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Bundesliga: health insurer Pronova BBK to become partner of Bayer Leverkusen until 2016

Pronova BBK insurance company has signed a sponsorship agreement with Bayer Leverkusen (Bundesliga) on the 14/01/2014. The two-year contract will begin in the summer 2014, until the end of the 2015-16 season.Leverkusen's official health partner will pay 250,000 euros per season, according to the…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 13595
• Published on 15/01/14 at 12:15
2.Bundesliga: Nike to extend contract with VfL Bochum until the 30/06/2018

US supplier Nike has extended its partnership with VfL Bochum (2.Bundesliga, the German second division), the club announced on the 13/01/2014. The contract was extended until the 06/30/2018. The parties, bound since 2002 have extended their agreement for the third time.Nike will be the official…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Sporting Goods & Brands, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 13593
• Published on 15/01/14 at 11:50
©  Brésil 2014
Brazil 2014: FIFA to appoint 25 referee trios and 8 support duos from 43 countries

The FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) referees committee has appointed 25 referee trios and 8 support duos from 43 countries for the 2014 World Cup, during a meeting in Zurich on the 14/01/2014, under the chairmanship of Jim Boyce (Northern Ireland).All the major Western…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities
• Article # 13582
• Published on 15/01/14 at 11:36
©  fifa.com
Brazil 2014: "It will be the best ever World Cup" (Joseph Blatter)

"It will be the best ever World Cup" said Joseph Blatter, President of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), on the 10/01/2014."We are in the continent which is called Brazil, a country of two hundred million people - they are all footballers - they like football" he added in a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Stadiums, Legal, …
• Article # 13573
• Published on 14/01/14 at 18:41
©  D.R.
Liverpool, first Premier League club to join the American social network Fancred

Liverpool FC have become the first Premier League club to join Fancred, the U.S. social network dedicated to sports, the club announced on the 11/01/2014."Fancred is rapidly becoming the first stop for sports fans to share opinions, content and views on sports clubs from around the globe. As part…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 13570
• Published on 14/01/14 at 18:18
Visa to extend partnership with FIFA until the 2022 World Cup

American leading global electronic payments company Visa has extended its partnership with FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) until 2022, the body announced on the 14/01/2014. Both parties are bound since 2007. The contract is estimated at € 15.5 million.The extension of the…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 13565
• Published on 14/01/14 at 17:38
©  D.R.
Security: the Italian Ministry of Interior willing to "improve" the Fan card

"We do not want to abolish the 'tessera del tifoso' (Fan ID card) but to start thinking about how to improve it," said a source from the Italian Ministry of Interior to the Italian daily La Repubblica, on the 11/01/2014.The tessera del tifoso was introduced by the Ministry of Interior during the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Stadiums, …
• Article # 13550
• Published on 14/01/14 at 15:15
Brazil: food brand Sadia to acquire the naming rights to the Brazilian Cup until 2015

Sadia, a food brand specialising in fresh and frozen meat products, has become the naming partner of the Brazilian Cup until 2015, on the 08/18/2014. The competition will be known as the "Sadia Copa Do Brasil".Sadia is a subsidiary of BRF group, as is the Perdigao brand, title sponsor of the…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication
• Article # 13548
• Published on 14/01/14 at 13:36
©  D.R.
Poland: Polish media group ITI to sell Legia Warsaw to two club officials

Luxembourg conglomerate International Trading and Investments Holdings SA, owner of Polish media group ITI Group, has announced that they had sold 100% of the shares of the Polish club Legia Warsaw, which they owned since 2004, to Dariusz Mioduski and Bogusław Leśnodorski, on the…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 13545
• Published on 14/01/14 at 13:19
©  FFK
FIFA: friendly matches authorised against clubs and representative teams of Kosovo

"FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) member associations are allowed to play international friendly matches with clubs and representative teams of the FFK (Football Federation of Kosovo, not affiliated to FIFA)," said FIFA, on the 13/01/2014."Under article 83 of the FIFA…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 13541
• Published on 14/01/14 at 12:46