The Business of Sports Management

President of LaLiga, Javier Tebas, has unveiled plans for Spanish
top-flight matches to be held abroad during the 2025-26 campaign.

The NFL has announced plans for a landmark regular-season game in Brazil next year, while SoFi Stadium, home o

August 11 – Boris Gartner, CEO of La Liga North America, speaking as the Spanish league completed its pre-season showcase in the US, said: “Having official matches here, it’s not a matter of if, but when.”

Years in the making, Major League Cricket (MLC) officially launched its inaugural season in Grand Prairie, Texas yesterday (Thursday).

This chart shows the share of sports fans in selected markets who follow the NFL/NBA.

Investment in MLC will transform U.S. cricket landscape and fund the construction of world-class cricket stadia and training centers nationwide Major League Cricket (MLC) is pleased to announce it has completed an initial close of a $44 million Series A and A1 Fundraising Round led by a group of America’s most successful and respected business leaders.

The pandemic has been great for the golf industry, but it hasn’t been able to turn around Donald Trump’s fledgling properties in Europe.

The NFL American football league has announced the launch of a process to identify a partner city for regular-season games in Germany as it looks to expand its presence in Europe. The NFL has staged 28 games in London since 2007 and will host two more at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium later this year.

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September 11 – The troubled UK TV deal for LaLiga’s live broadcast rights has now found a multi-platform solution with Premier Sports in a deal that will see live matches on Premier Sports 1 and 2, as well as LaLigaTV as a standalone channel as part of the Premier Sports package.
Two seasons ago was a Sky property but when Sky didn’t renew the rights LaLiga struggled to find a buyer at the right price ending up with a predominantly Eleven Sports deal that the broadcaster pulled out of viewing figures in the UK didn’t match expectations. …

LaLiga is making significant progress in Asia as it continues to build its brand worldwide. Spanish league officials say headway is being made across four key markets including China and India. LaLiga’s popularity in Asia has grown substantially in recent months following the league’s decision to show all 380 matches per season for free via Facebook. The LaLiga Business Show caught up with Head of Global Partnerships and Marketing, Grégory Bolle, to find out more about their plans for the continent.    

The NFL will play its first regular-season game in Spain next year after announcing plans for a fixture aThe NFL will play its first regular-season game in Spain next year after announcing plans for a fixture at the Santiago Bernabéu, home of LaLiga football club Real Madrid.

Exclusive research by Play the Game maps the inner circle behind Saudi Arabia's sports endeavour and unveils more than 320 Saudi sponsorships in sport. The research sheds light on a myriad of conflicts of interest and threats to sport's integrity.

This chart compares the transfer spending of the Saudi Pro League in summer 2023 to the five largest European football leagues.

US basketball league the BIG3 has announced that London arena The O2 will host its 2023 Championship Game

The Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 are back in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) after a two-year absence, with beIN SPORTS adding the MENA region to its broadcast rights portfolio for the next three seasons.

Munich’s Allianz Arena will stage Germany’s first-ever regular-season NFL game later this year, while Frankfurt’s Deutsche Bank Park has also been selected to host games in the coming years. Each stadium will host two games over the next four years.

A crowd of 60,463 turned out yesterday (Sunday) as Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium staged its first NFL game, with the Oakland Raiders edging out the Chicago Bears 24-21. The game forms part of a double-header of NFL fixtures at the state-of-the-art stadium, which will host the Carolina Panthers vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers on October 13

May 15 – More than 1,300 Brazilians currently play professional football outside their country. While Brazil is the leading exporter of players, France ranks second (867 players overseas) and Argentina third (820).
The report, by the CIES Football Observatory, is in its third edition and analyses players in 147 leagues from 98 national associations.
Europe by far dominates the player migration with both internal European player movement as well as being the destination for non-European players.  …