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ST. GALLEN, SWITZERLAND & FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY \u2013 19 MARCH 2025: Sportradar Group AG (NASDAQ: SRAD), a leading global sports technology company creating immersive experiences for sports fans and bettors, today announced a multi-year extension of its data and audiovisual (AV) betting rights agreement with Deutscher Fussball-Bund (DFB), the German Football Association. 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