Europe

MotoGP will be shown live in Finland again this season after a one-year hiatus, although it will be earning about 60 per cent less than from its last live rights deal in the country.

Fifa took advantage of the BBC’s failure to acquire women’s Euro 2017 rights to secure a big increase in the value of the women’s World Cup.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has acquired rights in Sweden to the Allsvenskan, the top tier of club football in the country.

German sports broadcaster Sport1 has acquired rights to the Virtuellen Bundesliga (VBL), the official esports competition of the German Football League (DFL).

Interview with Andy Haworth, BT Consumer’s head of strategy, on the telco’s renewal of Uefa Champions League and Europa League rights from 2018-19 to 2020-21.

UK viewing audiences for the week between Monday 6th March  and Sunday 12th March, plus February's leading free-to-air audiences. Please note that viewing data for BT Sport 1 is currently unavailable.

Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 has acquired rights for England’s national team football qualifiers ahead of the 2018 Fifa World Cup in Russia.

Irish pay-television broadcaster Eir Sport has acquired a new package of rights for the Gaelic Athletic Association’s Football and Hurling Club Championship under a five-year deal.

Public-service broadcaster France Télévisions and the Eurosport France channel have lodged a joint bid to retain rights to the Coupe de France football club knockout tournament.

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has acquired exclusive domestic live rights to Kell Brook’s IBF World Welterweight title defence against rising US boxing star Errol Spence, which it will exploit via its pay-per-view service Sky Sports Box Office.

The German Football League (DFL), organising body of the top two divisions of the domestic game, has revealed plans to replace its existing DFL Sports Enterprises entity with a new body entitled Bundesliga International.

French media group Vivendi and Italian broadcaster Mediaset launched lawsuits against each other for defamation yesterday (Tuesday) in the opening day of a court case in Milan, according to the Reuters news agency.

Amaury Sport Organisation has struck a long-term deal to produce and distribute coverage of cycling’s Volta Ciclista a Catalunya.

The Pro League, the top division of club football in Belgium, has said it has received offers from 10 interested parties for its next set of broadcast rights.

French media group Vivendi has fired another shot in its ongoing battle with Mediaset, accusing the Italian broadcaster of providing “misleading” information during talks over a partnership last year.

England and Wales Cricket Board chief executive Tom Harrison has said the organisation is in talks with free-to-air broadcasters over a rights deal for its proposed new domestic Twenty20 tournament, adding that fellow national governing bodies are considering the prospect of a unified internet subscription service.