United Kingdom

Athletics

Olympics: The Asian Broadcasting Union agreed deals in Indonesia for the 2008 Beijing Games with free-to-air broadcaster TVRI and pay-operator Astro.

Football

Football: German commercial broadcaster RTL sublicensed a package of nine 2010 Fifa World Cup matches from pay-television operator Premiere, with an option to purchase a further nine matches.

Tennis

Rafael Nadal’s epic five-set win over defending Wimbledon champion Roger Federer drew large audiences across Europe.

Basketball

Basketball: German commercial broadcaster DSF acquired the live, delayed and highlights rights for the 2009 and 2011 FIBA European Championship and the 2010 FIBA World Championship from the Fédération Internationale de Basketball.

Cycling

Football: German commercial broadcaster ProSiebenSat.1 acquired the free-to-air rights for the Uefa Champions League.

Cricket

Sir Allen Stanford’s Twenty20 cricket matches have brought together the marketing and production team from the former Octagon CSI agency.

Football

Football fans in the Middle East have had a battle to access Al Jazeera Sport’s coverage of Euro 2008.

Basketball

Ice hockey: Canadian cable sports broadcaster TSN extended its television rights deal with the National Hockey League for a further six years, through to 2013-14, in a contract worth at least C$200m (£101m/€127m). 
Football

Football: Portuguese mobile operator Optimus acquired exclusive mobile rights in Portugal to Uefa’s Euro 2008 championships, in a sublicensing deal worth close to €1.2m
Football

Fifa close to deal in Malaysia but Uefa bides its time
Football

Football: Portuguese public service broadcaster RTP agreed to sub-license 20 matches of football’s European Championship in Portugal next year to commercial channels SIC and TVI.

MotoGP and World Superbikes viewing
Football

Sky's exclusivity for next three years barely dented, but will share rights with at least one other broadcaster next time
Basketball

Motorsport: Spanish commercial broadcaster Telecinco acquired Formula One rights in Spain in a two-year deal covering the 2004 and 2005 seasons
Football

Football: Gioco Calcio, the fledgling pay-per-view football service launched this season by six small clubs from Italy’s Serie A, is likely to lose one or two of its clubs to pay-operator Sky Italia, a…
Football

Fifa and Uefa likely to adopt the model
Rugby Union

Rugby Football Union said that IRB’s asking price for clips risked “killing the goose”
Rugby Union

Deals for England internationals and domestic club rugby have two years to run