Where Eagles dare: Benfica disrupt centralisation plans

Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry.This week, Martin Ross and Jonathan Rest discuss the call by Benfica to halt the planned centralised sale of Liga Portugal media rights amid criticisms of revenue projections.Imran Yusuf sheds light on the International Cricket Council’s new CEO and what that might mean for the body’s future strategy.Finally, Ben Cronin unpacks record sponsorship revenues generated by Two Circles for Uefa’s women’s competitions. Plus, SW19 musings, Shubman Gill’s Nike controversy and AI robots playing football.You can subscribe to The SportBusiness Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music.Enter SBPODCAST30 at checkout for monthly and annual SportBusiness.com subscriptions for a 30-per-cent discount here.Host: Catherine Davies Contributors: Jonathan Rest, Martin Ross, Ben Cronin, Imran YusufEditor: Gwen GourvellecSources: 1. Benfica demands end to league centralisation plans 2. JioStar’s Gupta named new ICC CEO3. Disney Star seeks to reduce ICC rights fee4. Uefa women’s football close to €100m sponsorship revenue mark5. Disney, EBU land UWCL rights deals in Europe  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.