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11.02 / 11:21
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Fox
Entertainment
Football
Warner Bros
ESPN
rights
Sporting
The frantic blitz to figure out sports streaming
Executives at the National Football League were in Las Vegas on Tuesday preparing for this weekend’s Super Bowl when they got word from news reports that their business—and the sports media industry writ large—was about to change in a fundamental way. Disney’s ESPN and Fox, two of the league’s biggest media partners, announced that alongside Warner Bros. Discovery they would create a new streaming service to offer all their live-sports programming.
10.02 / 18:17
Football
WhatsApp
Sporting
Chinese officials call off Argentina games after Messi's absence
Argentina and the Ivory Coast in China has been called off by local authorities, marking the second cancellation of an Argentine match in China this week. The decision comes amidst controversy surrounding Lionel Messi's absence from a match in Hong Kong last Sunday. The Beijing Football Association announced on Saturday that it would not organize the friendly scheduled for March, stating that Beijing currently has no plans to host the match involving Lionel Messi.
10.02 / 15:37
COST
UPS
Citi
Football
Olympics
reports
Sporting
Demolishing Montreal Olympic Stadium would be costly, but experts question $2B price
Quebec’s tourism minister says demolishing Montreal’s Olympic Stadium would cost $2 billion, but that estimate is raising questions because other North American cities have torn down stadiums for hundreds of millions of dollars less.
10.02 / 03:43
Citi
Man
Career
Football
social
stars
bowling
Brock Purdy Net Worth—He Just Signed a National Partnership With Toyota
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy will make his first Super Bowl appearance on Sunday, when his team will face the Kansas City Chiefs at Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. Despite his critical role in the National Football League's (NFL) championship game, Purdy's salary and net worth won't be among the highest on the field.
09.02 / 18:26
UPS
security
Football
Patrick
inclusion
reports
NFL's Hall of Fame inductees 2024: A complete list of who made it to the final list this year
NFL unveiled the Hall of Fame Class of 2024, welcoming a distinguished group of former players, coaches, and contributors into the prestigious ranks of Canton. Leading up to the official announcement at the 2024 NFL Honors, reports surfaced indicating the inclusion of three notable players: Steve McMichael, Devin Hester, and Julius Peppers, all associated with the Chicago Bears, as detailed by the Chicago Sun-Times. McMichael secured his place as a senior inductee, while Hester and Peppers earned spots in the modern-era category.
09.02 / 17:41
UPS
Career
economy
Football
wellness
country
A quiet salute to a quiet ex-PM, ex-MP
Manmohan Singh on Thursday from Rajya Sabha — and, for all purposes, political life — the country marks the exit of a figure who managed to hold on to the paradoxical tag of practitioner of 'decent politics'. This was no mean feat in a career that started in academia, moved to policy, and orbited into politics.
24.11 / 18:31
Blockchain
regulation
Altcoin
Football
This exchange signed soccer legend Andrea Pirlo as global ambassador to celebrate sixth anniversary
CoinW, a major cryptocurrency exchange, has announced a new partnership with Andrea Pirlo, a renowned soccer player.
31.10 / 13:23
Sport
Football
Lightning Network
lightning
Bitcoin
Bulgaria’s oldest football club adopts Bitcoin and Lightning, joins Nostr
Bitcoin (BTC) has netted another adoption goal. Botev Plovdiv FC, Bulgaria’s oldest football club, has adopted Bitcoin and Lightning Network payments, as well as joining decentralized protocol, Nostr.
27.10 / 10:41
Blockchain
NFT
Sport
Telegram
Gaming
Football
TON
Fantasy football game on Telegram: Fanton joins Cointelegraph Accelerator
What’s a better way than combining the world’s most popular sports with Web2’s most socialized aspects to introduce new users to Web3 through gaming? Association football, or soccer, boasts the largest fan base among sports enthusiasts, with over 3.5 billion estimated people rooting for their favorite teams. Built mainly for football fans, the fantasy sports industry, a vast network of virtual sports leagues where users can create their own teams, has also grown to become a $25 billion global market.
