Europe

Eurosport UK managing director David Kerr will leave the sports broadcaster in the coming months, TV Sports Markets understands.

Russian online sports platform Sports.ru has struck a deal to launch the National Basketball Association's official Russia-focused website.

Spanish public-service broadcaster TVE has acquired rights for the World Padel Tour – a bat-and-ball series that is held primarily in Spanish-speaking countries.

International sports broadcaster Eurosport has broadened its reach in Spain by agreeing a carriage deal with telco Vodafone.

Romanian public-service broadcaster Televiziunea Română (TVR) has lost its European Broadcasting Union membership privileges after failing to pay debts totalling CHF16m (€14.5m/$16.4m).

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has agreed a partnership with VfL Wolfsburg to support the German Bundesliga football club’s tour of the country, which will take place from May 16-22.

Finnish public-service broadcaster YLE has struck a deal to sublicense rights to the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games from US media and entertainment company Discovery Communications.

International sports broadcaster Eleven Sports Network has agreed carriage deals in Singapore, and has signed a multi-year rights deal with combat sports organisation Fighting Spirit for rights in Belgium and Poland.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC will show live coverage of this year’s British Basketball League and Women’s British Basketball League play-off finals, which will both take place in London on May 8.

Polish public-service broadcaster TVP has acquired a package of rights marketed by Uefa, European football’s governing body, securing control over the national team’s games from 2018 to 2022.

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has extended a rights deal for the London Marathon, one of the six members of the World Marathon Majors.

Pan-regional sports broadcaster Eurosport has agreed a four-year deal to secure the exclusive rights in Russia to the Wimbledon tennis championships.

German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland has agreed a multi-year extension to its rights deal for UK golf major The Open Championship.

Norwegian public-service broadcaster NRK has agreed a deal to begin broadcasting coverage of the Ski Classics long-distance skiing championship.

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has agreed a deal to acquire the shares and core business of the Sportsman Media Group agency.

Italy’s antitrust authority, l’Autorità Garante del Mercato e della Concorrenza, has issued fines totalling €66m ($75.3m) in the case surrounding the 2014 sale of rights to Serie A, the top division of domestic football.