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Cricket: Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports agreed sublicensing deals for the Twenty20 world championships, held in South Africa in September, with DirecTV (North America), Geo TV (Pakistan), Ten Sports…

Cycling: French public-service broadcaster France Télévisions renewed its deal for the Tour de France.

The Sportfive agency has agreed deals for Euro 2008 in Israel and Flemish-speaking Belgium

Deals signed in North America, Pakistan, Middle East, Caribbean; deal in South Africa close

The Dubai Sports Channel is set to win the rights for the 2009 Gulf Cup

India to be carved out of ICC-IMG deal due next week

Goal now has strategic partnerships in three of the five key South and South East Asian markets

Tennis: US network NBC and cable broadcaster ESPN are set to acquire the rights for the Wimbledon tournament in two separate four-year deals, 2008 to 2011

Formula One: Formula One Management signed new deals in four of the sport’s major markets, renewing deals in Italy with public-service broadcaster Rai, in Brazil with TV Globo, in Australia with Channel Ten and in Russia signing a deal with a new partner, the RTL-owned Ren TV

Israeli pay-per-view company Charlton has won another battle in the war with the Sport 5 pay-channels

Israeli pay-broadcaster Sport 5 is set to sign a deal for the Champions League rights from 2006-07

Football: Italian commercial broadcaster Mediaset acquired Serie A highlights rights in a three-year deal

The Israeli Football Association has agreed three deals for the rights for the Israeli Premier League starting in the forthcoming season

Israeli pay-per-view company and agency Charlton has started talks with companies in the Israeli market

Football: Jamaican commercial broadcaster CVM TV sublicensed rights for the 2010 and 2014 World Cup competitions from Caribbean sports cable operator SportsMax

New rights an enticement for Sports Channel subscribers to switch to Charlton