Brazil

The Liga Forte Uniao (LFU) and Libra blocs of Brazilian football clubs are close to signing off an agreement with the 1190 Sports agency for international media rights to the top two divisions

The relatively unknown Samir Xaud is set to become the new president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) in the latest twist to the ongoing saga at the heart of Brazilian football

Sporty Group, which has built a strong free-to-air operation in sub-Saharan Africa in recent years, has made a move into Brazil by acquiring the Nosso Futebol platform, SportBusiness can reveal.

The UK is the latest major European media market where DAZN has struck a sublicensing agreement for this summer's Fifa Club World Cup, dealing with commercial free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5.

Brazilian club Santos has swapped one betting brand for another, with Blaze replaced by 7k as its front-of-shirt sponsor, while São Paulo has exited a deal with Viva Sorte.

Brazilian football's deep ties with the betting industry continue to strengthen after Superbet acquired the title sponsorship rights to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B.

Infront Bettor has agreed a new three-year deal to continue selling international betting rights to the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, SportBusiness can reveal.

Disney is the new dominant force in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série B broadcast landscape, with Globo out of the picture for the first time in 27 years.

Pay-television broadcaster ESPN Brasil is poised to retain rights to the men’s tennis tour in an exclusive deal running from 2025 until 2029.  

Brazilian broadcaster Globo is to remain the home of domestic and national team women's football in the country until the end of 2027, after striking a new deal with the Brazilian Football Confederation…

CazéTV has secured non-exclusive rights to the Fifa Club World Cup in Brazil, a major market for the competition given the presence of four teams from the country in this year's edition.

Flamengo's home matches are to be streamed on pay-per-view live outside of Brazil on a new club-dedicated YouTube channel, after it broke away from the Liga Forte Uniao (LFU) and Libra international collective.

Puma has expanded its association with clubs owned by City Football Group (CFG) via a kit supplier agreement with Brazil’s Esporte Clube Bahia.

Liga Forte União (LFU) and Libra, the two rival collectives in Brazilian football, are joining forces to sell broadcast rights to Campeonato Brasileiro Série B, but have just one month to get deals in place.

Brazilian streaming platform CazéTV is to show clips from South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) club tournaments, in what could be a precursor to a live rights swoop in the next cycle.

Gremio and Internacional have both named betting operator Alfa as their main shirt sponsor, taking the number of betting brands holding primary sponsorship positions at top-tier Brazilian league clubs to 18 out of 20.