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GENEVA — African soccer's governing body has terminated its biggest broadcast rights deal and provoked a likely legal fight with Qatar-based beIN Media Group. It's the second time in four years the Confederation of African Football has split with its main broadcast partner. The split in a $415 million contract through 2028 with beIN leaves CAF without a key broadcast deal four months before its marquee men's Africa Cup of Nations. BeIN became CAF's anchor broadcast partner after terminating in 2019 a 12-year, $1 billion agreement with French media group Lagardere Sports. That cost CAF $50 million to settle.
