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Premier League: Manchester United negotiate their 2015-16 contract with several equipment companies

German sports equipment companies Adidas and Puma and the American company Warrior are negotiating to become the official supplier of Manchester United (Premier League) from 2015-16, announced the British newspapers The Times and The Guardian on the 29/01/2014.Nike, which has supplied the English…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Sporting Goods & Brands, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 14284
• Published on 03/02/14 at 15:42

Brazilian Dante (Bayern Munich) continues with Puma until 2015-16

Bayern Munich defender Dante Bonfim Costa Santos (Brazil international, 10 caps, 2 goals) extended his contract with Puma on the 24/01/2014. Dante will be an official ambassador of the German brand until the end of the 2015-16 season. The thirty year-old player has been contracted with Puma since…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Sporting Goods & Brands, Marketing - Communication, Merchandising - Licensing
• Article # 14282
• Published on 03/02/14 at 15:00

Bundesliga: cumulative turnover has been doubling for nine years

The cumulative revenues of the Bundesliga have been doubling for nine years, from €1.09 billion in 2003-04 to €2.17 billion in 2012-13. This is the progression that emerges from the 2014 annual report by Christian Seifert, CEO of the DFL (German Professional Football League), on the 28/01/2014…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Agencies, Ticketing, Finance, …
• Article # 14200
• Published on 03/02/14 at 14:05

Sponsorship: "The image survey clause will not be present in FFF's future contracts" (Noël Le Graët)

The clause in FFF's contracts, that allowed sponsors to change their contributions based on image surveys conducted by the Kantar Sport agency, "will not be present in future FFF's contracts," said Noël Le Graët, the president of the FFF (French Football Federation), to NTF on 21/01/2014. "We are…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Authorities, Marketing - Communication, Merchandising - Licensing
• Article # 13849
• Published on 03/02/14 at 12:34

Financial Fair Play: Man City report net loss of €63 million in 2012-13 but remain confident

Manchester City (Premier League) announced a record turnover of €271M (£330M) in 2012-13, a 17.3% increase in comparison to the 2011-12 season (£231M, €281.6M), the club announced during the presentation of its 2013 annual results (from the 01/06/2012 to the 31/05/2013) on the 29/01/2014.The “Sky…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Agencies, Ticketing, Finance, …
• Article # 14253
• Published on 03/02/14 at 11:32

Brazil 2014: "We will sell more than twice the amount of 2010" (Pascal Portes, Match Hospitality)

"In 2010, we sold 150,000 hospitality packages. For 2014, we will easily double that number to 300,000 packages. We will exceed $600 million (about €440 million) in sales by the end, more than twice what we sold for the World Cup in South Africa," said Pascal Portes, CEO of Match Hospitality, to…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Finance
• Article # 14170
• Published on 03/02/14 at 10:32

Qatar 2022: FIFA request a status report on the working conditions by the 12/02/2014

FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) has requested that Qatar submit a report on improving working conditions in the country by the 12/02/2014. This request was formalised in a letter sent by Jérôme Valcke, the general secretary of FIFA, on the 30/01/2014.The report will then…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Stadiums, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 14256
• Published on 03/02/14 at 10:30

FC Barcelona: candidate in 2010, Agustí Benedito, calls for presidential election in summer 2014

Agustí Benedito, an unsuccessful FC Barcelona presidential candidate in 2010 against Sandro Rosell, called for the new chairman, Josep Maria Bartomeu, to hold early elections during the summer of 2014, Benedito declared on the 29/01/2014. Sandro Rosell resigned from his position as president of FC…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Stadiums, Authorities, …
• Article # 14246
• Published on 31/01/14 at 19:01

Brazil 2014: over 3.5 million tickets requested during second sales phase

FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) recorded 3,505,656 ticket requests for 62 of the 64 matches of the 2014 World Cup (tickets for the opening and final match were not available), during the second sales phase which ended on the 30/01/2014. "This level of demand can cause some…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing
• Article # 14235
• Published on 31/01/14 at 18:30

BSkyB set to target pay-TV non-subscribers with TV on-demand

Pay-TV and Internet service provider group British BSkyB presented its innovations and goals for 2014 during the announcement of its results for the first half of 2014 (01/07-13/12/2013), on the 30/01/2014.Among the items included in the spring 2014 launch is a package providing access to the Now…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital
• Article # 14211
• Published on 31/01/14 at 16:28