Middle East

Multiple Sports
United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates telco Etisalat by e& has warned its customers that beIN Sports, and other channels provided by beIN Media Group, may disappear from its television offering on Thursday
Horse Racing
United Kingdom

Commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired rights in the UK to this weekend’s Dubai World Cup horse race.
Horse Racing
Saudi Arabia

The HBA Media agency has said the 2023 Saudi Cup horse racing event will be broadcast by 35 rights-holders across the world, including a number of new signings
Cricket
India

Saudi Arabia's national tourism authority has become a sponsor of the Indian Premier League T20 cricket tournament
Basketball
Europe

Sports industry executive Sharon Fuller has joined the National Basketball Association as associate vice-president of content and social in Europe and the Middle East
Football
Saudi Arabia

The Saudi Professional League and its appointed IMG agency have finalised a flurry of media rights deals ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo’s debut in the competition.
Football
Global

Douyin, Facebook, OneFootball, PSG TV, Twitch and YouTube will carry coverage of today's (Thursday's) exhibition match in Saudi Arabia between Paris Saint-Germain and Riyadh All-Star XI, that will see…
Football
Iraq

Iraqi terrestrial and satellite public broadcaster Al Iraqiya has secured rights to the 25th Arab Gulf Cup national team football tournament, which kicks off today (Friday) in Iraq
Football
Saudi Arabia

TOD, the official streaming platform of the Fifa World Cup in Saudi Arabia, and all the Middle East and North Africa, has been blocked in Saudi Arabia from the beginning of this year’s tournament in Q…
Football
Lebanon

Football fans in Lebanon have been left without free-to-air television coverage of the ongoing Fifa World Cup due to a state of political paralysis in the Middle Eastern country
Golf
Saudi Arabia

LIV Golf president Atul Khosla has made it clear that the primary goals of the Saudi-backed breakaway series in 2023 are to land "milestone" sponsorship and television rights deals to begin commercializing…
Multiple Sports
Germany

German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 has reached an agreement to acquire the outstanding 50 per cent of the shares in streaming service Joyn from media group Warner Bros. Discovery
Football
Global

For Media Sports Management, the agency based in Dubai and the UK, has been awarded exclusive international betting video and data rights to the UAE Pro League as part of a wider remit with the league…
Basketball
Israel

Israeli pay-television broadcaster Charlton has renewed its rights agreement with Liga ACB, Spain’s top-flight basketball competition. The new deal runs for three seasons, from 2022-23 to 2024-25.
Cricket
Europe

Streaming platform YuppTV has acquired media rights for the upcoming Asia Cup international cricket tournament in more than 70 markets
Football
MENA

Saudi Sports Company (SSC), the state-controlled sports media company, has acquired domestic broadcast rights to the Saudi Professional League (SPL), Saudi Arabia’s King’s Cup and the Saudi Super Cup in …
Boxing
Saudi Arabia

UK-based sports production company Whisper has been appointed by Saudi promoter Skill Challenge Entertainment to deliver the world feed host broadcast of the heavyweight boxing fight between Oleksandr…