Sky Sports, TNT and Premier Sports snub England Rugby vs USA Test Sport Business Ahead of the Game: England Rugby rights snub, Nottingham Forest ownership, TNT Sports backs Premiership, Relevent Sports in London and WTA commercial agreement England are facing a TV blackout for their summer rugby union Test match against the USA, with no domestic broadcasters bidding for the rights. Sky Sports will show the first two Tests [...]
West Ham’s Paqueta yet to give evidence in spot-fixing trial Sport Business This week’s Ahead of the Game focuses on Lucas Paqueta, the English Football League in New York, rugby league controversy, basketball fines and the Grand National. Lucas Paqueta has yet to give evidence in his spot-fixing trial, a revelation which indicates that the case could have some way to run as the West Ham midfielder [...]
Fifa paves way for football to follow NFL, MLB and NBA with overseas league games Dancing in the streets of Kuala Lumpur The world governing body has signalled its willingness to approve such fixtures for the first time by setting up a working group to draw up a framework.