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Man City offer fans the opportunity to win a club shirt via a "Which MCFC player are you?" quiz

Manchester City FC (Premier League) are offering fans the chance to win a club shirt via a quiz entitled "Which MCFC player are you?", announced the club on 16/02/2016.Participants must visit the site "www.mcfc.co.uk" to complete the quiz, which includes six questions. The answers will be…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Agencies, Ticketing, Merchandising - Licensing
• Article # 63042
• Published on 23/02/16 at 10:20
©  DC
France: four candidates were interviewed for the position of CEO of the LFP on 17/02/2016

Four candidates to be the next CEO of the LFP were interviewed on 17/02/2016 at the headquarters of the headhunter firm Spencer Stuart in Paris (FRA), sources confirmed to News Tank Football on 19/02/2016. These four candidates were Christophe Bouchet, former president of Olympique de Marseille…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 62896
• Published on 23/02/16 at 09:25
©  UEFA
Michel Platini, candidate for FIFA president on 29/07/2015, announced his withdrawal on 08/01/2016

Michel Platini, UEFA president, announced his candidacy for the presidency of FIFA on 29/07/2015, ahead of the elections scheduled on 26/02/2016. But the Frenchman, provisionally suspended on 08/10/2015, was formally suspended for eight years from any activity in football by the adjudicatory…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63001
• Published on 23/02/16 at 08:34
Programmes, statements and the support of the five FIFA presidential candidates

"The Ad-hoc Electoral Committee officially declared five candidates eligible for election as FIFA president at the Extraordinary Congress of FIFA," stated the international federation, with 209 member federations, on 26/01/2016. On 26/01/2016, one month to the day before the Electoral Congress on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63003
• Published on 23/02/16 at 08:25
FIFA: two-thirds of voters necessary in the first round, simple majority of votes in the second

"For the election of the President, two-thirds of the votes of the Members present and eligible to vote are necessary in the first ballot. In the second and any other requisite ballot, a simple majority (more than 50%) of the valid votes cast is sufficient," states Article 27, Paragraph 3 of the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63005
• Published on 23/02/16 at 08:20
Election of the ninth president of FIFA, the successor to Joseph Blatter on 26/02/2016

Ali Bin Al Hussein, Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, Jérôme Champagne, Gianni Infantino and Tokyo Sexwale, these are the five candidates seeking to replace Joseph Blatter for the presidency of FIFA, during the Extraordinary Electoral Congress held in Zurich (SUI) on Friday 26/02/2016. The winner…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63007
• Published on 23/02/16 at 08:10
Joseph Blatter, the eighth FIFA president (elected on 08/06/1998, suspended on 08/10/2015)

The FIFA presidential elections in Zurich (SUI), on 26/02/2016, are the first vote which will not feature Joseph Blatter as a candidate since 1998. Born on 10/03/1936, the Swiss was re-elected as FIFA president for four years (2015-2019), following the withdrawal of Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63002
• Published on 23/02/16 at 08:05
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FIFA: decisive hours for the reforms, subject to a vote of the Extraordinary Congress on 26/02/2016

The replacement of the FIFA Executive Committee by a FIFA Council of 37 members, including a president elected by the Congress and 36 members designated by the confederations, and the separation between the political and business management functions of FIFA, with strategy defined by the president…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 62940
• Published on 22/02/16 at 18:10
Premier League: Arsenal goals and matches are the most shared items on Twitter

The goal scored by Danny Welbeck for Arsenal FC (Premier League) against Leicester City FC (2-1, Matchday 26 on 10/02/2016), was the subject of more than 51,000 tweets in the moments following the goal. It is the most shared goal on the social network Twitter for the 2015-16 Premier League season…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Digital
• Article # 63008
• Published on 22/02/16 at 17:30
©  D.R.
Liga BBVA: Chinese company ZTE becomes the smartphone partner of Sevilla FC in 2015-16

The Chinese company ZTE has become the official smartphone partner of Sevilla FC (Liga BBVA) in 2015-16, the club announced on 22/02/2016. ZTE and Sevilla FC will organise events to connect with fans until June 2016. The Chinese company will benefit from the marketing rights of the club as well as…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 62981
• Published on 22/02/16 at 15:55