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The San Francisco 49ers NFL American football franchise will set a league first by live streaming each of its four 2018 preseason games via its official website.

Social media platform Facebook has acquired rights to the Uefa Champions League in Brazil, according to multiple reports, while sports broadcaster Esporte Interativo has extended its deal for the European club football competition.

UK racecourse owner and operator Arena Racing Company, and Greek firm Vermantia, a leading provider of multi-channel content solutions for lotteries, gaming and betting operators, have launched the European Racing Channel, claiming it will provide the most complete offering of its kind worldwide for the betting market.

Greek pay-television broadcaster Nova has sealed rights deals covering the French Ligue 1, Coupe de la Ligue and Trophée des Champions club football competitions.

Walt Disney has secured US antitrust approval to acquire most of rival media company 21st Century Fox’s assets on the condition that it offloads 22 regional sports channels, according to the Justice Department.

Australian public-service broadcaster SBS has struck a deal to continue to simulcast coverage of 2018 Fifa World Cup matches until the end of the tournament after extending an agreement with telco Optus.

The Glory kickboxing league has signed a multi-year rights deal with Dutch commercial broadcaster Veronica.

US wrestling organisation WWE has today (Wednesday) sealed a new domestic rights deal with the Fox Sports division of the Fox network and has extended its long-running partnership with cable-television broadcaster USA Network, stating that the agreements provide a substantial increase in the value of its US distribution.