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DAZN has confirmed details of its five-year tie-up with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom, news of which first leaked last month and makes the streaming service the global home of Matchroom’s stable of fighters.

At least 16 Matchroom UK fights available to subscribers in the UK and Ireland each year.

The deal also expands the existing DAZN and Matchroom partnerships across the U.S., Italy and Spain, with more events planned in these countries, and ensures all Matchroom UK events will remain available to fight fans on DAZN in the U.S. 

The first output from the deal will be the return of the Matchroom Fight Camp series spanning three back-to-back weekends from July 31st.

Details of fights, including highly-anticipated domestic, European and World title match-ups, will be confirmed “in due course”.

The £1.99 subscription offer first announced at the time of DAZN’s UK launch will remain in place for new subscribers throughout the three-week Matchroom Fight Camp series.

DAZN Co-CEO James Rushton said: “Game. Changed. This historic deal builds on the success and momentum of our long-term partnership with Matchroom around the world and solidifies DAZN at the forefront of the global sports streaming era. 

“Together, we are committed to building the new home of boxing in the UK and Ireland while continuing to grow the global home of boxing in a way that matches today’s evolving viewing habits and brings fans all over the world more of the most premium live action, more round-the-clock global storytelling, and more broadcast and content innovations – only on DAZN.” 

Eddie Hearn added:“We have made the monumental decision to sign a historic 5-year deal with sports streaming giant DAZN. This means that our UK events will now be broadcast live on DAZN along with all Matchroom shows across the world.

“Pushing the boundaries is something we will always continue to do and we needed a partner that shared our vision for boxing, and who was also willing to make the investment to make those dreams a reality. 

“This is also an amazing opportunity for our newly formed production and content business, Matchroom Media, who will now be responsible for live production across our events, working in close collaboration with DAZN and enabling us to form a cradle to grave mindset across inception to completion of our shows so we can deliver the live event experience to the viewer in the narrative and style in which we have built it. 

“As we continue Matchroom’s expansion worldwide, this new deal will enable us to further cement DAZN as THE unrivalled global home of boxing. Our aim, alongside DAZN, is to create the biggest and best live fight nights and deliver a viewing experience that is truly game-changing.”

BBC Sport today announce a new rights deal which sees every IAAF Diamond League event live on the BBC until 2024.

The new four-year deal kicks off with live coverage from Gateshead from 7pm, 23 May on BBC Two.

The 2021 series will see 14 meetings in total, with a Doha meet following Gateshead on 28 May. Meetings will then take place at other locations throughout the summer before ending with a two-day meet in Zurich in September. All will be available live on the BBC across either network TV or BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio and BBC Red Button.

The Diamond League showcases the best track and field starts in the world. Viewers can watch how leading British athletes, including Dina Asher-Smith, Laura Muir, Adam Gemili, Holly Bradshaw and Katarina Johnson-Thompson perform around the jewel in the crown this summer, Tokyo Olympic Games.

This new deal adds to the BBC existing athletics portfolio which includes the Olympic Games, World Athletics Championships, European Championships and the Commonwealth Games. Alongside the London Marathon, Great North Run and Great Manchester Run plus the European and World Indoor Championships.

Barbara Slater, Director of BBC Sport said: “These events showcase the very best talent that athletics has to offer as well as the emergence of the stars of the future. 

“In what is set to be a thrilling year for the sport, we’re delighted to bring viewers a wealth of live athletics coverage from the Diamond League.”

Rakuten TV announced today the upcoming premiere of Break Point: A Davis Cup Story, the documentary about the oldest and largest international tennis team competition. 

The documentary, a Kosmos Studios production, reviews the last edition of the tournament, held in Madrid in 2019, in which Spain was proclaimed champion for the sixth time and which presented a completely remodeled format, with a final phase with 18 teams and held in just one week.

Break Point: A Davis Cup Story focuses on the stories of the two finalist teams of the competition: Spain and Canada. 

