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Regulator probes Uefa following A22 complaint
Spain's competition regulator is to investigate Uefa for possible restrictive practices in the latest round of the legal battle between Europe's governing body and A22, the company behind European Super League (ESL) plans.
Volkswagen back in Uefa fold for women’s Euros
Automotive manufacturer Volkswagen will return to Uefa national tournament sponsorship with the Women’s Euro 2025 next month after it was absent from the men’s Euro 2024 event.
Uefa regains Italian TV deal for third-party rights
Sky Italia has secured third-party European Qualifiers and Uefa Nations League finals rights after matches during the 2024-25 season were streamed on Uefa.tv as no broadcaster could be secured on acceptable terms.
EXCLUSIVE: CBS Sports set for UWCL rights
CBS Sports is poised to become the new US broadcaster of the Uefa Women’s Champions League from 2025-26, SportBusiness understands.
Free UWCL in 30 countries adds to Disney+ output
Deals covering around 30 countries with EBU members and non-members alike will ensure that top Uefa Women’s Champions League matches are shown free-to-air, complementing the Disney+ offering.
Uefa invites Euro 2028 betting sponsor bids
Uefa looks set to have an exclusive betting sponsor for only the second time at a men’s European Championships after issuing an invitation to tender for a three-year period encompassing Euro 2028.
BeIN renews UWCL as part of men’s club rights deal
The Uefa Women's Champions League (UWCL) will continue to be shown across the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) and Asia by beIN Media Group until 2027.
PepsiCo kicks off Uefa women’s football cycle
PepsiCo has renewed its Uefa women’s football sponsorship until 2030, providing the food and beverage group with rights across elite women’s club and national teams competitions.
UWCL nets sponsor uplift, still needs €10m underpin
Centralised sponsorship revenue from the Uefa Women’s Champions League reached nearly €9.8m ($10.8m) last season but the competition still relied on €10m of “cross-financing” from the men’s clubs competitions.
EXCLUSIVE: Relevent hunts CCO for new Uefa business
Relevent Sports Group is recruiting a London-based chief commercial officer to head up the creation and delivery of global sponsorship and licensing sales to Uefa club competitions, SportBusiness understands
Carlsberg unifies Uefa national team category
Uefa has succeeded in identifying a beer sponsor to sit across all of its men’s and women’s national team football competitions, with Carlsberg expanding on a role that it last held between 1988 and 2017.
Amazon to offer Uefa national team games in UK
Amazon has expanded its pay-per-view sports offering in the UK by acquiring live rights to third-party Uefa men’s national teams -- a package of rights previously held by Viaplay.
Relevent to set up devoted Uefa club business arm
Relevent Sports Group is to establish a special purpose vehicle to fulfil its global Uefa club competitions rights contract, mirroring the structure of Team Marketing, its ousted competitor.
‘Home nations’ back on TV as BBC picks up qualifiers
All of the UK home nations qualifiers for the 2026 Fifa World Cup will be shown live on free-to-air television after the BBC concluded an agreement for the matches of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Jingdong deal closes UCL secondary sponsor sales
Chinese online retail giant Jingdong has become the fourth and final sponsor to sign up to the Uefa Champions League’s secondary package, appearing on break-bumpers during this week’s matches.
Sportklub sold to Telekom Srbija as part of €1.5bn deals
Telekom Srbija and United Group have finally called time on their years-long battle for sports rights supremacy in the Balkans, after United agreed deals worth €1.5bn to sell almost all of its non-EU media businesses.
Team era over as Relevent enters exclusive Uefa talks
Team Marketing is set to lose its historic Uefa club competitions business after Relevent Sports Group entered into an exclusive period of negotiation for the 2027-33 cycle in a hammer blow to the Switzerland-based…
Unilever to follow Euro 2024 with Women’s Euro
Consumer goods manufacturer Unilever has signed on as the latest global partner of Uefa Women’s Euro 2025.