Middle East

Fishing

The IEC in Sports agency has announced rights deals for the 2013 World Fly Fishing Championship with pay-television broadcasters in Croatia, Israel and Chile.

Rugby Union

Premiership Rugby, the commercial rights-holder and organiser of the World Club 7s rugby union tournament, has agreed two new broadcast deals for the inaugural edition of the event.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster Abu Dhabi Media has blamed an “extremely unrealistic” price demand for its failure to extend its broadcast rights deal for English Premier League football, according to the Sport 360 newspaper.

Football

Qatari pay-television broadcaster Al Jazeera has acquired the exclusive rights in the Middle East and North Africa to English Premier League football in a three-year deal with the MP & Silva agency.

In its haste to exit the UK, ESPN may have missed an opportunity with its ESPN America channel

Multi-sport

Glasgow’s organising committee for the 2014 edition of multi-sport event the Commonwealth Games has appointed the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union as its latest broadcast rights holder.

Football

As Uefa and the Premier League bring their rights to the market in the Middle East experts say the bubble has burst in the region

Football

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has opened the sales process in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for the next cycle of rights to the Champions League, Europa League and Super Cup club competitions.

Football

State-owned Abu Dhabi Media Company and Dubai Media Incorporated have agreed an extension to their rights deal with the Pro League Committee, the organising body of the Arabian Gulf League – the top division of football in the UAE.

Rugby Union

Why Premiership Rugby looked no further than 'expert' partner Pitch for its international sales contract

Handball

Ufa Sports faces a hard battle to hold on to World Championship handball rights

Football

The chief executive of OSN has warned that the 2013-14 English Premier League season could start without a broadcast partner in the MENA region.

Football

PepsiCo has extended a sponsorship deal with the Jordan Football Association in a three-year deal, from 2013-14 to 2015-16.

Cycling

ASO, IMG and Infront all have big cycling ambitions. That could be bad news for UK's SweetSpot

Mixed Martial Arts

BT Vision pays high fee to attract 'uniquely loyal' UFC fanbase
Cycling

Rai pays less for Giro rights and more for production, but the real money will be made abroad
Basketball

Handball deal is latest sign of Canal Plus fightback against aggressive Al Jazeera

Cricket

Neo explains why it bid big for New Zealand cricket rights