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United Kingdom Boxing

UK telco Virgin Media has agreed a carriage deal with pay-per-view platform Fite, giving its pay-television subscribers access to Top Rank, Premier Boxing Champions and All-Elite Wrestling events that…
New Zealand Motorsport

New Zealand telco Spark has acquired exclusive media rights to MotoGP in the country for a three-year period
Australia Athletics

Subscription streaming platform FloSports has agreed rights deals in North America and Australia to a host of leading cycling events, along with athletics and triathlon events
Russia Football

The Asian Football Confederation has named sports broadcaster TV Start as their new media partner in Russia and the CIS territories. TV Start will show the AFC’s major competitions from 2021 to 2024.
Australia Cricket

Australia free-to-air broadcaster Seven has suffered a major financial hit after an independent arbitrator ruled Cricket Australia must pay a rebate of A$5.3m ($4.1m/€3.4
India Football

Leading figures in Indian football have hailed the successful running of the 2020-21 Indian Super League season within bio-secure bubbles
India Kho Kho

Indian broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks has signed an exclusive, multi-year television and digital rights deal with Ultimate Kho Kho, India’s first professional kho kho league.
Spain Multi-sport

The Mediapro agency is looking to restructure its debt and has applied for state aid as it seeks to secure its future in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic
France Rugby Union

England’s 23-20 victory over France in rugby union’s Six Nations on Saturday was watched by a peak audience of 8.2 million viewers on French public-service broadcaster France 2.
Global Multi-sport

Sports piracy is costing rights-holders and streaming providers $28.3bn (€23.7bn) every year, according to a new report by video solutions company Synamedia and market research firm Ampere Analysis.