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Lagardère, the France-based conglomerate, has fully finalised the sale of its sports division to H.I.G. Europe, an arm of the international private equity and asset management firm.
Football

Football’s English Premier League is considering providing matches on a free-to-air basis if its 2019-20 season resumes, according to UK culture secretary Oliver Dowden.
Basketball

The International Basketball Federation (Fiba) has agreed a deal with international sports broadcaster Eleven Sports that will allow it to provide a live stream of Taiwan’s Super Basketball League Finals.
Football

Telenet, the Belgian telecoms operator, has asked for a refund on its advance broadcast rights payment for the country’s Pro League or the provision of broadcast rights next season to the value of the o…
Football

Danish commercial broadcaster TV2 has signed a three-season extension to its rights deal with LaLiga, operating body of the top division of Spanish club football
Football

The chief executive of Spanish media group and sports marketing agency Mediapro has said Covid-19 will put a welcome rein on transfer spending by European football clubs
Golf

Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson have confirmed they will stage a rematch of their 2018 head-to-head showdown in a made-for-TV event that will aid Covid-19 relief efforts
Snooker

The World Snooker Championship has been rescheduled to run from July 31 to August 16 after discussions with stakeholders, including broadcast rights-holders the BBC and Eurosport
Football

Roxana Mărăcineanu, the Minister of Sports of France, has proposed that the country’s mediator for economic and financial affairs attempts to resolve the dispute over rights fee payments between the Pro…
Football

The Dutch government has extended a ban on major public events until September 1 in a move that effectively ends the 2019-20 season of football’s Eredivisie.