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Matchroom Sport delivered a profit of £33.8m during the 2022-23 financial reporting period on the back of strong performances from its darts and boxing verticals, SportBusiness has learned.
Football
Denmark

No other football league or competition in Europe will be able to use the name, The Super League, after the European Union Trade Mark Office sided with Denmark's Superligaen A/S.
Football
Hungary

Fifa has issued tenders in six Central and Eastern European countries for media rights to the 2026 and 2030 men's World Cups as it seeks to maximise the commercial impact of improved qualification prospects for Europe's mid-tier nations.
Tennis
Belgium

Play Sports, the sports broadcaster operated by Belgian telco Telenet, has retained rights to men's tennis ATP tour and the women's WTA Tour for three more seasons.
Football
Italy

DAZN has extended its contract with the Mediaset-owned Digitalia 08 for advertising sales around the subscription broadcaster’s live coverage of Italian football’s Serie A.
Cricket
United Kingdom

Pay-television broadcaster TNT Sports secured rights in the UK and Ireland to all India home matches from January 2024 to March 2028 after facing minimal competition for the rights.
Multiple Sports
United Kingdom

ITV suffered a 61-per-cent drop in pre-tax profits in 2023 amid an advertising slump and significant investment costs in its ITVX streaming service
Speedway
Poland

Polish pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus Polska is to remain the home of the PGE Ekstraliga, the country's top speedway league, until at least the end of 2028 after extending its exclusive rights deal
Football
United Kingdom

The BBC has reached a preliminary agreement with TNT Sports for sublicensed free-to-air rights to the FA Cup from 2025-26 to 2028-29.
Football
France

Staff at TF1 have been informed that the French commercial broadcaster will not be pursuing a direct deal with Fifa for the 2026 men’s World Cup with rival M6 said to be close to securing the free-to-air r…
Mixed Martial Arts
Poland

Polish commercial and pay-television broadcaster Polsat has extended its exclusive rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship in a multi-year deal announced today (Monday)
Football
Turkey

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has been awarded a clean sweep of Turkish Süper Lig rights but the scrapping of the initial tender has been met with strong resistance from Saran Media, which warns it will “take all legal steps”.
Football
Turkey

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports and the Saran Media agency must deliver fresh bids for Turkish Süper Lig rights after the initial invitation to tender was scrapped by the Turkish Football Federation …
Motorsport
MENA

Pay-television broadcaster beIN Sports has agreed a 10-year deal for exclusive F1 rights across the Middle East, North Africa and Turkey, five years on from dropping rights in the Mena region over piracy concerns.
Football
Baltics

The Team Marketing agency is to go to market with Uefa club competition broadcast rights in the Baltic countries shortly after the exit of Viaplay from the region.
Football
Switzerland

The Swiss Football League (SFL) has launched its domestic broadcast rights tender, working in conjunction with its appointed adviser T Squared, the entity set up by the Team Marketing agency to house its…
Motorsport
Germany

The FIA World Endurance Championship has increased its exposure in the German market through a new deal with Sport1
Football
Germany

The German Football League (DFL) has been given the green light to begin sending official domestic tender documents to interested media companies after the Bundeskartellamt, the cartel office, officially…