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Football: Qatar-based satellite broadcaster Al Jazeera acquired the

Al Jazeera buys top football rights to enter US market

CAA advising on aggressive strategy to shake up Portugal

IAAF says IEC was right not to undersell its rights in Spain

Medge/AMI race the clock in Europe but NHL is relaxed

Bridgepoint's Infront set to be a more aggressive rights player

Football: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV acquired the rights to China’s international football teams for three-and-a-half years, from July 23 until the end of 2014, from the Chinese Football Association’s com…

EBU’s Euro 2012 subsidiary in talks ... IAAF still needs to close big deals ... More increases for Uefa

New Brazil-Argentina event will not have all the top players

Football League takes its time to make sure of guarantees

NHL rights lost to Medge/AMI. Orange Sport deal fallen through. Shadows over ESPN

Five-year deal helps NHL to big increase but 'it could have made more,' one bidder says

Mixed Martial Arts: Fight sports programme distributors, Fighting Spirit, agreed a deal from June until the end of 2012 with mixed martial arts promotion M-1 Global in Africa, Europe and the Middle East…

Football: Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton acquired the rights for Euro 2012 in a deal with Uefa

Football: France’s football league, the Ligue de Football Professionnel, sold the domestic rights to the top division, Ligue 1, for four years, 2012-13 to 2015-16, to pay-television operator Canal Plus a…

Bundesliga achieves rights fees increases taking it closer to €50 million target

Al Jazeera rides to the rescue but doubts remain

American football: US sports broadcaster ESPN agreed an eight-year extension to its rights deal with the NFL for Monday night matches, worth $15.2bn (€10.95bn).