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Football: Uefa, European football’s governing body, agreed three-year deals, from 2012-13 to 2014-15, for the rights for the Uefa Champions League in the UK with commercial broadcaster ITV and pay-television b…

NHL exploring several innovations to increase rights fees in Europe, Africa and the Middle East

Sportfive close to Euro 2012 deals in Asia ... HiTV hits out at ‘exploiters’ ... Pay-per-view ‘is killing’ boxing

League rights spotlight on France's Ligue 1

League rights spotlight on Germany's Bundesliga

English Football Association secures fee increase in Middle East, but did it include England qualifiers previously thought to be centralised?

Golf: Pay-television golf broadcaster the Golf Channel acquired the rights to the Asian Tour in North America, Latin America and Japan in deals with Asian Tour Media, the distributor of the tour’s media r…

Athletics: The IEC in Sports agency agreed deals with free-to-air broadcasters in five European countries for the rights for the World Athletics Series from 2011 to 2013, including the athletics World…

Football: Middle Eastern pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera agreed a four-year deal, from 2012-13 to 2015-16, worth over $30m (€21m), for English Football Association rights in a deal brokered by t…

Football: Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE and regional Catalan broadcaster TV3 acquired the free-to-air rights for the Uefa Champions League

Boxing: New Zealand state broadcaster Māori Television acquired the exclusive rights to show the heavyweight boxing clash between David Tua and Demetrius King on March 19.

American Football: NFL team the New York Jets extended its television and marketing partnership in a multi-year deal with regional sports network SportsNet New York (SNY)

Football: Pan-regional broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport acquired the rights for Fifa competitions between 2015 and 2022, including the 2018 and 2022 World Cup The deal covers cable, satellite, terrestrial,…

Sports broadcaster close to deals for Cricket World Cup and other ICC events.

Fifa's new seven-year deal in the Middle East could be worth as much as $500 million

Athletics: The European Broadcasting Union acquired rights for European Athletics Association events in a four-year deal, from 2012 to 2015

Eurosport wary of WTA future ahead of talks ... Serie A looks for Greek partner ... "Historic day" for NASL ... Real Madrid TV expansion

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