadcaster Eurosport and US network Fox for rights to the Club World Cup.

American Football: The NFL Network, the pay-television broadcaster owned by the NFL, agreed a content deal with Outcast, operators of a petrol station digital TV network with 12,000 screens in stations…

Football: Uefa agreed deals in the Netherlands for the Champions League and Europa League for three years from 2012-13 to 2014-15

Football: The ISM agency acquired the rights in Indonesia to the 2014 Fifa World Cup in a deal worth $55m (€40m). ISM sold the rights to the Bakrie Group for about $60m (page 9).

Wanted: French home for acquisitive Al Jazeera... Eredivisie Live battling for content... SPL plays safe with Sky and ESPN... Conmebol confirms Full Play deal

Growing MLS has big plans, with or without Beckham

The Automobile Club de Monaco said it had “no other option” but to appoint pan-European broadcaster Eurosport to produce television and internet coverage of this month’s Monte Carlo Rally, the opening stage…