Americas

The Dimayor (División Mayor del Fútbol Profesional Colombiano), the body responsible for the top two football divisions in Colombia, has fined second-tier club América de Cali 44.21

US pay-television broadcaster HBO has said that it will no longer acquire rights to boxing events organised by Golden Boy Promotions, which promotes many of the sport’s top fighters.

US cable-television sports broadcaster ESPN will be able to cancel its new rights deal with the Big East college sports conference if certain teams leave the competition, according to ESPN’s news website.

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sport, which is owned by Qatari pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera, has secured a carriage deal in the US with IPTV operator Verizon FiOS TV

World Rowing (Fisa), the sport’s global governing body, has decided against renewing a rights deal with US sports broadcaster Universal Sports Network, a subsidiary of the NBCUniversal media company.

Multi-billionaire Carlos Slim wants to acquire rights to the Formula One motor-racing championship and games featuring top-tier Mexican football club Monterrey for a new free-to-air television channel…

US broadcaster Univision Deportes has acquired exclusive Spanish-language broadcast and digital rights in the country for the Formula One motor-racing championship

The Fox Sports Media Group division of US network Fox has acquired rights for the Eastern College Athletic Conference lacrosse competition. The length of the “multi-year” deal was not revealed.

US cable-television channel the CBS Sports Network, which is operated by the CBS network, has acquired rights for events operated by the Professional Bowlers Association, the sanctioning body for professional…

ESPN is finalising a new rights deal with the Mountain West US college sports conference, according to the US cable-television broadcaster’s news website.

Patrick Doyle, the chief financial officer at DirecTV, has said that the US satellite television provider would consider acquiring non-exclusive rights to the Sunday Ticket package of American football…

WPWR My40 Chicago, a regional pay-television broadcaster owned by the Fox Network in the US, has acquired rights for Chicago Fire Major League Soccer matches

Time Warner buys more MLS rights

ESPN America sell-off attracts Eurosport, Setanta and Liberty

Rai pays less for Giro rights and more for production, but the real money will be made abroad

The Fox Sports Media Group arm of media conglomerate News Corporation has confirmed long-running speculation that it will launch a new national cable-television sports channel in the US