American Football

Netflix has made its first move into live American football and struck its first agreement with a major sports league, today (Wednesday) announcing a three-season deal with the NFL

The Pac-12 Conference, now down to just two teams, has announced a broadcast rights agreement with the CW Network and Fox Sports for its 2024 football season

The National Football League's Ticket Network, the league's open ticketing system, has expanded from two to three licensed channels with the addition of Sports Illustrated Tickets

The National Football League's commissioner Roger Goodell has said the league could expand to 18 regular-season games and could increase international fixtures to as many as 16

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League has unveiled a $4.6bn (€4.3bn) plan to build a domed stadium on the lakefront area next to current home Soldier Field. Half the cost of the $4.6

US telecommunications giant Verizon has further deepened its commercial relationship with the National Football League, striking a new deal with the Detroit Lions to become the franchise's official 5G network.

The National Football League is preparing to be the final major North American sports league to permit private equity investment, albeit with certain stipulations attached to any deals.

Kansas City Chiefs is leading the National Football League's attempts to branch out to international markets after enjoying a huge rise in social media engagement following back-to-back Super Bowl wins.

The National Football League wants to play more fixtures in new markets as part of the doubling of its international series to eight games in 2025, with France and several Asian countries atop its list. 

The National Football League has announced two games in the 2024 season, including the league's debut game in Brazil in September, will be shown exclusively on streaming services, with Peacock and Amazon…

The National Football League has once again expanded its Global Markets Program, taking the initiative to five new countries in South America, Asia and Africa and opening up commercial opportunities for four more franchises.

NBCUniversal's streaming service Peacock has retained 71 per cent of the sign-ups it generated when it streamed the National Football League's AFC Wild Card Game

The Chicago Bears, of the National Football League, is planning to build a new stadium just south of its current home, Soldier Field, with more than $2bn (€1.8bn) to be invested for the domed stadium.

FanDuel has become an ‘Official Sports Betting Partner’ of the NFL’s Carolina Panthers as the state of North Carolina gears up for the launch of a sports betting market worth hundreds of millions of dollars per year.

Shipping company FedEx has ended its stadium naming-rights deal with the National Football League's Washington Commanders two years early

Record UK viewing figures on Sky Sports for Super Bowl LVIII were among strong performing ratings across a variety of the National Football League’s target international markets.

ESPN and the College Football Playoff have agreed a six-year, $7.8bn (€7.3bn) extension as the new era of the college football postseason begins.

Domestic Super Bowl coverage drew the most-watched broadcast in NFL history with an average audience of 123.4 million viewers across all platforms