Asia

Football
Media

Macau-based sports streaming platform M Plus has acquired rights for Brasileiro Série A football in its home territory and Hong Kong in a deal with the 1190 Sports agency.
Cricket
Media

Pay-television broadcaster ARY has acquired live streaming rights in Pakistan to the national cricket team's forthcoming one-day international series against the West Indies and T20 series against England
Multiple Sports
Industry Moves

The IMG agency has appointed Mark McFarlane as senior vice-president for strategic partnerships in Asia
Basketball
Media

Japanese free-to-air broadcasters TV Asahi and Nippon TV have agreed media rights deals with the International Basketball Federation (Fiba) covering next year's World Cup and the ongoing World Cup Qualifiers
Football
Media

DAZN has retained broadcast rights in Japan and German-speaking countries to Uefa national team matches, including selected friendly matches
Football
Media

Eleven has secured exclusive worldwide rights to matches from the Thai Women’s League.
Football
Events

French Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) is to play three matches in Japan later this year as part of its first tour of the country since its takeover by the Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) group in…
Football

Fifa and the Infront agency faced significant challenges with World Cup rights in Indonesia for the second successive cycle, rescuing the situation by striking a deal with media group Emtek.
Football
Events

Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur will face Spanish LaLiga outfit Sevilla in the second of two friendly matches as part of the North London-based team’s pre-season tour of South Korea later this y…
Multiple Sports
Finance & Law

Tencent Sports, the sports division of Chinese digital media giant Tencent, has scrapped six internal business units and cut 100 jobs - about one third of its workforce - according to local media reports
Football
Events

China’s withdrawal as host of the 2023 Asian Cup has undermined some of the most valuable commercial rights deals for the Asian Football Confederation in its 2021-24 cycle, potentially leaving the body f…
Basketball
Media

Indian public-service broadcaster Prasar Bharati has struck a deal to show matches from the Women’s National Basketball Association and the NBA G League, the NBA's minor league basketball organisation, o…
Badminton

The digital rights deals are all non-exclusive, while CCTV will receive linear exclusivity for selected BWF events. All seven deals cover the five years from 2022 to 2026.
Cricket
Media

Global tech firms Google and Amazon, India's biggest media groups, and other international broadcasters have picked up the bidding documents for the upcoming Indian Premier League rights auction, Bloomberg…
Motorsport
Media

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Media Group has acquired broadcast rights to the nascent eSkootr Championship (eSC) in the Middle East and North Africa, along with parts of Southeast Asia
Football
Host Broadcast & Production

Bangkok-based events organiser Fresh Air Festival has appointed IMG to produce and distribute broadcast coverage of the forthcoming pre-season friendly match between Manchester United and Liverpool
Tennis

Indian pay-television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks secured rights to the French Open tennis tournament amid a lack of competition.
Tennis
Media

Kosmos Tennis, part of the investment group co-founded by Spanish footballer Gerard Piqué, has appointed Sportfive as its exclusive media rights agency in most of Asia for the next three editions of the …