Qatari broadcaster Aljazeera has reached an agreement with the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) for the broadcasting rights to the Egyptian Premier League for a tidy sum of LE16 million ($2.6 million).

EFA Chairman Samir Zaher told Egyptian entertainment website FilFan.com: “We have reached an agreement with Aljazeera that will enable it to broadcast the Egyptian League this season.” 

“They will begin airing the competition’s matches in the next (seventh) round until the end.”

Aljazeera, viagra pills which is the only foreign channel to acquire the League’s broadcasting rights, decease joins a handful of Egyptian-owned satellite channels who televise Egypt’s premier domestic football competition.

Similar deals may arise in the near future, according to Zaher. “There are ongoing negotiations with three other Arab channels to buy broadcasting rights,” he said.

European Soccer’s governing body UEFA has awarded the media rights for UEFA Women’s Euro 2013, to be staged in Sweden, to leading Swedish commercial broadcaster TV4.

Extensive free-to-air exposure of the tournament will be guaranteed through the live broadcast of all matches on TV4 and TV4 Sport, complemented by highlights programmes on each match day. In addition, all matches will be shown live on the internet via www.tv4.se and www.fotbollskanalen.se, ensuring wide access to the competition in the territory.

Guy-Laurent Epstein, marketing director of UEFA Events SA, said: “TV4 is a strong supporter of women’s football and we are delighted to have reached this agreement in the host country of the competition. The past years have witnessed a rise in the popularity of women’s football and we are convinced that TV4’s commitment to the game will further promote the tournament and offer fans in Sweden extensive coverage of the competition.”

As previously announced, Eurosport has acquired the media rights for the competition on a pan-European basis and all matches will be shown on the Eurosport channel network.

UEFA Events SA is a wholly owned subsidiary of UEFA, created to manage and handle the European football governing body’s commercial and event operations. It is, among other things, responsible for generating media rights, sponsorship, licensing and hospitality revenue from all professional national team and club competitions, and for managing relationships with all associated commercial partners.

UEFA also have announced the 2012-15 UEFA Champions League media rights in Finland going to YLE and MTV.

Public broadcaster YLE will show the best match on Tuesdays, as well as Tuesday highlights each matchweek, on its TV2 channel. MTV will broadcast two live matches per matchnight, including the best Wednesday match, and a Tuesday highlights programme each matchweek via its Canal+ Sport branded channels. The Wednesday highlights programme will be shown on MTV’s free-to-air channel MTV3.

In addition, YLE and MTV will broadcast the UEFA Champions League final and the UEFA Super Cup on a co-exclusive basis. All rights have been granted on a platform-neutral basis, with the rights being exploited via television, mobile and on internet – on yle.fi and mtv3.fi.

UEFA said: “YLE and MTV have shown a strong and continuous commitment to the competition and UEFA is delighted to maintain and further extend its current successful partnerships until 2015.”

The Australian Football League (AFL) has secured a new five-year, ed $23.2 million radio broadcast deal that will equate to more matches being broadcast around Australia than ever before.

Under the new agreement, thumb the League will receive more than $4.3 million from its radio rights holders in 2012, a 29 per cent increase on 2011.

In Melbourne, Triple M and 3AW will broadcast a minimum of four matches per regular round in the primetime Friday night, Saturday afternoon, Saturday night and Sunday afternoon slots.

The two stations will have first choice of matches on Saturday afternoon and Saturday night, and will also have the right to broadcast two additional matches (Saturday twilight and the conclusion of Sunday twilight).

ABC Radio and SEN will cover at least six matches per regular round, on Friday night, Saturday afternoon, Saturday twilight, Saturday night, Sunday early and Sunday twilight.

Elsewhere, FIVEaa will retain its broadcast rights in Adelaide, as will 6PR in Perth.

The ABC will broadcast a minimum of three matches per round into Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Sydney, while 2UE will also cover some matches in Sydney, and 4BC some matches in Brisbane.

The arrangement means every match featuring a club from Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales will be broadcast into their respective states.

Regional radio partners are K-Rock (Geelong), Gold FM (Gold Coast), Crocmedia, Southern Cross Austereoand the National Indigenous Radio Service (NIRS).

