World Sports

MADRID — Confirming one of the key content deals of 2017 for Spain, BeIN Sports and Mediapro announced Wednesday that they have acquired in exclusivity for Spain all UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League matches over the 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-2012 seasons. The games will be aired on beIN Sports, the joint venture of the Qatari-owned beIN Media Group and Mediapro launched in Spain in 2015 and carried by major…

The federal government has given Foxtel a $30m handout to boost its sports broadcasting but has declined to explain why the News Corp-owned pay TV company was singled out for largesse – or exactly how or where the money will be used. In the May budget, Foxtel was gifted $30m over four years to “support the broadcast of underrepresented sports on subscription television, including women’s sports, niche sports, and sports…

Instagrammers love soccer. That might be because soccer players love Instagram. Or because soccer is a global sport. Or because soccer is played year-round. But whatever the reason, soccer is the most popular sport on Instagram by a wide margin, according to Brandon Gayle, Instagram’s head of sports partnerships. Gayle says that 146 million of Instagram’s 700 million-plus users are “world football fans,” more than three times the number of…

Instagrammers love soccer. That might be because soccer players love Instagram. Or because soccer is a global sport. Or because soccer is played year-round. But whatever the reason, soccer is the most popular sport on Instagram by a wide margin, according to Brandon Gayle, Instagram’s head of sports partnerships. Gayle says that 146 million of Instagram’s 700 million-plus users are “world football fans,” more than three times the number of…

Instagrammers love soccer. That might be because soccer players love Instagram. Or because soccer is a global sport. Or because soccer is played year-round. But whatever the reason, soccer is the most popular sport on Instagram by a wide margin, according to Brandon Gayle, Instagram’s head of sports partnerships. Gayle says that 146 million of Instagram’s 700 million-plus users are “world football fans,” more than three times the number of…

Image by Sam Woolley Every day, it seems, a different Boston sports radio dipshit is delivering a take from a time when segregation was acceptable, getting attention for being five seconds away from challenging a listener to a parking lot fight for Tom Brady’s honor. Although you may not pay attention to these awful stunts, spats, and takes on a day-to-day level, they still happen, and it can be hard…

On Tuesday morning, Sky Sports subscribers awoke to find its five traditional streams – numbered 1 to 5, in the classical fashion – replaced by a range of specialist channels. Cricket and golf have joined Formula One in getting their own home. Football has two dedicated channels. You can buy one or two channels to save money, or the whole lot at no extra cost (for now). As Sky puts…

PRO FOOTBALL Kirk Cousins will be the first quarterback in NFL history to play consecutive seasons on the franchise tag. Cousins and the Washington Redskins didn’t sign a long-term deal by the deadline. He will make $23.94 million on the franchise tag in 2017 after earning $19.95 million last year. Team president Bruce Allen said in a prepared statement that the Redskins’ goal was to sign Cousins to a long-term…

MUMBAI: Television broadcaster Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) on Tuesday announced rebranding of its sports network, which now includes the Ten Sports’ bouquet of channels, and Sachin Tendulkar as the brand ambassador. It also announced launch of two more HD channels – Sony Ten 2 HD and Sony Ten 3 HD, taking the total number of channels under the sports network to 11. Earlier this year SPN had acquired the…

The Bennett family had a difficult time locating the quiet zones and special concession stands the team has created this year for those on the autism spectrum. – Laura Ziegler/for Marketplace Many people on the autism spectrum have a hard time in loud, chaotic places like sports stadiums. But a number of professional sports teams are trying to make it easier and more fun to attend games for those with autism and…

PRO FOOTBALL Kirk Cousins will be the first quarterback in NFL history to play consecutive seasons on the franchise tag. Cousins and the Washington Redskins didn’t sign a long-term deal by the deadline. He will make $23.94 million on the franchise tag in 2017 after earning $19.95 million last year. Team president Bruce Allen said in a prepared statement that the Redskins’ goal was to sign Cousins to a long-term…

When I launched the Juice List nine years ago, the mission seemed easy: Rank the 25 most influential people in New Jersey sports. And yet, judging by the comments and questions each summer, it’s complicated. That’s because juice can mean many things to many people. Is it the influence to change the direction of a Big Ten athletic department, which earned Patrick Hobbs the No. 1 spot last summer?  Is it the…

Sky Sports has rebranded its TV channel line-up, adding a few new stations to the mix in the process. Now TV has announced that they will all be available through the streaming platform too. From today, 18 July, Sky Sports subscribers through Sky, Now TV, Virgin Media and other providers, have access to an all-new channel line-up. Sign up to Sky TV from £22 There are now channels for individual…

The expensively reared among you will know the social ‘season’ in sport encompasses the Boat Race, Henley, polo, Wimbledon, Cowes, ‘the Lord’s Test match’ and £50m football transfers. Not really. The last of those is merely the ‘ker-ching’ soundtrack that now accompanies the sporting summer: once a fixture of the London social calendar, now a colossal, rolling entertainment industry that keeps us distracted from political mayhem.  On the global agency…

PRO FOOTBALL Kirk Cousins will be the first quarterback in NFL history to play consecutive seasons on the franchise tag. Cousins and the Washington Redskins didn’t sign a long-term deal by the deadline. He will make $23.94 million on the franchise tag in 2017 after earning $19.95 million last year. Team president Bruce Allen said in a prepared statement that the Redskins’ goal was to sign Cousins to a long-term…

x Embed x Share CLOSE Fans took to Twitter to chime in on LeBron’s concern over the Cleveland Cavaliers’ lack of moves this offseason. USA TODAY Sports LeBron James reacts during the second half against the Denver Nuggets at Pepsi Center.(Photo: Chris Humphreys, USAT) LeBron James, the NBA’s most powerful player and biggest star who brought the Cleveland Cavaliers their first NBA championship, is concerned about the Cavaliers’ offseason, a…

x Embed x Share CLOSE Fans took to Twitter to chime in on LeBron’s concern over the Cleveland Cavaliers’ lack of moves this offseason. USA TODAY Sports LeBron James reacts during the second half against the Denver Nuggets at Pepsi Center.(Photo: Chris Humphreys, USAT) LeBron James, the NBA’s most powerful player and biggest star who brought the Cleveland Cavaliers their first NBA championship, is concerned about the Cavaliers’ offseason, a…

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