Europe

Football
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Telefónica, the leading Spanish telecoms operator, has agreed a carriage deal for the LaLiga matches set to be offered by OTT subscription broadcaster DAZN during the Spanish league's next rights cycle.
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Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group will be the exclusive broadcast partner in 10 European countries of the heavyweight boxing title fight between Tyson Fury and Dillian Whyte next month
Football
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Pay-television broadcaster Sky has widened its commitment to the Women’s Super League by acquiring rights to the top tier of English women’s club football in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Padel
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Google-owned streaming platform YouTube is broadcasting the Premier Padel Qatar Major, the first event of the inaugural edition of the tour, free of charge in Spain
Padel
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Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports will show the inaugural edition of the Premier Padel tour across 37 countries including Australia, France, New Zealand, Singapore and Turkey
Mixed Martial Arts
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Viaplay, the streaming service operated by Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group, has further enhanced its combat sports coverage across its active markets by agreeing rights deals with Enfusion and Invicta…
Football
Finance & Law

OTT streaming platform Footters has threatened legal action against Fuchs Sports regarding the latter's decision to continue showing matches from Spain's third-tier Primera División RFEF.
Sport Climbing
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The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has signed a three-year rights agreement with Discovery Sports, through which all World Cup and World Championship events will be shown across Europe…
Baseball
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Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has signed a five-year extension to its rights deal with Major League Baseball. The new deal has been signed ahead of the 2022 season, which begins on April 7
Football
Finance & Law

France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has announced that the 20 clubs in the top-tier Ligue 1 have reached an agreement on the distribution of funds from CVC Capital Partners’ proposed investment in …
Padel
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The new global padel tour backed by Qatar Sports Investments (QSI), the International Padel Federation (FIP) and the Professional Players Association has announced a broadcast deal with Sky covering multiple…
Formula 1

United Media has renewed exclusive rights to Formula One in Bulgaria at an increased fee, albeit at a level far below the property’s previous peak.
Multiple Sports
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Nordic Entertainment (Nent) Group has announced a raft of sports rights acquisitions for Viaplay in the UK, ahead of the launch of the streaming service into its latest new market later this year
Football
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French broadcasters looking to acquire domestic rights to the country’s national knockout clubs competition have been handed a deadline of 20 April on which to submit their first-round offers.
Netball
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UK pay-television broadcaster Sky Sports has acquired rights to Australia’s Super Netball club competition.
Basketball

Euroleague Basketball’s new deal with Okko is set to almost treble the competition’s media rights value in Russia, but the agreement’s commencement will likely depend on a swift conclusion of the war in Ukraine.
Mixed Martial Arts
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French pay-television broadcaster RMC Sport has acquired rights to US-based mixed martial arts promotion Combate Global. As part of the deal, RMC Sport will broadcast all fights live across France
Football
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Polish football’s top-tier Ekstraklasa has secured coverage of its matches in commercial venues across the UK through a deal with streaming platform Screach.