News

Motorsport

Brazilian media group Globo has renewed its domestic free-to-air rights deal with domestic Stock Car Brasil, starting from the 2019 season
Baseball

Major League Baseball has agreed a one-season extension to its rights deal with Facebook, but the social media company will have a smaller line-up of live games in 2019
Bull Riding

CBS Sports has extended its exclusive media-rights deal with Professional Bull Riders through 2028
Football

The IMG agency has agreed a two-year deal to market the global media rights to the International Champions Cup club football competition
Rugby Union

Commercial broadcaster Fiji TV has retained rights to the Rugby World Cup in the country
Cycling

German public-service broadcaster ARD has signed a three-year extension to its rights deal for cycling’s Tour de France.
Football

Football Federation Australia has confirmed it is in talks with commercial broadcaster Ten over a deal that could give the A-League significantly more exposure via free-to-air television
Wrestling

Spanish commercial broadcaster Atresmedia has agreed a further rights renewal with wrestling organisation WWE. The duration of the new deal is unknown
Athletics

The TV Media Sport agency has acquired exclusive free-to-air rights in sub-Saharan Africa to the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) World Athletic Series from 2019 to 2023.
Badminton

Australian telco OVO Mobile has signed an exclusive four-year media-rights deal with the Badminton World Federation, the sport’s global governing body.