Football

Stats Perform is attempting to suddenly withdraw from its agreement for betting rights to Italy's Serie A, shocking staff on both sides of the deal.

The sponsorship element of beIN Sports' rights deal with France's Professional Football League (LFP) is under serious threat as Ligue 1's new domestic media rights contracts could be further devalued.

IMG and the Eredivisie plan to launch an online streaming platform to showcase matches not taken by international broadcasters and are also looking to include Dutch Cup rights in a wider package.

Sky and the BBC are to remain as the domestic homes of English football's Women’s Super League until 2030 after long-term five-year rights deals were announced today (Wednesday).

Uefa has committed to investing €1bn ($1.1bn) in women’s football until 2030 as part of its new ‘Unstoppable’ strategy, with plans to launch a second club competition and a new commercial concept for the Women’s Champions League.

Serie A's blackout in France is finally over after L'Équipe, the digital terrestrial and streaming broadcaster, struck a two-season deal with the Italian league.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has agreed a four-year deal with the Football Association to continue to show matches of the Lionesses, the England women’s team.

The European Broadcasting Union today (Monday) announced a new agreement with Fifa covering media rights in five countries for the next two men's World Cups

Saran Media secured Serie A rights for 15 territories across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, along with its home country of Turkey, at a slightly lower fee than it previously paid.

Emilio Azcárraga has stepped down as executive chairman of Televisa amid a US Department of Justice probe into the Mexican media giant’s historic Fifa World Cup broadcast rights deal.

Spring Media, the Scandinavian agency on the verge of being bought by Two Circles, has strengthened its portfolio with an international rights distribution deal for the Danish Superliga.

The Confederation of African Football's decision to tear up its global commercial agreement with the Lagardère Sports agency in 2019 cost the organisation $50m (€46.4m), the governing body has revealed.

TV4 Media, the Telia-owned broadcasting company, is to become the exclusive rights-holder of Sweden's top two football divisions from 2026, ousting Warner Bros. Discovery in the process.

Infront Bettor is selling betting video rights to the top two tiers of Dutch football after striking a deal for the Eerste Divisie to add to its acquisition of rights to the top-tier Eredivisie

FanCode secured exclusive rights to Asian Football Confederation properties from 2025 to 2028 at a decreased fee on the AFC’s previous long-term agreement in India.

Sports media and technology company Fz Sports, the owner of Fanatiz and 1190 Sports, has agreed a rights distribution and OTT platform deal with the newly-formed CosmoBlue Media.