Disney-backed sports broadcaster ESPN has made its third major digital acquisition in the past year, agreeing a deal to buy motor racing website Racing-Live.com.
Racing-Live.com covers Formula 1 (F1-Live.com), Moto GP & Superbike (Moto-Live.com), rally (Rally-Live.com), off-road rallies (Raid-Live.com), endurance sports cars and kart racing. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Russell Wolff, executive vice-president and managing director of ESPN International, said: “Motor racing has a global fan base, and this agreement will allow us to serve fans more motor sports coverage than ever before.”

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