Cosmote nets Bundesliga rights extension

Greek pay-television broadcaster Cosmote has secured a three-season extension to its rights deal for the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga, the top two divisions of German club football.

The new contract will run from 2018-19 to 2020-21 and includes exclusive rights to all games from the leagues, as well as their play-offs.

The deal also includes the Supercup, the annual clash between the reigning Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal champions.

Greek internationals Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund, pictured), Kyriakos Papadopoulos (Hamburg) and Panagiotis Retsos (Bayer Leverkusen) all play in the Bundesliga.