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MLS: Alaska Airlines extends as shirt sponsor of the Portland Timbers, Ivy Funds with Kansas City

The airline Alaska Airlines extended its shirt sponsorship of the Portland Timbers (MLS) until 2015, and Ivy Funds, a financial services company, has extended its shirt partnership with Sporting Kansas City (MLS) until 2022, the respective clubs announced on 13/10/2014. Financial terms of the…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 26625
• Published on 15/10/14 at 15:20
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Serbia - Albania match suspended following the intrusion of a drone, "inexcusable" (M. Platini)

The Serbia - Albania match (Group I of qualification for Euro 2016) was stopped and suspended following the intrusion of a drone displaying the Albanian flag in the Partizan stadium (Belgrade, Serbia) on 14/10/2014. Invasions onto the pitch by spectators and clashes between Serb and Albanian…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 26623
• Published on 15/10/14 at 14:59
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Australia: beIN Media Group acquires Setanta Sports, will re-brand to beIN Sports Australia

The Qatari pay-TV group beIN Media Group acquired Australian pay-TV group Setanta Sports Australia on 14/10/2014. The Australian channel will be re-branded as beIN Sports Australia, though the time-frame for this action was not announced at this time.Setanta Sports holds the broadcast rights in…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 26614
• Published on 15/10/14 at 14:30
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Continental extends with the Dutch Federation and partners with the Chinese Federation

Continental, the German tyre manufacturer, extended its partnership to 2018 with the KNVB (Dutch Federation) on 10/10/2014, and became a partner of the CFA (Chinese Federation) until 2018 on 14/10/2014.Continental has been associated with the KNVB since the 2010-11 season, and the partnership…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 26611
• Published on 15/10/14 at 12:14
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Sporting Fraud: UEFA extends partnership with Sportradar until the end of the 2018-19 season

UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) has extended its partnership with the Swiss company Sportradar, specialising in monitoring sports betting and supplying sports data, for four more years on 09/10/2014. The partnership is now scheduled to end after the 2018-19 season.In July 2009, UEFA…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital, Betting
• Article # 26603
• Published on 15/10/14 at 11:00
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India: Euro 2016 qualifiers streamed on LIV Sports (Internet and mobile)

The Singapore broadcaster MSM (Multi Screen Media), holder of the broadcasting rights on the Indian subcontinent for Euro 2016 qualifying (from 07/09/2014 to 17/11/2015) and the final phase of the tournament (France, from 10/06 to 10/07/2016), has now broadcasted, in India, European qualifying…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Authorities
• Article # 26584
• Published on 15/10/14 at 10:31
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Manchester United: Premier League refuses the club a second sponsor on the back of shirt

The Premier League have refused the request of Manchester United to wear a second sponsor on the back of the shirt, announced the British newspaper The Times on 10/10/2014. Sponsorship on the back of the shirt is prohibited by the rules of the Premier League, but is allowed during fixtures of the…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 26596
• Published on 15/10/14 at 09:59
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Ligue 1: Saint-Étienne to select 10 fans to travel with the team for the match against Inter Milan

AS Saint-Étienne will hold a lottery that will allow ten fans to travel with the team for the Europa League match against Inter Milan (Group F, Matchday 3) at the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in Milan (ITA) on 23/10/2014. To participate in the draw, which will be held on 17/10/2014, the fans must be…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 26571
• Published on 15/10/14 at 09:20
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Serie A: "I would not be able to trust AC Milan to a foreigner" (Silvio Berlusconi)

"I would not be able to trust AC Milan to a foreigner. Perhaps not even an Italian. My father said I have the club tattooed on my heart. And I have no intention of getting a heart transplant transplant, "said Silvio Berlusconi, president and owner of the Italian club, on 13/10/2014. "We found a…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 26572
• Published on 14/10/14 at 19:07
USA: Heineken to replace Budweiser as the official beer of MLS for 2015-2018

The Dutch Heineken group will replace the American brand Budweiser as the official beer of MLS (Major League Soccer) from 2015 to 2018, according to American newspaper The Wall Street Journal on 14/10/2014. Heineken will pay an estimated $3m (€2.37), nearly triple the annual Budweiser contract…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication
• Article # 26578
• Published on 14/10/14 at 18:12