Andrea Radrizzani, the founder of Eleven Sports, has said the international subscription broadcaster will continue with its controversial policy of broadcasting live Spanish LaLiga games in the UK during the Saturday afternoon blackout window, and could soon flout the legislation with matches from Italy's Serie A.

Chengdu in China is to invest Yn26.08 billion ($3.77 billion) in building Tianfu Olympic Sports City in the Chengdu Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, a development it calls ‘the World City of Sports Events’.

The Premier League has issued four concurrent invitation to tender processes for its media rights in Canada, Israel, Turkey and 14 territories spanning Central and Eastern Europe.

Facebook, the social media platform, has strengthened its soccer portfolio in South America, signing off a rights deal for the Copa Libertadores, the continent's top clubs competition, over the next four years.

BeIN Sports, the international pay-television operator, has extended its contract to provide exclusive live coverage of English soccer’s Premier League in the Middle East and North Africa by three years until the end of the 2021-22 season.

CAA China, a division of the USA-based entertainment and sports agency, has expanded its operation in the country with the acquisition of Momentum Sports, one of China’s leading sports marketing, brand consulting and athlete representation firms.

CONI, the Italian Olympic Committee, today took the unprecedented step of putting forward a three-way candidacy to host the 2026 winter Olympic Games, but its plans could be jeopardised by unrest in Milan.

Snapchat, the instant photo and video messaging app, has signed a new two-year deal with American football's NFL, and announced a partnership with the NBC Sports Group for its coverage of English soccer's Premier League.

Eleven Sports, the international pay-TV broadcaster, is in the process of finalising a contract for rights to mixed martial arts' UFC in the UK and Ireland.

Kay Dammholz is to leave his leading rights and distribution position at the German-speaking operation of DAZN, the Perform-owned over-the-top subscription platform, at the end of August.