Brazilian clubs to retain perimeter advertising rights

Russian betting brand 1XBet is paying roughly the same for African betting partner rights at Tottenham Hotspur as the club’s two other Regional Betting Partners combined.

The Bank of Montreal will pay the Canadian sports team and venue operator Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment an increased fee as naming rights partner to BMO Field, the home stadium of Major League Soccer team Toronto FC.

The 16 member clubs of the Chinese Super League (CSL) are at a critical stage in the development of their commercial programmes. They are attempting to move away from a funding model based almost entirely on the patronage of the large Chinese corporations which own them to one based on revenues from sponsorship deals with major global brands, media rights income and match-day revenues.