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United World Wrestling, the sport’s global governing body, has said it will stream live coverage of every match during the 2015 Wrestling World Championships in Las Vegas, US.

Online streaming service EverSport.tv has struck a worldwide carriage deal with Pac-12 Networks, the content and multi-platform media company for the Pac-12 US college sports conference.

Spain’s LaLiga has reached its revenue target for international rights from 2015-16 with rights in some smaller territories left to sell, TV Sports Markets understands.

French telco Altice signalled its intent to bid aggressively for sports rights late last month, teaming up with RDA TV to buy international Premiership Rugby rights.

Outgoing Fifa president Sepp Blatter has maintained that world football’s governing body is not a corrupt “institution,” adding that he is “clean” amid ongoing criminal investigations into the governance of the sport.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has revealed that this year’s edition of its showpiece World Championships will be broadcast in more than 200 territories around the world.

The MP & Silva agency is on the look-out for new investment after revealing details of a group restructuring earlier this month, according to a report by the Thomson Financial newswire.

Boxing publication The Ring has said it will launch a live streaming and video on demand service next month.

The Professional Squash Association has cited its rights partnership with the Broadreach Media agency as a key driver behind record growth in television exposure of its events during the first half of 2015.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship mixed martial arts series is planning to revamp Fight Pass after hiring former Yahoo! Sports and Rivals.com executive Eric Winter as the new general manager of the online viewing subscription service.

Football streaming platform fuboTV has raised an additional $4m (€3.7m) in funding in an effort to support its ongoing expansion plans.

Andrea Radrizzani has sold part of his shares to fellow MP & Silva co-founder Riccardo Silva as part of a restructuring process at the agency.

Social media platform Facebook is to stream live coverage of the 2015 Audi Cup pre-season football club tournament.

Chinese electronics company Ledman Optoelectronic has said its owner, Man Tie Li, is set to become the latest investor from the country in the Infront Sports & Media agency.

Premiership Rugby, the organising body for the top division of club rugby union in England, has signed a new international rights deal with the RDA TV agency and multinational telco Altice.

Netball World Cup Sydney 2015 has partnered with the Netball Live mobile app to enhance the national team tournament’s global coverage.