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©  Earthquakes
MLS: San Jose Earthquakes to team up with San Francisco 49ers (NFL) to promote soccer

San Jose Earthquakes (MLS, Major League Soccer, North America) will team up with the San Francisco 49ers (NFL, National Football League, the league for American football) to promote football in the South Bay region (Silicon Valley, south of San Francisco Bay in California) over the next five…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Stadiums, Legal, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 20352
• Published on 05/06/14 at 17:01
©  UEFA
Qatar 2022: "I focus on football. Some people focus on something else." (Michel Platini, UEFA)

"I focus on football. Some people focus on something else," said Michel Platini, UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) president and FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) vice-president, on 05/06/2014 in response to the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, which on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility
• Article # 20329
• Published on 05/06/14 at 16:44
©  D.R.
2013-14 Ligue 1 top clubs in TV rights: Paris SG get €44.7m, Marseille €42m, and Lyon (€41m)

Paris Saint-Germain, the French champion in 2013-14, were the top earner of media revenues among Ligue 1 teams for 2013-14, with €44.7m. The LFP (French professional football league) board of directors released the distribution table for TV rights for the 2013-14 Ligue 1 on 03/06/2014. Altogether…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 20280
• Published on 05/06/14 at 16:16
2014 World Cup federations have 12 sponsors on average

The 32 federations participating in the 2014 World Cup have an average of 12 sponsors each, excluding kit supplier contracts. The selection with the most partners is Costa Rica, with 34. Bosnia and Herzegovina are next with 24, and Italy are third with 19. Iran have the fewest, with three (still…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 20752
• Published on 05/06/14 at 16:13
©  FC Barcelone
CIES: Messi's estimated value still highest (€200.2m - €232.6m)

Lionel Messi, with an estimated value between €200.2m and €232.6m, remained the most expensive football player in the world in 2014, according to a study by the CIES (International Centre for Sports Studies) Football Observatory published on 04/06/2014. The midpoint in the value range of the…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Transfer Market
• Article # 20295
• Published on 05/06/14 at 11:58
©  D.R.
Russia: Vinci's 2013 contract to build VTP Arena has been cancelled

The French construction firm Vinci will not build the VTB Arena in Moscow, announced the company running the project, which belongs to the semi-public Russian bank VTB, on 02/06/2014. "A dialogue took place with our client wherein Vinci Construction Grands Projets made proposals which did not…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Stadiums
• Article # 20289
• Published on 05/06/14 at 10:00
©  D.R.
Spain: Prisa formalises sale of 56% stake in Canal+ Spain to Telefonica for €750m

The Spanish broadcaster Prisa formalised an agreement to sell its 56% stake in its subsidiary DTS, a pay-TV platform (known as Canal+ Spain, formerly marketed as Digital+) to the telecommunications group Telefonica. The amount of the sale was €750m, or 3.5% more than announced on 07/05/2014…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 20197
• Published on 04/06/14 at 19:00
©  D.R.
Neymar transfer: Barça and Sandro Rosell indicted for tax evasion; hearing set for 13/06/2014

FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) and its former president Sandro Rosell were formally indicted for tax evasion in the case of the transfer of Neymar by the prosecutor of the Audiencia Nacional (Spanish high court) on 03/06/2014. A Department of Finance report estimates that the amount of tax fraud in the…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 20234
• Published on 04/06/14 at 18:39
©  FIFA
Brazil 2014: FIFA Fan Fests being set up in 12 host cities

Work has begun on setting up the FIFA Fan Fests in the 12 host cities for the World Cup in Brazil (from 12/06 to 13/07/2014), FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) said on 01/06/2014. The cities, which are responsible for the organisation and management of these fan zones, have…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Stadiums, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 20248
• Published on 04/06/14 at 17:30
©  AS Monaco
Ligue 1: human ressources company Triangle Interim extends with AS Monaco through 2014-15

The human resources company Triangle Interim has extended its partnership with AS Monaco (Ligue 1) through 2014-15, the club announced on 03/06/2014. The deal was made in collaboration with the marketing agency Infront France. The parties have been under contract since August 2013. The company…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 20236
• Published on 04/06/14 at 16:59