Afghanistan

Afghan free-to-air broadcaster Ariana Television Network has acquired rights for coverage of Afghanistan national football team qualifiers ahead of the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

IOC carves out five more Asian markets to handle in-house and further weaken ABU rights; Frustrated Barton blasts ABU

Saran brothers sports-rights ambitions expand beyond Turkey; Perform and IMG take different routes to crack Turkish market; Super Lig deal probed

Skynet pays a high price to keep Forever at arm's length

Asian pay-television broadcaster Ten Sports has extended a rights deal for live coverage of the US Open tennis tournament for four years, from 2013 to 2016

Uefa enjoys big increases for its Champions League and Europa League rights in Asia

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body agreed deals in Germany and Austria for the Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup for the period 2012-13 to 2014-15.

Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed a number of deals for the Euro 2012 and Euro 2016 tournaments.

Pan-European broadcaster acquires content specifically for the region for the first time.