Middle East

Golf
Finance & Law

The PGA Tour, DP World Tour and Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) are to merge commercial operations under common ownership in a shock tripartite agreement that ends all pending litigation r…
Multiple Sports
Media

BeIN Sports subscription channels are no longer available on the platform of United Arab Emirates telco Etisalat by e& after the pair failed to reach an agreement over the carriage fee going forwards
Multiple Sports
Media

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
Media

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

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
Media

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

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
Media

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
Media

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
Media

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
Media

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
Media

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
Media

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
Finance & Law

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
Data

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
Media

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
Media

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

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 a three-season agreement running from 2022-23 to 2024-25.