Other key features of the new deal, which covers seasons 2012 to 2016, include, nine matches per round during the regular season, and all matches during the finals, will be broadcast into Victoria. Also all broadcasters will be able to broadcast matches on Monday nights, Thursday nights, Friday nights and public holidays. This will result in all finals, including the Grand Final, will be broadcast nationally

AFL chief operating officer Gillon McLachlan said the League was pleased to have secured a strong financial outcome in the deal, which comes seven months after the announcement of the new $1.25 billion TV and online broadcast agreement.

“Despite a challenging economic climate, our radio partners are eager to be part of football and it speaks volumes about our clubs, players, supporters and the overall strength of the game that they have committed for another five years,” he said.

“Fans are the biggest winners from these agreements with access to more matches on radio than ever before, wherever they may be listening across Australia.”

The chairman of Premier League side Wolverhampton Wanderers, Steve Morgan, will be speaking at the Leaders in Football conference, it has been announced.

The football business event, taking place on 6 and 7 October, will be held at Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge, and Morgan will be part of an ‘owner’s panel’ on the second day, discussing the future of football ownership, varying ownership models, the impact of UEFA’s financial fair play ruling, and how to ensure a sustainable future for football clubs.

Morgan bought the club from Sir Jack Hayward back in 2007 for a nominal fee of £10, on the condition that he would subsequently invest £30 million into the club.

Other confirmed high-profile speakers at the Leaders in Football event include: Dave Checketts (owner of NHL’s St Louis Blues and MLS’s Real Salt Lake); Mohammed bin Hammam (president of the Asian Football Confederation); Michel D’Hooge (FIFA executive committee member) and Sunil Gulati (president of the US Soccer Federation and chairman of the US 2018/2022 World Cup bid committee).

Canadian Football League franchise Winnipeg Blue Bombers have extended their radio broadcast partnership with CJOB for the next seven years.

Blue Bomber president, clinic said: “The Winnipeg Football Club is very thrilled to have extended our agreement with Corus Entertainment. CJOB has been the voice of sport in this province for decades, cure and we’re excited to inform our fans that Blue Bomber football on your radio can only be found on CJOB 680 for years to come. The seven-year commitment demonstrates CJOB’s long-term desire to be a part of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.”

Besides game day coverage, CJOB also carries the “Buck Pierce Show” every Tuesday at 7 p.m., the “Coach Paul LaPolice Show” every Monday at 7 p.m., and the “Doug Brown Spin Zone” every Monday at 8 p.m.

Thomas Cook has become the official travel partner of Premier League side Manchester United on a four-year deal, taking over from Co-Operative Travel.

Thomas Cook’s sports division will now provide worldwide travel for the first team and officials, and will also provide fans’ packages for away games in European competition and home fixtures.

The tour company will also now be offering discounted travel deals to supporters through the club’s holiday club.

Group chief executive of Thomas Cook, Manny Fontela-Novoa, said: “Thomas Cook is the market leader in sports tourism and this partnership adds to our role in taking fans to the World Cup and London 2012, as we drive forward this dynamic and successful business.”

David Gill, Manchester United’s chief executive, added: “The benefits of this deal will result in a more complete travel service for the team, club officials and more importantly our millions of supporters across the globe.”

Thomas Cook already offers packages for a number of other Premier League clubs, including Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City.

British Association of Mixed Martial Arts (BAMMA) have become the latest organization to agree a broadcasting agreement with HD Net.

The cable and satellite channel have announced a multi year agreement with BAMMA which is set to begin with the British organization’s upcoming December card.

BAMMA 8 is set to take place on December 10th from the Capital FM Arena in Nottigham and is headlined by unbeaten light heavyweight Jimi “The Poster Boy” Manuwa as he takes on hard hitting stalwart Antony Rea.

The card also contains a welterweight clash between Bellator’s Jim Wallhead and Joey Villasenor and TUF9 runner up Andre Winner takes on the always dangerous Diego Gonzalez.

Andrew Simon, cough CEO HDNet Fights, said: “BAMMA puts on the best MMA shows in Europe and HDNet broadcasts the best fights from around the globe. It was the perfect fit. I had to get this deal done.”

