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UK pay-television broadcaster Sky and US cross-platform media network Whistle Sports have launched a new social media channel dedicated to creating original football content.

The German Bundesliga rounded off its international sales cycle this month, with deals in Australia and New Zealand.

The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) has revealed that this year’s edition of its showpiece World Championships will be broadcast in more than 200 territories around the world.

NCAA Digital, a joint venture between the Turner Sports division of US cable-television broadcaster Turner Broadcasting Systems and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, has launched a channel on video-sharing website YouTube for this year’s NCAA March Madness basketball tournament.

The International Cycling Union (UCI) will provide exclusive live coverage of Dame Sarah Storey’s Hour Record attempt via its official channel on video-sharing platform YouTube.

American football league the NFL has signed a partnership with YouTube creating an official channel for the organisation on the video-sharing platform.

The International Floorball Federation has confirmed that it will provide live coverage of its 2014 Men’s World Floorball Championship national team event via video-sharing website YouTube.

The FIS, the global governing body of skiing, is to stream live coverage of its 2015 Freestyle and Snowboard World Championships on video-sharing website YouTube.

Nascar Digital Media, the media arm of North American stock car-racing series Nascar, has agreed a deal with YouTube to stream complete race replays on the video-sharing website.

Organisers of golf’s Ryder Cup have launched an official channel for this year’s tournament on video-sharing website YouTube.

Newspaper publisher Axel Springer has expanded the reach of its online highlights clips package for football’s German Bundesliga by agreeing a partnership with video-sharing website YouTube.

Pac-12 Networks, the content and multi-platform media company for the Pac-12 US college sports conference, is to distribute programming to international audiences through a subscription channel on video-sharing website YouTube.

Organisers of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games have confirmed that live coverage of the multi-sport event will be streamed on video-sharing website YouTube.

Online video distribution and marketing company Rightster is set to acquire Base79, the largest YouTube multi-channel network outside North America, while it has concluded the acquisition of outstanding shares in social video firm Viral Spiral.

The England and Wales Cricket Board has announced that this summer’s One-Day International women’s national team series between England and India will be streamed live on the governing body’s official channel on video-sharing platform YouTube.

The renewal of the National Basketball Association’s domestic media-rights deal, expected later this year, is the most eagerly awaited in US sport and will no doubt be the biggest of the year.