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Sky Sports to air FIFA Women’s Champions Cup

Sky and FIFA have agreed a partnership which will see the Final Stage of the inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup broadcast live on Sky Sports in the UK and Ireland on January 28th and February 1st. The tournament unites the six continental champions, who compete for the title in seasons where the FIFA Women’s Club […]

January 15, 2026

FIFA, TikTok sign Preferred Platform deal for World Cup

FIFA and TikTok have announced an agreement that aims to bring football fans even closer to the action and excitement of the FIFA World Cup 2026 this summer. TikTok, the popular social media platform for mobile video content, will become FIFA’s first-ever Preferred Platform. This will lead to an enhanced level of collaboration and integration, […]

January 8, 2026By Nik Roseveare

FIFA, Lenovo unveil AI-powered innovations for World Cup

FIFA and Lenovo have unveiled a series of technological innovations driven by artificial intelligence (AI) that are set to enhance officiating technologies, match analysis capabilities and performance, and drive fan engagement ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026. Revealed by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and Lenovo Chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang at Lenovo Tech World […]

January 7, 2026By Nik Roseveare

FIFA video game returning on Netflix

This summer, as the world gathers to watch the FIFA World Cup 2026, fans can play a newly reimagined FIFA football simulation game exclusively on Netflix Games. FIFA’s previous publisher, Electronic Arts, stopped using the name in 2023 after 30 years following a significant rise in the FIFA licence fee – prompting it instead to rebrand […]

December 18, 2025By Nik Roseveare

BBC, ITV reveal World Cup 2026 match split

BBC Sport and ITV Sport have announced their live match split for the FIFA World Cup 2026, confirming how UK audiences can watch every game from for free. The tournament kicks off on June 11th hosted in sixteen cities across the US, Canada and Mexico. England and Scotland have already qualified for the tournament, whilst […]

December 10, 2025By Nik Roseveare

FIFA Intercontinental Cup free on DAZN

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, will show the final stages of the FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2025 presented by Aramco, co-exclusively with FIFA+, for free in selected markets. Under the second edition of the new-look FIFA Intercontinental Cup, the six continental club champions of 2025 are battling for silverware across four phases. The tournament started […]

December 10, 2025

FIFA, DAZN relaunching FIFA+

Following the success of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025, which attracted an audience of billions of fans, FIFA and sports streaming platform DAZN are taking the next step in their strategic partnership – a global relaunch of FIFA+ on DAZN in 2026. Building on the existing FIFA+ service, the new platform on DAZN will […]

October 29, 2025By Nik Roseveare

ITV to broadcast FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025

ITV has agreed a deal to broadcast the FIFA U-17 World Cup 2025, marking the first time the tournament will be shown by the UK terrestrial broadcaster. The agreement includes coverage of all three of England’s group stage matches (against Haiti, Venezuela and Egypt), with select fixtures from the knockout stages to be broadcast free-to-air […]

October 29, 2025By Nik Roseveare

DAZN loses another $936m

DAZN losses fell to $936 million (€804.5m) in 2024, down from $1.4 billion the year before. The sports streaming platform posted saw revenues increase by $323 million to $3.2 billion in 2024. CEO Shay Segev told the FT that the group was on course to be profitable for the first time in 2026 and had […]

October 8, 2025

EA acquired by PIF, Silver Lake, Affinity Partners for $55bn

Electronic Arts (EA), the US video game company, has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an investor consortium comprised of PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners in an all-cash transaction that values EA at an enterprise value of approximately $55 billion (€46.8m). Under the terms of the agreement, the consortium will acquire […]

September 29, 2025By Nik Roseveare