Asia

Football

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has acquired live and exclusive rights in Taiwan to the Uefa Euro 2016 national team football tournament, which begins in France next month.

Cricket

Newly-elected Board of Control for Cricket in India president Anurag Thakur has said future broadcast contracts for Twenty20 competition the Indian Premier League will have the current right of first refusal clause removed from them.

Olympics

CCTV 5, the sports channel operated by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, has agreed a strategic partnership with social media platform Sina Weibo.

Multi-sport

Digital media company Veqta has unveiled plans to launch an OTT sports service in India.

Football

UK pay-television broadcaster Premier Sports and Sony Pictures Networks India, formerly known as Multi Screen Media, have acquired rights to the Copa América Centenario, the special edition of the national team football tournament which is being hosted by the United States next month.

Football

Digital sports media group Perform has agreed a deal with Chinese search engine company Beijing Baidu Netcom Science and Technology to launch its goal.com football news and video website in the country.

Multi-sport

MP & Silva has today (Tuesday) confirmed that Shanghai Jin Xin, an investment fund created by Chinese financial services company Everbright and internet entertainment and technology provider Baofeng, will acquire a 65-per-cent stake in the agency.

Boxing

LeSports, which is operated by Chinese internet company LeEco, has struck a multi-faceted partnership with the IBF China division of the International Boxing Federation.

Tennis

The Sina Sports division of Chinese internet operator Sina has secured a strategic partnership with the operators of this year’s French Open tennis tournament.

Tennis

Fox Sports has acquired rights in Asia for the US Open tennis tournament.

Le Sports, which is operated by Chinese internet company LeEco, has appointed Yu Hang as its new chief operating officer.

Multi-sport

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has partnered with digital video technology company NeuLion to launch a new digital sports service in Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Singapore and Taiwan.

Football

Le Sports HK, which is operated by Chinese internet company LeEco, has acquired non-exclusive rights in Hong Kong to the Uefa Euro 2016 national football team tournament.

Cricket

Pay-television broadcaster Star India will submit a bid to show coverage of the Tamil Nadu Premier Twenty20 League cricket tournament, according to daily newspaper The Hindu.

US media company Time has launched a new network of channels and digital platforms for its flagship magazine, Sports Illustrated, in partnership with pan-Asian sports broadcaster ASN.

Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has signed a nine-year partnership with Chinese internet company Tencent.

Mixed Martial Arts

Extreme Sports Channel, a pay-television service, has sealed a rights deal in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to show coverage of events operated by the International MMA Federation, which organises mixed martial arts contests.

Table Tennis

The International Table Tennis Federation awarded its rights in China to sports marketing company Seca as it believes it is the best partner to ease ITTF content into the Chinese digital market.