Here is the new bit. Last weekend, Migu, La Liga's streaming partner in mainland China, showed nine of the ten matches in the round. The one it did not show was Real Madrid's 3-0 win at Racing Santander on Sunday, Iusport reports. On Monday, the game was still missing from Migu's results and replays. CCTV, China's state broadcaster, did not show it either, Plataforma reports.

So for the first time in this dispute, Real Madrid's match was missing from both of La Liga's main routes into China.

The row began with a video clip in which Kylian Mbappé talked about a meme that appeared to put his face on an image of Mao Zedong. Reuters said it could not authenticate the video.

China Media Group (CMG), which runs CCTV, then suspended La Liga matches and Mbappé's adverts from Monday 26 October. It said apologies from Mbappé, Real Madrid and La Liga were "an absolute prerequisite" for moving on, AFP reported via Al Jazeera.

All three apologised. Mbappé called his comment "ill-judged" and said……..

CCTV's sports website later said CMG had acknowledged the apologies.

Then the weekend came and the screens stayed dark. None of the round's matches had been shown live on CCTV's two sports channels by Monday, Al Jazeera reported. CMG has not said when La Liga will return, according to Plataforma. Real Madrid's coach José Mourinho said on Saturday the club had "done our part", Reuters reported.

Think of it as a shop with two doors. The big front door, CCTV, is shut for the whole of La Liga. The side door, Migu, opened for nine matches last weekend and stayed shut for Real Madrid's.

That difference is the story. CCTV's suspension covers the league. Migu, on one weekend's evidence, left out only Real Madrid's match.

Migu is owned by state-owned China Mobile. It signed a deal in August to show all 380 La Liga matches a season in mainland China until 2030, Mundo Deportivo and EFE report. Nobody has said what it is worth. EFE had already spotted on 30 October that the Real Madrid game had been taken off Migu's schedule while the other nine stayed on. Sunday confirmed it.

Neither Migu nor La Liga has commented on why, Iusport reports. So we do not know whether Migu chose this itself or followed guidance.

What is confirmed is about Mbappé personally. Mengniu Dairy, Shanghai Milkground and the energy drink maker Eastroc Beverage all ended their cooperation with him, Reuters reported. They said they "firmly oppose and have zero tolerance for any words or actions that hurt the feelings of the Chinese people." None of the deal values were disclosed. These were his own deals, not Real Madrid's or La Liga's.

What is not confirmed is any loss for the club, the league or the broadcasters. Mundo Deportivo makes the point that taking a match off a schedule is not the same as ending a rights deal. Any effect on payments would depend on contract terms nobody has published.

A reasonable implication is that Real Madrid's own sponsors get less exposure in mainland China for as long as the club's games stay off air. No sponsor has said so.

Analysis, and our view. La Liga's pitch to Migu was every match, every week, until 2030. The match it could not deliver was the one with the biggest club and the most famous player. A full set of 380 is a strong sales line. A set of 380 minus Real Madrid is a different product.

The comparison everyone reaches for is the NBA, which lost about US$200m in 2019 after its own dispute with Chinese broadcasters. Different league, different contracts. It tells you how long these things can last, not what this one will cost.

India's Pro Kabaddi League will not play in 2026, Khel Now reported on Sunday, quoting an unnamed source who said the current broadcaster had offered "half of the previous deal". The league is likely back in June to July 2027, the site says. In 2021, Star won the rights for ₹905 crore (about US$121m at April 2021 rates) as the only bidder, the Economic Times reported. No official statement yet. Turns out the hardest tackle in kabaddi happens in the rights meeting.

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Final on Sunday 8 November

Venus Williams, 46, lost in the first round of the singles at Victoria Park on Monday, 6-2, 6-3 to Mary Stoiana. It was her 17th singles defeat in a row. She is still in the doubles with China's Xu Yifan. The whole tournament is played for US$283,347 in prize money, according to the WTA. This is her 14th singles wildcard of 2026, and the TV pictures a Williams brings to a small event.