Sub-Saharan Africa

Rugby Union
Africa

Advertisers keen on rugby as it attracts affluent males

Football
Africa

Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC sublicensed the rights for 143 matches of the Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, from pay-broadcaster SuperSport. 
Football
Africa

Football: Italian public-service broadcaster Rai agreed a deal with the Sportfive agency for the rights to football’s Euro 2008 tournament.

Cycling
Belgium

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

Cricket
Africa

Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports is close to agreeing its first overseas deal for International Cricket Council events from 2008 to 2011
Cricket
Africa

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

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

Golf: UK pay-broadcaster Setanta acquired the rights to the US PGA Tour in a six-year deal, from 2007 to 2012.
Africa

Latest deal, with South Africa's SABC for 2010 and 2012 Olympics, worth $18 million
Cricket
Africa

The United Cricket Board is hoping to drop a contract with the Octagon agency so that it can take its international television rights in-house.

Cricket
Australia

Pan-Asian broadcaster ESPN Star Sports faces a tough challenge to hit
Basketball
Asia

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
Football
Africa

Football: African pay-television broadcaster Supersport acquired the rights for the South African Premier Soccer League, the country’s top-tier football league, in a five-year deal, 2007-08 to 2011-12, w…
American Football
Australia

Snooker: UK public-service broad-caster the BBC renewed its deal with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association for a further five years, from 2007 to 2011, paying about £20m (€29m).  The deal is thought to be a significant cut on the existing deal, worth about £28m over a five-and-a-half year period.
Africa

Call by public-service broadcaster SABC to change the country’s listed-events law
Football
Armenia

Football:  Norwegian commercial channel TV2 an telecoms company Telenor acquired the rights to all Norwegian football in a record NKr1bn (£85m/€127m) deal (page 1)

Basketball
Africa

Football: South African public-service broadcaster SABC acquired a package of free-to-air rights for English football’s Premier League in a three-year deal from 2007-08 to 2009-10. 
Football
Japan

Football:  UK pay-operator British Sky Broadcasting is set to acquire the rights to the English Football League’s Championship, lower divisions and the League Cup in a four-year deal worth at least £3…