ESPN, European Broadcasting Union Win IAAF World Indoor Tour Rights From '18-23

The IAAF reached an agreement with ESPN Media Distribution and the European Broadcasting Union for the sale and distribution of media rights for selected events in the IAAF World Indoor Tour from '18-23. ESPN and the EBU will represent the global media rights (excluding each event's host territory) to IAAF WIT events in Karslruhe, Germany; Düsseldorf, Germany; and Toruń, Poland; all of which will be held in February. Rights for the Indoor Grand Prix Glasgow are also included in the agreement from '19. The news follows the announcement in August that ESPN Media Distribution and the EBU will represent the media rights to IAAF events across Europe and Africa including the next three IAAF World Championships and IAAF World Indoor Championships and more than a dozen other competitions in the IAAF World Athletics Series (IAAF).