Betano to take legal action against LPFP in naming rights row
Betano has announced it will be taking legal steps against Portugal’s Professional Football League (LPFP) after being beaten to the naming rights of the...
Italian clubs call for Lega Serie A President’s resignation over rights...
Seven top-flight Italian clubs have called for the resignation of Lega Serie A President, Paolo Dal Pino, according to Italian newspaper Il Sole 24...
AGCOM launches TIM probe as DAZN opens talks with Italian media...
Italy’s communications regulator AGCOM has opened an investigation into Telecom Italia (TIM) over its Serie A distribution deal with digital streaming service DAZN.According to...
Sports piracy costing rights holders $28.3b a year, report finds
Sports rights holders and streaming services have lost around $28.3 billion due to piracy, new research by Synamedia and Ampere Analysis has found.The report, titled ‘Pricing...
Premier League and Europol disassemble ‘world’s largest’ illegal sports stream
The Premier League has helped La Liga, Europol, and the Spanish police to shut down one of the ‘world’s largest’ piracy operations, Mobdro.In October 2018, the...
Newcastle United rebuffed by High Court amid Premier League legal battle
Newcastle United owner and British billionaire Mike Ashley is still hoping to push through Saudi Arabia’s proposed Public Investment Fund (PIF) takeover bid, with the...
BeIN awarded emergency injunction against Fenerbahçe
Turkish Süper Lig rights-holder beIN Media Group has won an injunction against Fenerbahçe to prevent the club manipulating its logo and branding as part...
Date set for Canal+ and LFP court ruling
A Parisian court has set a date for the legal decision regarding the legal case between pay-TV broadcaster Canal+ and the French Professional Football...
FC Barcelona offers ‘full collaboration’ to police amid ‘Barcagate’ scandal
FC Barcelona has said it has provided its ‘full collaboration’ to the legal and police authorities after Catalan police visited the offices of the...
La Liga knocked back by General Court in El Clásico trademark...
La Liga has been rebuffed in its attempts to trademark ‘El Clásico’ after the General Court of the European Union rejected the Spanish governing...