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Eleven Sports has confirmed it is in talks to restructure its deals for rights to Italy’s Serie A and Spain’s LaLiga, as its chief executive Marc Watson has vowed the OTT service will fight on in the UK.
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

Asian mixed martial arts promotion the One Championship has reportedly agreed a US rights deal with the Turner Sports division of media company Turner. ESPN
Australian Rules Football

The AFL Women’s Australian rules football competition has secured a rights fee for the first time in its history through a new four-year deal with commercial broadcaster Seven and pay-television operator F…
Boxing

Fight Sports, the linear sports channel and digital service, has acquired rights to three more world championship boxing events
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)

The Ultimate Fighting Championship has triggered an exit clause in its contract with Eleven Sports in the UK and will return to BT Sport from 2019, SportBusiness Media understands.

Entertainer Ice Cube has fuelled rumours that he is part of an investment group interested in buying some of the US Regional Sports Networks that are part of the Fox/Disney asset sale
Speedway

Pay-television broadcaster nSport+ and sports broadcaster Eleven Sports have acquired rights in Poland to the Ekstraliga domestic speedway competition
Olympic Games

Hong Kong could be left without a rights-holder for the next two editions of the summer Olympic Games, amid huge increases in broadcasting fees for the events
Boxing

Premier Boxing Champions, the series of events operated and managed by Al Haymon, has struck a three-year deal with UK commercial broadcaster ITV that spreads 15 events per year across its platforms
Mixed Martial Arts

Pay-television broadcasters TSN and RDS have agreed a new multi-year extension of its media-rights deal with the UFC