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Finance & Law Football

American entrepreneur John Textor has agreed to sell his stake in English Premier League club Crystal Palace to New York Jets owner Woody Johnson, raising doubts over his IPO plans for holding company Eagle Football.
Finance & Law Multi-sport

Advertising giant Dentsu is one of six Japanese companies to receive total fines of more than ¥3.3bn (€19.5m/$22.3m) from the competition regulator for their involvement in bid-rigging relating to Games tenders for Tokyo 2020.
Sponsorship & Marketing Motorsport

MotoGP has struck a regional sponsorship agreement with cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company Bitget, marking its first return to the sector since an ill-fated agreement with Turkish firm Bitci.
Sponsorship & Marketing Rugby Union

SA Rugby has completed its revamped kit sponsorship portfolio after announcing a four-year extension with gambling brand Betway.
Media Football

New World TV’s contract to broadcast leading Confederation of African Football (CAF) tournaments is once again being fully implemented after the governing body negotiated an end to its dispute with the broadcaster.
Technology Football

TGI Sport has struck its first virtual advertising technology agreement with South Korea’s K League and expects another major deal to follow in the region.
Media Multiple Sports

Streaming surpassed cable and over-the-air viewership in the United States last month for the first time, equating to almost half of all media broadcast through television.
Governance Basketball

Euroleague Basketball will be anticipating an explosion of commercial interest from the Middle East after announcing that a Dubai-based team will compete in the top-tier EuroLeague from 2025-26
Media Netball

Netball Australia has partnered with digital platform All Women’s Sports Network (AWSN) to bring its top-tier Super Netball League to more overseas audiences.
Media Multiple Sports

Australian media group Nine Entertainment has bucked the wider media trend of separating assets by announcing plans to bring together its broadcast and streaming divisions
Media Multiple Sports

Fox Corp has acquired Mexican sports streamer Caliente TV in a move that sees the US broadcaster double down on its commitment to the country, where it is engulfed in a legal battle with former business partner Grupo Lauman.
Media Basketball

Pay-television broadcaster Sky Italia has renewed its rights to Wimbledon until 2030 and basketball’s Euroleague until 2027-28.
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Juventus has announced a 10-year extension to its deal with Adidas worth a basic €408m, with the club having now locked in long-term renewals with its two top-tier sponsors.
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Pasifik Holding has upgraded its agreement with Galatasaray to become the Turkish Süper Lig club’s new front-of-shirt sponsor.
Industry Moves Rugby Union

English Premiership rugby union club Saracens has turned to the UK sports marketing industry to fill its chief executive void, hiring IMG's Charlie Beall
Sponsorship & Marketing Tennis

Emirates has added the new inventory of umpire sleeve patch advertising to its association with men’s tennis’ ATP Tour in a five-year extension running from 2026 to 2030.
Industry Moves Motorsport

Formula E's chief media officer Aarti Dabas is to leave the electric motor racing series next month, following five years in the role.
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Football Australia has announced that existing Matildas main sponsor Commonwealth Bank will also take on the top-tier men's team rights, following the end of its deal with Subway.
Finance & Law Basketball

Mark Walter, owner of multiple sports properties including the LA Dodgers, has agreed a world record $10bn (€8.7bn) deal to buy the Los Angeles Lakers NBA franchise from the Buss family.
Media Football

LaLiga has initiated a media rights sales process in Romania and a joint invitation to tender in Czech Republic and Slovakia, SportBusiness understands.