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Fox has confirmed that Fox Soccer, the US network’s football-dedicated pay-television channel, will close later this year to be replaced by a general entertainment channel.

Carlos Slim’s América Móvil acquired the media rights in Latin America, outside Brazil, for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games Carlos Slim. Is

Digital sports media company Perform has established a joint venture with American City Business Journals (ACBJ), the publisher of the Sporting News service, to target the US and Canadian markets

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has extended a rights deal for men’s basketball games in the soon-to-be-renamed Big East college sports conference.

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has renewed rights for the MotoGP motorcycling championship in a multi-year deal that begins with the 2013 campaign

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS will retain rights to all Naval Academy home American football games even though the US Navy is becoming a member of the Big East college sports conference, which…

Canadian pay-television sports broadcaster TSN has agreed an extension to its domestic rights deal with the Canadian Football League, the country’s top division of gridiron.

MP & Silva chief explains why channel plan may work for Asia

C More pays a little more for ice hockey to fend off rival bidders

ESPN Deportes explains long-term strategy for growing US Spanish-language market

BoxNation buys big bouts

The Fox Sports division of US network Fox has acquired rights for a new college sports competition that will include teams that have left the existing Big East conference

US cable-television broadcaster ESPN has confirmed a new rights deal with the Mountain West US college sports conference

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.