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After the AIFF drama, India’s senior women’s national team will start their campaign against arch-rivals Pakistan in the SAFF Women’s Championship 2022 at the Dashrath Rangasala Stadium in Kathmandu, Nepal. Pakistan’s women’s team will return to action after an eight-year gap caused due to recurring FIFA bans on the Pakistan Football Federation. India and Pakistan...

The NBA superstar, LeBron James and his favourite MLB team, the New York Yankees are heading to acquire minority stakes in Italian football club AC Milan. James-backed California bank, Main Street Advisors and the Yankees’ investment arm Yankees Global Enterprises are joining private equity firm, RedBird Capital Partners’ $1.2 billion takeover of the Italian football...

Real Madrid have signed an agreement with Zegna to become the club’s Official Luxury Travelwear Partner, providing clothes for the men’s and women’s football and basketball squads as well as their respective technical teams, beginning with the 2022/23 season. Zegna will benefit from the deal’s valuable product placement opportunities, allowing the brand to reach a...

Parimatch News, the sports, e-sports and entertainment outlet, has been announced as the Principal Sponsor of Hero Indian Super League club Chennaiyin FC, ahead of the 2022-23 season. PMI, a service company engaged in the development and implementation of the expansion strategy for Parimatch News brand, announced the new initiation and is all set to witness the ascent of the football sector in the country. The new deal will see Parimatch News take another step towards investing in sports beyond cricket. It’s part of the company’s strategy to expand its presence in India, by helping raise the profile of football and alongside ensuring that talent can grow from the grassroots up.

Deutsche Telekom and Bayern Munich have agreed to an early renewal of their primary partnership, which would keep the corporation as the primary shirt sponsor of the German soccer powerhouses until 2027 in a contract worth reportedly €50 million (US$51 million) each year.  The agreement, which guarantees the Bundesliga champions an increase of €5 million...

“Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is?” It was the best of times of what had been the worst of times. Trophy-less since 2017, Manchester United had attained in the Premier League their most stable phase since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement by achieving back-to-back top-four finishes across seasons 2019-20 and 2020-21....

The French Football Federation (FFF), the national soccer organisation of France, and Konami have entered multi-year cooperation to licence a variety of rights for the video game developer’s eFootball franchise.  As Konami becomes the official partner of the French national soccer team’s football video game, the collaboration includes commercial, imagery, and activation rights. FFF will...

Barcelona has officially announced a transaction worth €100 million ($102.9 million), in which the Spanish soccer giants would give up a 24.5% ownership in its internal Barça Studios content centre to Orpheus Media, a production business led by Catalan media billionaire Jaume Roures. The transaction follows one similar to it with Socios that was finalised...

The Italian Serie A and digital soccer platform OneFootball have expanded their collaboration to offer live streaming in the UK and Ireland.  The two-year agreement, reached by the media rights partner of the Italian top division, Infront, supplements the deal with pay-TV broadcaster BT Sport and includes 38 live matches every season made available to...

South Korea senior men’s national football team captain and Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min has been announced as Calvin Klein’s latest brand ambassador in South Korea. Son will kick off his partnership with Calvin Klein by featuring in the brand’s 2022 Fall campaign, where he will be promoting Calvin Klein’s latest collection, including sustainable clothing...