News

Athletics

UK pay-television broadcaster Sky has been appointed as the host broadcaster of the Athletics World Cup, which will be hosted at the London Stadium on July 14-15.

Football

Australian public-service broadcaster SBS will continue to simulcast coverage of 2018 Fifa World Cup matches through to the conclusion of the group stage on June 29 after extending an agreement with telco Optus.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster Eleven Sports has acquired rights in Portugal for a variety of football properties, including the top divisions in Germany, Belgium and Scotland.

Pan-African pay-television operator StarTimes has acquired rights to the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) motor-racing series.

Basketball

Digital sports-media company Perform has acquired a package of rights in Italy for Lega Basket Serie A, the country’s top division of basketball.

Multi-sport

Spanish media group Prisa has terminated an agreement with multinational telco Altice to sell Portuguese media group Media Capital.

Football

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has signed a content partnership with social media platform Twitter for the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

Basketball

Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote TV has signed a two-season extension to its rights deal with North American basketball league the NBA.

Multi-sport

US telco AT&T has moved to rebrand Time Warner as WarnerMedia following its $85.4bn (€72.37bn) takeover of the media company.

Football

Pay-television broadcaster O2 TV has acquired exclusive rights to the First League, the top tier of club football in the Czech Republic.