11.10 / 07:09
business
Blockchain
Law
regulation
Football
UK government
Copyright
MPs
British MPs urge action on NFT copyright infringement, crypto fan tokens
A bipartisan parliamentary committee has urged the government of the United Kingdom to protect creators from copyright infringement associated with nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and address potential harms from sporting groups issuing digital assets.
28.09 / 14:07
Blockchain
Adoption
Sport
Football
Fan tokens
Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur taps Chiliz blockchain for Web3 fan token
Tottenham Hotspur will become the latest English Premier League team to tap into blockchain technology to issue and manage its own Web3 fan token to drive supporter engagement and rewards.
04.09 / 12:38
Blockchain
Binance
NFT
Sport
Football
Ronaldo teases NFT plans while on a lie detector test
Soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo went through a lie detector test to answer various questions about soccer and teased his plans to release more nonfungible token (NFT) collections in the future.
28.08 / 02:05
UPS
Football
show
star
hearing
Brazilian Soccer Star Ronaldinho Fails to Turn Up at ‘Crypto Scam’ Hearing
The Brazilian football (soccer) icon Ronaldinho has failed to show at a parliamentary hearing on crypto pyramids, and could face jail time if he refuses to attend another hearing later this month.
16.08 / 19:45
NFT
Football
approved
Star Trek NFT trademarks approved, y00ts coming to Ethereum: Nifty Newsletter
In this week’s newsletter, read about CBS Studios’ receiving approval for Star Trek NFT trademarks, check out how FC Barcelona acquired investment for its nonfungible token (NFT) initiative, and find out why NFT project y00ts is bridging to another network just months after its previous transfer. In other news, Canadian authorities are trying to create a repository for seized crypto and NFT assets, and don’t forget this week’s Nifty News, featuring Coca-Cola releasing an NFT collection on Coinbase layer 2, Base.
13.06 / 08:51
Sport
Football
London
Bitcoin
How Peter McCormack is turning an unknown town into a Bitcoin hub
Can a football team backed by Bitcoin (BTC) really raise up a town? In the latest Cointelegraph documentary, reporter Joe Hall investigates the impact of a Bitcoin football club, Real Bedford, on the small commuter town of Bedford in the United Kingdom.
25.04 / 16:21
Football
Bitcoin Community
London
Bitcoin
Global impact of a Bitcoin soccer club: Decentralize with Cointelegraph
This week’s episode of the Decentralize with Cointelegraph podcast takes a deep dive into Bitcoin (BTC) in Bedford. A Bitcoiner from the English town near London is turning heads and raising his town’s profile after buying his local soccer club, Real Bedford.
20.04 / 13:49
Adoption
Sport
Football
Bitcoin Community
Bitcoin
Bitcoin soccer club Real Bedford FC wins the league
The so-called Bitcoin (BTC) soccer team, Real Bedford Football Club, won the United Kingdom’sSouth Midlands League for the 2023 season.
17.04 / 09:49
15.03 / 14:03
Twitter
Platform
Football
Spanish Football Clubs Sue Crypto Sponsors – Which Teams Are Affected?
Spanish football (soccer) is suffering a “crypto hangover,” a new report has claimed – with many La Liga clubs left with “defaults, complaints, and an experience to forget” after partnerships with crypto sponsors soured.
13.03 / 13:57
Platform
Football
Top Brazilian Footballers ‘Embroiled in Crypto Scam’ – Which Players Are Involved?
Two top Brazilian professional football (soccer) players claim they have fallen foul of a crypto scam – and say that they were convinced to invest in a fraudulent project by a fellow pro.
31.01 / 12:21
Ethereum
Adoption
NFT
Sport
Football
partnerships
Premier League
Premier League gets Ethereum-based digital cards with Sorare partnership
Blockchain-powered fantasy sports firm Sorare has sealed a deal with the English Premier League to mint Ethereum-based digital player cards on its platform.
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