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Qatar 2022: Joseph Blatter acknowledges "mistake" of planning World Cup in "50°C" summer

"Yes, of course. But listen, a mistake ... You know, we make many mistakes in life," said Joseph Blatter, President of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), on 15/05/2014 in an interview with Swiss television RTS. He was responding to the question, "Is it not a mistake first of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility
• Article # 19240
• Published on 16/05/14 at 18:04
Brazil 2014: ESPN launches "Global Issues" campaign and new mobile app

American sport channel ESPN launched a campaign called "Global Issues" on 05/05/2014 for the 2014 World Cup and a mobile app called "ESPN FC Soccer & World Cup" to promote its coverage of the event. The campaign will be carried out by the agency Wieden + Kennedy New York, and includes a…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital
• Article # 19233
• Published on 16/05/14 at 17:45
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Home-grown players: European Commission asks Spanish basketball to change its rules

The European Commission called on FEB (Spanish Basketball Federation) and ACB (Spanish Association of Basketball clubs) to change their current rules on locally trained players, which lead to "indirect discrimination against players from other member states of the European Union," the commission…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 19125
• Published on 16/05/14 at 16:59
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MLS: Findlay Sports and The Cordish Companies want to create franchise in Las Vegas

The American company Findlay Sports and Entertainment and The Cordish Companies Real Estate Group are negotiating with MLS (Major League Soccer, the North American football league) to create a franchise in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA), the league said on 15/05/2014. "We recently met with Justin Findlay…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 19232
• Published on 16/05/14 at 16:35
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Spain: RTVE acquires rights to qualifiers for Roja to Euro 2016 and 2018 World Cup

RTVE acquired the TV, radio, internet and mobile rights to the qualifying matches of the Spanish team to Euro 2016 (France, 10/06 to 10/07/2016) and the 2018 World Cup (Russia), the Spanish public broadcasting group announced on 14/05/2014. The rights guarantee RTVE 10 matches at each qualifying…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 19186
• Published on 16/05/14 at 15:30
Brazil 2014 La Gazzetta Dello Sport launches a website and a hashtag to support the Azzurri

The Italian sport daily La Gazzetta dello Sport launched a Twitter campaign on 12/05/2014 entitled "Let's conquer Brazil" with a hashtag meaning "let's be azzuri" ("Conquistiamo il Brasile, # facciamoliazzurri") and created the website www.iotifoazzurro.it (meaning, "I'm rooting for Azzurri"). The…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 19158
• Published on 16/05/14 at 14:29
Greece: Panathinaïkos plans to increase subscription prices to finance renovation of stadium

A 30% increase in the price of new subscriptions for 2014-15 -- to fund the renovation and expansion of the Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium (16,620 seats) -- is planned by Giannis Alafouzos, president of Panathinaikos FC (Super League, Greek 1st division), he announced on 14/05/2014. 2013-14…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Finance, Stadiums
• Article # 19206
• Published on 16/05/14 at 13:20
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3D simulation software stadium evacuation set up at American university

SportEvac, a 3D simulation software for stadium evacuation, has been set up at the University of Southern Mississippi (United States), the NCS4 (U.S. National Center for Spectator Sports Safety and Security) announced on 14/05/2014. This software was developed by Incontrol, an American IT company…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital, Stadiums, Legal, …
• Article # 19207
• Published on 16/05/14 at 12:44
Brazil 2014: Tourists will spend €2.2bn (Brazilian Ministry of Tourism)

Tourists will spend $3.1bn (€2.2bn) during the 2014 World Cup, according to a study by the Brazilian Ministry of Tourism and FIPE (the Brazilian Economic Research Institute Foundation) published on 14/05/2014. Tourists will spend an average of $2,500 (€1,823) excluding the price of airfare. 1.9m…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 19185
• Published on 16/05/14 at 11:45
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Brazil 2014: Kit supplier Adidas presents Battle Pack shoe collection

The kit supplier Adidas unveiled Battle Pack, its new shoe collection for the 2014 World Cup, on 12/05/2014. The collection is composed of five models with "innovative technology and decidedly aggressive design," said the German brand. The models are: adizero f50, predator, nitrocharge, adizero…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Sporting Goods & Brands, Merchandising - Licensing
• Article # 19159
• Published on 16/05/14 at 10:59