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FIFA: Gianni Infantino gets support from UNCAF, the seven Central American federations of CONCACAF

"The Executive Committee of UNCAF, which comprises the presidents of its seven member associations, has decided to support the candidacy and the programme for the FIFA presidency of Gianni Infantino, at its meeting held in Panama on of 25/01/2016," announced the Unión Centroamericana de Futbol…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 60891
• Published on 26/01/16 at 18:20
Cycling: Swiss watchmaker Tissot becomes the official timekeeper of the Tour de France until 2020

Tissot, the Swiss watchmaker, has become the official timekeeper of the Tour de France and all the cycling races organised by ASO (Amaury Sport Organisation), until 2020, announced the brand of the Swatch group on 25/01/2016. Tissot, which had already been a partner of the Tour de France between…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Agencies, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 60939
• Published on 26/01/16 at 17:25
©  Sky Deutschland
Germany: the competition authority to end the Sky monopoly on broadcasting the Bundesliga

The Bundeskartellamt (German federal office of competition, the anti-monopoly authority) supports the introduction, into the bidding for the 2017-2021 domestic TV rights for German professional football, of a rule prohibiting a single broadcaster from acquiring all the broadcasting rights to the…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 60920
• Published on 26/01/16 at 16:45
©  FIFA
FIFA: the five eligible presidential candidates officially presented to the 209 federations

"The Ad-hoc Electoral Committee has formally admitted and declared the candidates eligible for the election of the office of FIFA president at the Extraordinary FIFA Congress," announced the international federation in a statement sent to the 209 member associations on 26/01/2016. 26/01/2016, one…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 60917
• Published on 26/01/16 at 16:05
Nigeria: Shell installs a floodlit football pitch powered by renewable energy

Shell, the British and Dutch oil company, has installed a football pitch with lighting that runs on renewable energy at the Federal College of Education in Lagos (Nigeria), announced Shell on 10/12/2015. The technology, which was developed by Pavegen Systems (a renewable technology company…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Stadiums
• Article # 60854
• Published on 26/01/16 at 15:24
©  AFC
FIFA: Sheikh Salman does not rule out an agreement to make Gianni Infantino secretary general

"My relations with Europe are very close. If they want to sit and find a solution then why not? We cannot say no to anything. We will support whatever is good for the organisation. I have worked with Gianni for the past few years. So far there's no agreement and no deal but let's see what happens…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 60877
• Published on 26/01/16 at 14:39
©  D.R.
Athletics: adidas to terminate its contract with the IAAF

The German sports equipment brand adidas is expected to terminate its contract with the IAAF, after the publication of a report by WADA (World Anti Doping Agency) in November 2015, claiming that "corruption was embedded" in Russian athletics, revealed the BBC's website on 25/01/2016. Lamine Diack…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Sporting Goods & Brands, Authorities, Legal
• Article # 60853
• Published on 26/01/16 at 12:05
©  D.R.
Ligue 1: ex-presidents of PSG and Marseille, head of French Tennis Federation shortlisted for CEO

Christophe Bouchet, former president of Olympique de Marseille; Robin Leproux, former president of Paris Saint-Germain; Jean-Michel Roussier, also a former president of Olympique de Marseille and an independent member of the board of the LFP; and Gilbert Ysern, CEO of the French Tennis Federation…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 60855
• Published on 26/01/16 at 11:20
©  FIFA TMS
FIFA TMS: record expenditure ($4.18bn) and number (13,558) of international transfers in 2015

13,558 international transfers were recorded by FIFA TMS in 2015, up 3.1% compared to 2014 (13,090), announced the subsidiary of FIFA in the 2016 edition of its Global Transfer Market report, published on 21/01/2016. Player transfers from one national association to another generated $4.18bn…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 60875
• Published on 26/01/16 at 10:44
©  LaLiga
Spain: LaLiga moves back the closing date of the winter transfer window from 29/01 to 01/02/2016

The closing date of the 2016 Spanish winter transfer window has been moved back from 29/01 to 01/02/2016, announced LaLiga on 25/01/2016. "(This change will) thus coincide with the time limit set in most European professional leagues," said the Spanish League.The 2016 winter transfer window opened…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Transfer Market
• Article # 60874
• Published on 26/01/16 at 10:00