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Sky Sports Racing, which is set to become the new identity for pay-television channel At The Races, has agreed a long-term deal for exclusive rights in the UK and Ireland to US horse racing’s Triple C…

The NBC Sports division of US media company NBCUniversal has added video-sharing platform YouTube as a new rights partner for the second season of the Rocket League, the esports competition it organises alongside competitive gaming platform FACEIT.

European Professional Club Rugby has agreed four media-rights deals in recent weeks which it hopes will increase the exposure of its competitions.

World football’s governing body Fifa is reportedly in line for bonuses of $302m (€243.3m) from its North American broadcast partners should it decide to award hosting rights for the 2026 World Cup to the ‘United 2026’ joint proposal from the United States, Canada and Mexico.

Pay-television broadcaster NHL Network has extended a rights partnership with USA Hockey.

The Six Nations last week secured a long-term deal with media company NBCUniversal in the US, but is understood to have suffered a 40-per-cent fall in the value of its rights in Italy.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has agreed a deal to acquire direct-to-consumer digital platform Revolution Golf.

World Archery, the sport’s global governing body, has agreed a new rights deal with the NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has signed a long-term media-rights agreement with the USA Swimming governing body.

Media group NBCUniversal extended its commitment to rugby union in the US this week, buying World Rugby rights for a significantly higher guaranteed fee.

US subscription video-on-demand service Hulu has secured a distribution deal with media company NBCUniversal for its new television channel-streaming service.

NFL American football franchises the Green Bay Packers and Jacksonville Jaguars have both secured local media-rights deals.

The NBC Sports Group division of US media company NBCUniversal has acquired exclusive rights to the Diamond League athletics series.

US media company NBCUniversal has expanded the global reach of its Golf Channel network by agreeing new distribution agreements in Japan with OTT digital platform AbemaTV and pay-television broadcaster Wowow.

Two recent media-rights deals agreed by USA Track & Field, the governing body for US athletics, continue the upturn in commercial fortunes of an organisation which nearly went bust in the 1990s.

The NBC Sports Group division of media company NBCUniversal has agreed a deal to broadcast coverage of the 2017 American Flat Track US motorcycling series.