Japan

Athletics
Australia

Motorsport: German pay-broadcaster Premiere extended its deal for live Formula One rights by one year, until the end of the 2007 season.

Cricket
Asia

Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports acquired the worldwide rights for International Cricket Council events from September 2007 through to 2015.

Football
Asia

Sportfive outbid local agency Dentsu to win the Japanese rights for the English Premier League.

Football
Asia

Uefa, European football’s governing body, is on course to bring in about £51 million for the 2008 European Championship outside Europe.

Bobsleigh/skeleton
Asia

Football: The English Premier League signed deals in Asia, Australia and North America for its live rights for the three seasons from 2007-08 to 2009-10
Football
Asia

Premier League rights fees in Japan fell by 30 per cent.

Football
Africa

English football’s Premier League began its international audiovisual rights sales in dramatic style with massive first-round awards in three of its most competitive markets.

Athletics
Africa

Football: SBS International, the acquisition arm of Korean private free-to-air broadcaster SBS, acquired the rights for all Fifa events from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups.

Basketball
Africa

Football: Polish pay-television operator Canal Plus acquired the main package of Serie A rights for the three years from 2007-08 to 2009-10 in a deal with the Media Partners and Silva agency.

Football
Africa

Football: Indonesian media group Media Nusantara Citra, owner of free-to-air broadcasters RCTI, TPI and Global TV, acquired the rights for Euro 2008, paying between $11m (£5.4m/€7.5m
Football
Asia

If continued for three years, one-year deals agreed so far with terrestrial broadcasters would leave agency with $4 million loss
Football
Asia

Sportfive snatches Latin American continental club football competitions in a one-year deal
Football
Africa

International rights split between several agencies - revenue increases 275 per cent

Basketball
Brazil

Football: Middle-East broadcaster Al Jazeera Sport acquired the rights for European club competitions the Champions League and the Uefa Cup in three-year deals worth a combined $200m (£102m/ €136m). 
Football
Canada

·   Football: Canadian public-service broadcaster CBC acquired the rights for all Fifa events for the eight-year period from 2007 to 2014, including the 2010 and 2014 World Cups. 
Football
Asia

Football: Japanese pay-television operator J Sports acquired the rights to Japan’s top-tier J-League in a five-year deal from 2007 to 2011.

Football
Asia

Japanese professional football’s J-League has agreed a new television-rights deal with a new broadcaster.

Football
Canada

International rights sales for Spanish football’s La Liga are likely to bring in more than €100 million a year.