The Spanish seniority, with Nadal as number 1 and four Davis Cup titles in his record, against the youth of the Canadian team, led by the 20-year-old Denis Shapovalov, who had the opportunity to win the first Davis Cup for his country.

For both teams, the 2019 Davis Cup was full of emotions, with the losses of some of their main players due to injury or even withdrawn during the competition. 

The documentary also tells, in an emotional way, Roberto Bautista’s personal story, who after temporarily leaving the competition due to the death of his father, returned to support his team, played the final and brought the victory for Spain.

Break Point: A Davis Cup Story will be available for free and exclusively on Rakuten TV from 26^th November.

Sports streaming service DAZN is expanding to 200 new countries and territories from December 1^st and has confirmed a special launch offer of £1.99 per month or less in all new markets.

Its launch month sees two weekends of back-to-back boxing action. 

On December 5^th Ryan Garcia takes on 2012 Olympic gold medalist Luke Campbell, while a week later Anthony Joshua will defend his titles against mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev. 

Subscribers can also watch an archive of classic fights, athlete features and a slate of original programming. 

DAZN says its app will be available globally on smartphones, tablets, laptops, PCs, smart TVs, streaming sticks and game consoles.

“From the UK to Mexico to Australia, we’ve seen an encouraging level of interest in our key events since first launching in 2016,” said DAZN EVP Joseph Markowski. 

“We’re looking forward to introducing the DAZN platform around the world this December with an exciting schedule of fights.”

Keeneland Association and Sky Sports Racing have entered into a multiyear agreement which gives the British sports channel exclusive rights to broadcast Keeneland racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Beginning with the Fall Meet (October 4-26th) Sky Sports Racing will carry Keeneland’s live race signal across its broadcast and digital platforms in the UK and Ireland. Race-day coverage will be enhanced with exclusive content and expert commentary provided by Keeneland Paddock Hosts Scott Hazelton and Gabby Gaudet.

Additionally, the channel will provide exclusive coverage of Keeneland’s four annual Thoroughbred auctions, among them the prestigious September Yearling and November Breeding Stock Sales, with content highlighted by editorial features, interviews with industry insiders and promotion of the global success of Keeneland sales graduates.

“Keeneland is excited to team with Sky Sports Racing, which represents a tremendous opportunity to further enhance our outreach in established racing markets abroad,” Keeneland Vice President of Racing and Sales Bob Elliston said.

“Sky Sports Racing is internationally respected for its racing coverage, and our unique partnership offers the ability to deliver high-quality content to subscribers via a range of media platforms.”

“Keeneland is an industry leader and a benchmark for quality in everything it does,” Sky Sports Racing Director of Domestic and International Media Rights James Singer said.

“We are delighted to enter a new partnership that will ensure we bring to racing fans in the UK and Ireland the best possible coverage of Keeneland’s 32 graded stakes races worth nearly $10 million, including ten Breeders’ Cup Challenge races, as well as insights and stories from the most influential sales auctions in the world.”

The BBC has promised “extensive coverage of every game from grounds throughout England across TV, radio and online,” after securing exclusive UK rights to the UEFA Women’s Euro 2021 competition.

News of the deal follows the BBC’s coverage of the record-breaking FIFA World Cup 2019 in France, which saw England reach the semi-finals and drew a peak TV audience of 11.7m.

Director of BBC Sport, Barbara Slater said: “After the success of the World Cup on the BBC and the record-breaking viewing figures for women’s football, we’re delighted to be the broadcaster of the UEFA Women’s Euro 2021.

“At the start of this summer we wanted to shift the dial on women’s football and I feel the phenomenal coverage from France has done just that. The BBC’s sport portfolio continues to go from strength to strength and we’re thrilled to add the 2021 Euros to that.”

Guy-Laurent Epstein, UEFA Marketing Director, added: “UEFA is delighted to partner with the BBC for the UEFA Women’s EURO in 2021, which takes place in the United Kingdom.

“The BBC will provide an unprecedented level of coverage for the competition in the host country, ensuring that the women’s game is brought to the rapidly increasing fan base in an outstanding manner.”