Europe

Boxing promoter Kalle Sauerland plans to launch a cruiserweight version of the Super Six tournament, despite big problems with the current super middleweight event.

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The European Court of Justice will rule on the Premier League’s case against smartcard supplier QC Leisure on October 5, with potentially enormous implications for the way in which sports rights are sold in Europe.

Football: The MP & Silva agency extended its agreement with Arsenal Broadband Limited, the digital arm of English Premier League club Arsenal, for a further three years, covering the 2013-14 to 2015-16…

Football: Italian league body Lega Calcio agreed a number of rights deals covering the 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons

Basketball: French pay-television broadcaster Canal Plus extended its deal with the Euroleague for a further three years, from 2010-11 to 2012-13, paying €880,000 ($1.14m) per year.

Football: Pan-African broadcaster Supersport acquired the Nigerian rights for the English Premier League in a three-year deal, from 2010-11 to 2012-13, worth $110m (€85m).

American Football: UK commercial broadcaster Channel 4 acquired the live rights to all of the NFL’s Sunday night games for the 2010 season.

Football: UK public-service broadcaster BBC Scotland acquired live television rights for Scotland’s four away fixtures in their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign, concluding against Spain in October 2011.

As many people said they preferred to watch live sport on TV as said they preferred to attend events in a survey of UK consumers.

Dahlia loses coverage of the Serie A matches of Palermo and Fiorentina to rival Mediaset from this season, threatening its recent strong growth.

Speaking to TV Sports Markets, German sports broadcaster Sport1 said its new pay-channel was not a competitor of existing pay-TV operators in the market.

The Italian agency speaks to TV Sports Markets about its expansion plans.

Fees dropped in Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Romania, Greece and Belgium, have all dropped in comparison to what was paid for away qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup.

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A former Rai head of sports rights acquisitions claims he was forced out after resisting political pressure to overpay for rights to save Infront from bankruptcy.

Smaller federations are likely to support Uefa's plan to centralise sales of rights for European Championships and World Cup qualifiers, but bigger federations might resist it.

Premier League to enhance website