ESPN

Football

US sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights to top-tier club football competitions the Dutch Eredivisie and Chinese Super League, along with Australia’s A-League and W-League.
Football

Sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in the US for Serie A, the top division of Italian club football. The length of the multi-year deal, which begins with the 2018-19 season, was not disclosed
Boxing

US sports broadcaster ESPN has signed a seven-year rights deal with boxing promoter Top Rank in what it claims is the most comprehensive and exclusive rights agreement in the history of the sport.
Dodgeball

The World Dodgeball Association has entered into a multi-year global rights partnership with the Protocol Sports Marketing agency
Baseball

US sports broadcaster ESPN has struck a multi-year extension to its rights deal with college sports organisation the Big South Conference

Australian telco Optus will get another chance to stream a major international football tournament despite its troubled coverage of this year’s Fifa World Cup.
Volleyball

US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a rights deal to cover the new beach volleyball series being launched by America’s multi-Olympic gold medallist Kerri Walsh Jennings.
Esports

US sports broadcaster ESPN has made its biggest commitment to date in esports by agreeing a multi-year rights deal for the Overwatch League
Football

Facebook and Esporte Interativo are set to strike a deal for Uefa Champions League rights in Brazil at a much-reduced price

Cricket

International sports broadcaster ESPN has acquired rights in the Caribbean to events organised by the England and Wales Cricket Board.

Football

International sports broadcaster ESPN has struck a three-season extension to its Spanish-language contract in Latin America for rights to European club football competitions the Uefa Champions League and Europa League.

Twitter has unveiled a raft of new content partnerships, including significant new deals in the sports sector with Disney and Formula One.

Football

US sports broadcaster ESPN has extended a rights deal with North America’s United Soccer League for the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

US College Sport

US sports broadcaster ESPN has signed a long-term extension to its rights deal with the Sun Belt Conference collegiate sports organisation

Sports broadcaster ESPN has sealed a rights deal with the Brazilian Judo Confederation.

International sports broadcaster ESPN has made a series of changes to its senior management team for its global business.

Volleyball

US sports broadcaster ESPN has agreed a deal with the National Collegiate Athletic Association for rights to its Women’s Beach Volleyball Championship.

American Football

US sports broadcaster ESPN has added live mobile streaming of Monday Night Football games to its coverage of the NFL American football league.