SportBusiness Staff

Advent International has begun a recapitalisation of its stake in the Sportfive agency.

Shock departure of chief executive of IMG's TWI television division.

·   Football: African broadcasters acquired the rights for the African Cup of Nations in a series of last-minute deals with the LC2 agency. 

Football: Greek public-service broadcaster ERT acquired the free-to-air rights for all 31 matches of Euro 2008 in a €9.5m (£6.5m) deal with the Sportfive agency. It is the first deal done for the championship.

Media Partners & Silva set to take a long-term stranglehold on the international rights of Serie A clubs.

Talpa signs deal for Dutch national football team away qualifiers.

The Sportfive agency acquired the rights for the 2007 and 2009 World Handball Championships.

RTL sold on the rights for one of this year’s World Cup ski-jumping events after a row with the FIS

Proposal for alternative international-cricket schedule.

Rai set to acquire rights for Euro 2008 from Sportfive.