BAMMA exploded into the public arena back in September 2010 when their much hyped headline bout between fighter now turned tv star Alex Reid and Greg Jackson product Tom “Kong” Watson drew huge viewing figures in the UK.

The commercial director of Premier League club Liverpool, Ian Ayre, has confirmed he will be speaking at the Soccerex Asian Forum, which takes place on 28 and 29 July at the Raffles City Convention Centre, Singapore.

Ayre, a lifelong Liverpool fan, spent 15 years living in Asia prior to working at Liverpool, including several with sports marketing company Total Sports Asia.

Ayre said: “It’s great to be involved with the Soccerex Asian Forum. Asia is a hugely important market for Liverpool FC and it is essential to recognise and respect its values when doing business there.

“I look forward to sharing my experiences at the Forum, and hopefully to catch up with old friends and meet new faces in the industry.”

Other high profile speakers at the event include: Mohammed bin Hammam (president of the Asian Football Confederation), Worawi Makudi (president of the Thailand FA), David Dein (international president of England 2018 World Cup bid) and Andrea Radrizzani (group CEO at agency MP & SIlva).

ONE World Sports (OWS), drugs the leading Asia-Pacific focused sports network in the U.S. will air up to 20 hours of the 2011 Australian PGA Championship live from November 24 to 27 in North America, malady after closing an agreement with World Sport Group.

This year’s event from the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia features a star-studded line-up including Rickie Fowler, Adam Scott, Robert Allenby, Geoff Ogilvy, Aaron Baddeley and Y. E Yang, as well as Greg Norman, Jason Day, Darren Clarke and Bubba Watson. Adam Scott is this year’s highest ranked player and is coming off an exciting win at the recent World Golf Championship.

The $1.5 million Australian PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola is co-sanctioned by OneAsia, a professional tournament destination for elite golfers across Asia-Pacific, and the PGA Tour of Australasia. OWS will present all four days of the tournament live beginning at 8 p.m. EST, with daily highlights at 7 p.m. EST prior to the next day’s live coverage.

Preston Bornman, Chief Operating Officer, One Media Corp., parent company of One World Sports, said: “The 2011 Championship has a tremendous amount of talent including this year’s British Open champion Darren Clarke. The 2011 Australian PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola will be intense and entertaining.”

“In this PGA’s Centenary year we are pleased that the Australian PGA Championship presented by Coca-Cola will be enjoyed by so many outside of Australia,” said Brian Thorburn, CEO of the PGA of Australia.  “This year’s Australian PGA Championship field is one of the best Australia has seen in many, many years and we look forward to showcasing our depth of talent to the ONE World Sports audience.”

The Australian PGA Championship will be broadcast in Australia on Network TEN, across Asia on ESPN Star Sports, in Europe on Bloomberg Television and across Africa on SuperSport. It will also be broadcast in Korea on SBS and in Japan on Jupiter Golf Channel.  World Sport Group, Asia’s leading sports marketing, media and event management company manages the television distribution for the event.

Major League Soccer’s LA Galaxy has reached a broadcast agreement to jump from Fox Sports West to Time Warner Cable’s fledgling regional sports channels accomodating the English and Spanish fans.

The 10-year deal is valued at $55 million for an undetermined number of the games. The Galaxy said it will lose money this season despite advancing to Sunday’s Major League Soccer championship game with the league’s best record.

The value of the regional contract dwarfs the three-year, $30-million contract between MLS and NBC.

Although the Galaxy has been the league’s marquee franchise since signing David Beckham before the 2007 season, it has not been a ratings winner for FSW, never drawing more than 16,000 homes -– a .28 rating. In the last few years, ratings have dropping as low as .11%.

Fox, which has been paying from $300,000 to $500,000 for the Galaxy’s rights, carried 19 Galaxy games this year.

Of greater consequence is the fact that the Galaxy is the second pro team to jump to  Time Warner Cable, following the Lakers, who last February signed a 20-year broadcast deal valued at $3 billion.

Time Warner Cable is also expected to pursue the Dodgers. The Dodgers’ current contract with Fox forbids them from talking to any other broadcast outlet until Nov. 30, 2012, but outgoing owner Frank McCourt has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to let the Dodgers solicit bids now, from Time Warner and any other interested parties.