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Basketball

DraftKings has expanded a partnership with Euroleague Basketball that will allow the daily fantasy sports operator to stream live coverage of the body's EuroLeague tournament.

Walt Disney, the parent company of international sports broadcaster ESPN, has been in talks to acquire most of the assets of rival media company 21st Century Fox in recent weeks, according to business news channel CNBC.

Baseball

Bob Bowman, president of business and media at North America’s Major League Baseball, is to step down from the role when his contract expires next month.

US College Sport

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has acquired rights to a college basketball tournament that will be staged in Belfast, Northern Ireland next month, while it has disclosed further details behind its new online sports streaming service.

Horse Racing

The New York Racing Association has joined forces with FS1, a channel operated by the Fox Sports division of US network Fox, to broadcast coverage of this year’s edition of the Melbourne Cup Australian horse racing event.

Basketball

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has joined forces with North American NBA basketball team the Portland Trail Blazers to trial a new direct-to-consumer media product during the 2017-18 season.

Motorsport

The desire for flexibility around its yet-to-launch OTT service drove Formula One Management to agree a new deal with sports broadcaster ESPN in the US last month.

Bowling

The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has retained rights to a host of major bowling events through an agreement with the United States Bowling Congress.The CBS Sports division of US network CBS has retained rights to a host of major bowling events through an agreement with the United States Bowling Congress.

Football

US pay-television broadcaster Univision Deportes has confirmed it has officially secured broadcast rights to all 18 teams in Liga MX for the 2017-18 season of the top division of Mexican football.

US College Sport

The Big Ten Network, a joint venture between US college sport organisation the Big Ten Conference and the Fox Entertainment Group division of US media company 21st Century Fox, has agreed a distribution partnership with sports streaming specialist FloSports.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster Fox Sports Latin America has further expanded its portfolio of rights to Liga MX, the top division of Mexican football, by agreeing five-year deals with Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles and Santos Laguna.

American Football

NFL American football franchise the Chicago Bears has extended its deal with local broadcast rights partner Fox32.

Horse Racing

Media consultancy HBA Media has extended its deal to distribute international media rights to the Pegasus World Cup Invitational, the world’s richest horse race.

Ice Hockey

Pay-television broadcaster NHL Network has extended a rights partnership with USA Hockey.

Horse Racing

UK pay-television broadcasters At The Races, Racing UK and Sky have all secured rights to this year’s edition of the Breeders’ Cup US horse racing event.

Football

Sports media company Minute Media has struck a video content provision deal with Sports Illustrated.

Rugby Union

The Six Nations last week secured a long-term deal with media company NBCUniversal in the US, but is understood to have suffered a 40-per-cent fall in the value of its rights in Italy.

Football

Fox has reaffirmed its coverage plans for football’s 2018 Fifa World Cup in the United States despite an analyst estimating that the US national team’s failure to qualify for the tournament could have a negative impact on the network of between $10m (€8.4m) and $20m.