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La Liga: Villareal took 10 supporters with the team for the match against Real Madrid

Villareal CF (Liga BBVA) invited 10 of its season ticket holders to travel with the team to Madrid (ESP), stay at the same hotel as the team, and attend the Real Madrid CF - Villareal CF match (1-1, Matchday 25 of La Liga) at the Santiago Bernabeu (85,000 seats) on 01/03/2015.This club initiative…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Social Responsibility, Stadiums, …
• Article # 35604
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MP & Silva: Sherman Tan now head of strategic partnership and business development in Asia

Sherman Tan is now the head of strategic partnership and business development in Asia for the marketing and media rights agency MP & Silva, announced the company on 27/02/2015. His first day of office was 02/03/2015. This is a new role in the organisational chart of MP & Silva, established to…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, …
• Article # 35593
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MLS: insurance company Mapfre obtains naming rights to the stadium of Columbus Crew SC

The Spanish insurance company Mapfre acquired the naming of the stadium of Columbus Crew SC (MLS, USA-CAN) announces the club on 03/03/2015. The 20,000 seat stadium will now be called Mapfre Stadium. The franchise, based in Ohio, announced that the agreement of "several million dollars" is the…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Stadiums
• Article # 35591
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Spain: 2015-2018 European Cups rights acquired by pay-TV companies Mediapro and beIN Media Group

The Qatari pay-TV organisation beIN Media Group and the Spanish television group Mediapro, which owns the pay-TV channel Gol T, have acquired the 2015-2018 audiovisual rights to the Europa League in Spain, indicated documentation from UEFA, which organises the competition, and which was updated on…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 35549
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Brazil: Santos FC partners with Air France, which will show their WebTV programmes on its flights

Santos FC (Brazilian Serie A) has partnered with the airline Air France, which will broadcast the club's WebTV programmes on its flights, announced the former club of Pelé and Neymar on 25/02/2015. A 30-minute programme, produced by Santos TV, will be available on all long-haul flights operated by…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 35573
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Twitter: three of the richest clubs do not appear in the Top 10 of the most followed clubs

Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1), FC Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) and Juventus (Serie A TIM) are the three clubs in the Top 10 of the Deloitte Football Money League, which ranks clubs by their business turnover, that are not in the Top 10 of the most followed clubs on the social network Twitter…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Digital, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 35535
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World Cup: Michael van Praag, a candidate for the presidency of FIFA, would expand to 40 teams

Changing the format of the World Cup from 32 participating nations to 40 from the 2026 edition is one of the proposals presented by Michael van Praag, the president of the KNVB (the Royal Football Association of the Netherlands) and a candidate in the FIFA presidency, in Amsterdam (NED) on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 35525
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Ligue 1: "If RC Lens are sold, it will be for a symbolic one euro" (Gervais Martel)

"If the club is sold, it will be for a symbolic one euro. It must be understood that we are on the precipice (of disaster) and we must get out," said Gervais Martel, president of RC Lens (Ligue 1), referring to the Azerbaijani businessman Hafiz Mammadov, the majority shareholder of RC Lens, on…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Stadiums, Authorities, …
• Article # 35500
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La Liga: Ooredoo becomes the regional partner of Real Madrid in Algeria until June 2017

The Qatari mobile operator Ooredoo has become the regional partner of Real Madrid CF (Liga BBVA) in Algeria until June 2017, the company announced on 27/02/2015. The partnership will take the form of "a number of initiatives for Algerian youth talent," said the operator. As part of the deal…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 35483
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