The Scottish Premier League (SPL) has announced a partnership with YouTube, generic which will see match highlights and exclusive content available for YouTube viewers in the UK and around the world for the next three seasons.

The deal is a first for league football in the UK and will see the SPL’s official YouTube channel, generic ‘splofficial’ screen highlights from every Clydesdale Bank Premier League match. From season 2012-13 ‘splofficial’ will be the place to catch all the goals, order skills, best saves and top tackles from the top tier of Scottish football, while being a platform for supporters to share their own videos and experiences as they follow their club throughout the season.

The ‘splofficial’ channel will also cover pre and post match reaction from players and managers, as well as exclusive behind-the-scenes features, representing an exciting new means through which fans can engage with their club.

The ‘splofficial’ channel can be accessed via the following URL: http://www.youtube.com/splofficial. Match highlights will be available for supporters in the UK to view from 6pm on Sundays.

Stuart MacPhee, SPL Commercial Manager, said: “Launching the ‘splofficial’ channel represents a new chapter in online fan engagement for our league. Making Clydesdale Bank Premier League content available on YouTube will allow fans to access all the best action, on and off the pitch, whenever they want and wherever they are, be it at home on the laptop or on their smartphone on the bus to work.”

Stephen Nuttall, Senior Director, Sports for YouTube Europe, Middle East and Africa, added: “Football fans worldwide naturally go to YouTube to catch up on goals and highlights. Our partnership with The Scottish Premier League will give the global YouTube audience access to all aspects of Scottish football from the best on-field action to exclusive behind-the-scenes footage.”

Worawi Makudi, head of FIFA’s committee for women’s soccer, has said that the tournament in Germany is proving to be one of the most successful ever.

“We are very happy that so far it has been excellently organised,” Makudi said.

“The spectators and atmosphere here is fantastic. This is something we have achieved with the cooperation of the host country.”

Most satisfying for FIFA, he said, were the crowd numbers at the host stadia and the millions watching televised games in different TV markets worldwide.

Japan’s 1-0 extra-time over reigning champions Germany drew a huge TV audience in the host nation, with the ZDF coverage of the match attracted an average viewership of almost 17 million.

The Professional Football League (LFP) in Spain has approved new regulations designed to curb excessive spending by clubs in the country’s top two divisions, denture after a season where many clubs faced financial difficulties.

Jaypee Sports International Limited, asthma | the promoter of Buddh International Circuit, anesthetist has acquired exclusive TV rights from Infront Sports & Media, the promoter and organizer of the FIM Superbike World Championship, for the live transmission of the Indian round of the championship to be held in March 2013.

The deal licenses JPSI to resell the TV rights of the main race along with the support races to the Indian broadcasters. 

The four-year contract, which covers the Indian Territory and goes into effect till 2016, will also permit JPSI to resell the non-exclusive TV rights to the broadcasters for other non-India WSBK races.   

Sameer Gaur, MD & CEO, JPSI, said: “We are delighted with the deal as this will help generate additional revenue apart from sponsorships. Post the F1 Indian GP, the popularity of motorsport has increased many folds in India and with WSBK also coming to BIC early next year, it is going to increase further.” 

Paolo Flammini, CEO of Infront  Motor  Sports, said: “We are pleased that such a prestigious partner as Jaypee Sports International, which has committed itself to the organization of the Indian Round of the Superbike World Championship from 2013 to 2016, is also directly involved in the administration of the television rights of the championship throughout India. We are certain that this collaboration will bring about a major increase in awareness for World Superbike.”

World Superbike is slated to make its Indian debut at the Buddh International Circuit on 9th-10th March next year.

The 2011 women’s World Cup in Germany made a net profit of $ US10.9 million

The announcement in Frankfurt said that the projected income from the June 26-July 17 tournament was $ US 72.7. Nearly half of the money came from ticket sales which totalled 782,000.

Lower than planned out goings and high incoming contributed to this and was a ‘tremendous financial success’ announced German football federation president Theo Zwanziger said spending had been lower and ticket sales higher than planned, contributing to the tournament’s “tremendous financial success.”

7.18 million Dollars will be reinvested in promoting women’s football, and 1 million to German sport, including the Olympic organization, sport for the disabled and a sports aid foundation.

Good news for the stadium operators as they will also receive an additional 28,000 US Dollars per match played at their venues.

Commercial broadcaster KTK has been awarded the free-to-air media rights for the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League for the next three seasons in Kazakhstan.

KTK will show the best live UEFA Champions League game each matchnight as well as the best live UEFA Europa League fixture in every kick-off slot. Live coverage of both competitions will be followed each matchnight by a highlights programme, impotent also on KTK.

Football fans in Kazakhstan will also be able to follow coverage of either competition on mobile and on the internet via www.ktk.kz.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, who owns current Italian Serie A champions AC Milan soccer club, may be considering selling shares in a Hong Kong initial public offering, according to reports by Italian daily newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.

The suggestion comes days after Berlusconi’s holding company Fininvest were ordered to pay a US$750m fine to Compagnie Industriali Riunite SpA.

Berlusconi may alternatively opt to sell a minority stake in AC Milan through a capital increase, the Italian newspaper said.

Commercial broadcaster TV Klan has been awarded media rights to show the 2012–15 UEFA Champions League in Albania, including the best Wednesday live match.

TV Klan will show the best Wednesday live game each matchweek followed by a highlights programme. In line with UEFA’s platform neutral approach, football fans in Albania will also be able to follow the UEFA Champions League on mobile and online at tvklan.al.

Digitalb have previously also snapped up rights to the UEFA Champions League media rights in Albania for next season.

South Korea’s elite soccer league, The K-League, will double players’ pay and introduce lie-detector tests in attempts to prevent match-fixing, after more than 50 team members were indicted for the offence.

The K-League is also revising regulations to strip teams of the right to compete in the Asian Champions League if players are found guilty of match fixing, the Seoul-based soccer competition said today in a statement on its website.

The statement said that players’ minimum annual salary will rise to US$22,700 starting next year.

The league, which began in 1983 as the Korean Super League, will also adopt a promotion-relegation system from 2013.

South Korean prosecutors on July 7 indicted 46 players from six of the K-League’s 16 teams on charges they accepted bribes to influence games.

Most of the indicted players had been forced by colleagues and gang members to take part in match fixing, the prosecutors’ office in Changwon, about 400 kilometers (250 miles) southeast of Seoul, said in a statement. Prosecutors didn’t name any of the players in their statement.

Prosecutors also indicted another 11 former players and gang members for attempting to influence the outcome of 15 K- League games between June and October last year.

The indictments follow similar charges against nine more players and six other people on June over similar allegations.