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Los Angeles 2024: bid committee partners with Snapchat to launch filters featuring the bid logo

The bid committee of the City of Los Angeles (California, USA) to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games has agreed a partnership with Snapchat, the photo and video sharing app based in California, on 25/02/2016. The partnership includes the launch of graphics filters featuring the logo of the US…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital, Authorities
• Article # 63573
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©  DFB.de

DFB: Helmut Sandrock resigns as secretary general of the German federation

Helmut Sandrock has resigned "with immediate effect" as the secretary general of the German Federation, announced the DFB on 26/02/2016. He had held the post since 2012. "My departure will give a newly elected president of the DFB the chance to propose a new secretary general for election at the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63565
• Published on
©  FIFA

FIFA: "Good luck, my friend Gianni, but I am not worried, I know you will succeed" (Joseph Blatter)

"At 18:01 on Friday (26/02/2016), when you were elected, a great weight was lifted from my shoulders. I am no longer president (of FIFA). But I willingly accept the French ideal that, once you have been president, you remain president forever! Voila, good luck, my friend Gianni, but I am not…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63547
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©  D.R.

FIFA: "The AFC looks forward to working with the new president Gianni Infantino" (Sheikh Salman)

"The AFC looks forward to working with the new-look FIFA and its new president Gianni Infantino in order to reform the world football governing body and to reinstate football’s credibility globally," said Sheikh Salman (Bahrain), president of the AFC and unsuccessful candidate for the presidency…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63514
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©  uefa.com

Europa League: TV audiences in the UK, Germany and Italy for the Round of 32

The match between Manchester United FC - FC Midtjylland (5-1), in the Round of 32 of the 2015-16 Europa League (United advanced 6-3 on aggregate) drew an average of 603,000 subscribers in the UK on the pay-TV channel BT Sport 2, on 25/02/2016 (kick-off at 21:05 CET). This figure represents a 2.9…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 63495
• Published on
©  FIFA

FIFA museum opens to the general public, "In this place, only football matters" (Gianni Infantino)

"This is a place in which football is lived and breathed. Here you can inoculate yourself with the football virus, if you don’t already have it. In this place, only football matters!" said Gianni Infantino, the new president of FIFA, at the ceremony marking the opening of the FIFA World Football…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Stadiums, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 63498
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©  D.R.

FIFA: "G. Infantino will restore the credibility of the international federation" (UEFA)

"The UEFA Executive Committee wishes to congratulate Gianni Infantino on winning today's FIFA presidential election and is very much looking forward to working closely with him to promote, protect and develop football around the world," stated UEFA, three hours after the election of Gianni…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63497
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©  ECA

FIFA: "The ECA congratulates Gianni Infantino, but remains opposed to a 40-team World Cup" (ECA)

"The European Club Association congratulates Gianni Infantino on his election as FIFA president. The ECA knows Gianni Infantino well through his previous role as UEFA secretary general and takes the opportunity to thank him once again for his constructive and reform-oriented cooperation in recent…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal
• Article # 63496
• Published on
©  D.R.

FIFA: Gianni Infantino elected president at the Extraordinary Congress in Zurich on 26/02/2016

Gianni Infantino (Italy-Switzerland) was elected FIFA president for three years (2016-2019) at the end of the second round of the voting, during the Extraordinary Electoral Congress of the international federation in Zurich (Switzerland) on 26/02/2016. Gianni Infantino received 115 votes of the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 63448
• Published on
©  asse.fr

Europa League: 1.3 million viewers watch FC Basel-AS Saint-Etienne in France (audience share: 5.3%)

The match between FC Basel - AS Saint-Etienne (2-1) in the Round of 32 of the 2015-16 Europa League (4-4 on aggregate, FC Basel advanced on away goals) drew an average of 1.275 million viewers in France, during the match broadcast on the free DTT channel W9, on Thursday 25/02/2016 (kick-off at…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 63439
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