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WWE Legacy Title Belts celebrating 13 of Europe’s biggest football clubs.

Ahead of the European Road to WrestleMania tour, WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, has unveiled exclusive WWE Legacy Title Belts featuring the official branding and colors of 13 major European football clubs including Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Celtic, Rangers, BVB Dortmund, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, Aston Villa, West Ham United, Manchester United […]

March 14, 2025

Report: Top 20 football clubs generate €11.2bn revenue

The top 20 revenue generating clubs in world football made a record €11.2 billion in the 2023/24 season, according to the 28th edition of the Football Money League published by the Deloitte Sports Business Group. This marks a 6 per cent increase in cumulative revenues from the previous season, with Money League clubs reporting record matchday, […]

January 23, 2025

FA Cup third round broadcast schedule confirmed

The BBC has announced that it will show the FA Cup third-round games between Manchester City and Salford City and Arsenal vs Manchester United this January. Pep Guardiola’s side will host League Two Salford, owned by a group of former Manchester United players, on January 11th with kick-off at 17:45 GMT, whilst Arsenal will welcome […]

December 6, 2024By Nik Roseveare

DAZN to stream FIFA Club World Cup 2025 globally

DAZN, the sports streaming platform, has been confirmed as the exclusive global broadcaster of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025. The agreement, worth a reported €1 billion, will see all 63 matches at the tournament, which involves 32 of the best clubs worldwide, live-streamed, free to view on DAZN worldwide, with the possibility of sublicensing to local […]

December 4, 2024By Nik Roseveare

WWE, Manchester City merchandise collab

Premier League football team Manchester City and WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, have revealed details of an exclusive merchandise collaboration, that will see the two global brands featured together across a range of new products.  The new collection will include six T-shirts featuring Manchester City and WWE detailing, such as a CM Punk ‘best team […]

June 27, 2024By Nik Roseveare

DirecTV sponsors Soccer Champions Tour

The 2024 DirecTV Soccer Champions Tour will officially kick off its summer of soccer celebration at the newly-christened DirecTV Champions Lounge, a 38-day long fan experience and brand takeover of the iconic soccer bar Legends in New York City running July 5th through August 12th. DirecTV returns as the primary sponsor for the second annual […]

June 21, 2024

ESPN extends FA Cup rights in US

ESPN has reached an agreement with the English Football Association (FA) for the media rights to the Emirates FA Cup in the US for the next four seasons, 2024-’25 through 2027-’28. The agreement extends ESPN+’s position as the exclusive home of 79 Emirates FA Cup matches each season, beginning with the First Round and running […]

May 22, 2024

Sky Sports: EPL viewing up 4% YoY ahead of finale

Sky Sports is readying to draw the curtain on a record-breaking Premier League (EPL) season. Heading into the final weekend, a total of 16.3 million viewers have tuned in to watch the Premier League this season, which is up 4 per cent on last year, which itself was a record-setting season. Across the EPL, EFL, […]

May 17, 2024

BBC secures deal with TNT Sports for FA Cup

The Emirates FA Cup will continue to be accessible to all fans following a new agreement that will see the BBC become the exclusive free-to-air broadcaster of the competition in a four-year deal starting from the 2025-2026 season. BBC Sport, under a new partnership with TNT Sports, has secured free-to-air live coverage of 14 games […]

May 14, 2024

Bitmovin delivers OneFootball’s streams

Bitmovin, a provider of video streaming software solutions, and Akamai Technologies, have announced that OneFootball, the digital football platform backed by clubs such as Real Madrid, Manchester City and FC Bayern Munich, has chosen to deploy Bitmovin’s Live Encoder that will run on Akamai Connected Cloud to deliver the highest levels of audio and video […]

April 11, 2024