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Cologne: a conference on digital innovations in the sports industry, 05/06/2013

Encouraging discussion, debate and a coming together of digital innovation in the sports industry, are the goals of the Sponsors Sports Media summit, in Cologne (Germany) on 05/06/2013.The internationally oriented event focuses on the development and integration of digital tools into clubs…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Sporting Goods & Brands, Merchandising - Licensing, …
• Article # 6496
• Published on 12/05/13 at 12:00
©  D.R.
BT offers free Premier League football coverage

Telecoms company BT is to offer customers access to free Premier League football coverage. This move is a signal of intent to challenge BSkyB's dominance of the UK's football pay-TV market.BT already have a 3 year deal with the rights to 38 Premier League games per season. From next season…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Agencies
• Article # 5389
• Published on 10/05/13 at 12:26
©  D.R.
Arsenal sign record-breaking deal with Puma

Premier League club Arsenal have agreed a £170m (€200m) kit deal with Puma for the next five years. The Gunners will receive £30m (€35m) per year from Puma, who will design the kit from 2014-15 onwards. The deal will be the most lucrative in English football.Puma will replace Nike, who have…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Sporting Goods & Brands
• Article # 5370
• Published on 10/05/13 at 11:02
©  bbc.co.uk
Manchester United: Sir Alex Ferguson to quit at the end of 2012-13 season

Manchester United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson, 71, will retire at the end of the 2012-13 season, he announced on the 08/05/2013. Appointed manager on the 06/11/1986, the Scotsman has led the English club to 39 trophies (including 13 league titles in England and two Champions League titles in 1999…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 5386
• Published on 09/05/13 at 17:30
Thierry Henry is the highest paid player in the MLS

Following the publication of a document on the 01/05/2013, cataloguing the wages of MLS players, with an annual salary of €3.3m, Thierry Henry is the highest paid player in the league. Despite being the most lucrative earner in the MLS, the 35 year old Frenchman's wages have reduced by 23.25…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 5348
• Published on 07/05/13 at 13:52
©  Creative Commons
Bayern: board refuses Uli Hoeness' resignation

The supervisory board of Bayern Munich met on 06/05/2013 and decide to reject the resignation of President Uli Hoeness, charged with tax evasion on 20/03/2013. "The supervisory board will continue to monitor the matter and will return to the subject once there are further developments" said the…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 5335
• Published on 07/05/13 at 11:48
©  guardian.co.uk
FIFA: Chuck Blazer, member of the Executive Committee has been provisionally suspended

The American, Chuck Blazer, a member of FIFA's Executive Committee has been suspended from all football-related activity for a maximum of 90 days by the International Federation's Ethics Committee tribunal on the 06/05/2013. This decision "is based on the fact that Chuck Blazer seems to have…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 5330
• Published on 07/05/13 at 11:00
World Cup 2022 in Qatar: FIFA to sanction the use of just 8-10 venues

Qatar, the host country of the 2022 World Cup, could play out the competition in only eight venues, despite the fact that original plans propose the construction of 12 new stadia, according to FIFA and its Secretary General Jerome Valcke. "We will be pragmatic and we will find the right number…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Stadiums
• Article # 5307
• Published on 06/05/13 at 17:54
©  Creative Commons
Bayern: Hoeness to be suspended from duty after the Champions League final (Der Spiegel)

Bayern Munich President Uli Hoeness, accused of tax evasion, will announce at a meeting of the club's supervisory board on 06/05/2013, that he will be suspended from duty during the investigation of Justice German, revealed the German weekly newspaper Der Spiegel, on 05/05/2013. This suspension…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 5295
• Published on 06/05/13 at 16:16
©  Creative Commons
Franz Beckenbauer: ambassador of Gazprom social project

Russian energy company Gazprom has announced their international social project "Football for Friendship", with Franz Beckenbauer as ambassador.The "Football for Friendship" initiative brings together children aged from 10-16 in eight European countries: United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, Serbia…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Sporting Goods & Brands, Sponsors - Partners, …
• Article # 6306
• Published on 06/05/13 at 11:22