VGTRK strikes late EuroBasket rights deal

Russian state broadcaster VGTRK has acquired the rights to the EuroBasket 2013 basketball competition, according to the Sports.ru website.

Under the terms of the deal, free-to-air channel Russia 2 will broadcast the tournament, which gets underway in Slovenia today.

Russia has been drawn alongside Finland, Greece, Italy, Sweden and Turkey in EuroBasket Group D and gets its campaign underway with a game against the Italians tonight.