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France: Domino's Pizza acquires the title naming rights of Ligue 2 for the 2016-2020 period

Domino's Pizza France, the franchised store network of fast food and take-away food, has acquired the naming rights of the French second division Ligue 2 championship for the 2016-2020 period, announced the French LFP, on 14/04/2016. News Tank Football revealed the existence of very advanced…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 67060
• Published on 15/04/16 at 10:30
Turkish Airlines continues its entry into football sponsorship

As Turkish Airlines continues to build its football sponsorship portfolio, the company activated its partnership for Euro 2016 with a plane painted in the colours of the tournament. Turkish Airlines also revealed a series a match ticket giveaways and other games in connection with its sponsorship…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Merchandising - Licensing
• Article # 67040
• Published on 14/04/16 at 18:15
Australia: SBS acquires the broadcasting rights of the 2016 Copa America Centenario

The Australian public broadcaster SBS has acquired the exclusive broadcasting rights, for free-TV in Australia, of the Copa America Centenario 2016, on 11/04/2016. The channel announced all eight knockout rounds (from the quarter-finals forward) in HD on SBS. SBS also holds exclusive broadcasting…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions
• Article # 67022
• Published on 14/04/16 at 17:20
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Ligue 1: Margarita Louis-Dreyfus officially announces Olympique de Marseille are for sale

"I understand the frustration of seeing the OM unable to be competitive at this level and I have taken the decision to hand over the club to the best possible investor for the long term," announced Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, the majority shareholder of Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1), on the club's…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 67017
• Published on 14/04/16 at 16:24
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Bundesliga: AB InBev (beer group) extends as a top sponsor of Werder Bremen until 2020-21

The Belgian beer conglomerate Anheuser-Busch InBev has extended, for five seasons, as a top sponsor of SV Werder Bremen (Bundesliga), on 13/04/2016. The current contract, which expires at the end of the 2015-16 season, is now extended to the end of the 2020-21 fiscal year. The annual amount is…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 66981
• Published on 14/04/16 at 15:20
Euro 2016: Turkish Airlines activates its partnership with Airbus specially for the tournament

Turkish Airlines activated its partnership as the official airline of the Euro 2016, presenting an Airbus A330-300 in the colours of the tournament, UEFA announced on 13/04/2016. Turkish Airlines will also proceed with the development of games for its travelers to win match tickets, and offer…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication
• Article # 66983
• Published on 14/04/16 at 14:20
Champions League: 10.31 million Germans watch Benfica - Bayern on ZDF (32.8% audience share)

SL Benfica - FC Bayern Munich (2-2), the second leg quarter-final match of the 2015-16 Champions League (Bayern advanced 3-2 on aggregate) drew 10,310,000 viewers on average on the German public channel ZDF, on Wednesday, 13/04/2016 (kick-off at 20:45 CET). This figure represented an audience…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences
• Article # 66993
• Published on 14/04/16 at 13:15
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UK: BBC and BT Sport extend their broadcast rights to the FA Cup until 2021

The public broadcaster BBC and the pay-TV channel BT Sport have extended, for three seasons, their broadcasting rights, in the United Kingdom, to the Emirates FA Cup, on 12/04/2016. The current agreement began in 2014-15 and was scheduled to end after the 2017-18 season. The extension is valued at…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 66916
• Published on 14/04/16 at 12:25
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Kosovo: the admission of the federation to UEFA and FIFA on the agenda of the May Congresses

"Application for the affiliation of the Football Federation of Kosova to UEFA," is on the agenda of the 40th Ordinary UEFA Congress to be held in Budapest (HUN), on 03/05/2016. "Admission of the Football Federation of Kosova" is Item 15 of the agenda of the 66th FIFA Congress which will take place…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 66898
• Published on 14/04/16 at 11:25
Premier League: Aston Villa, assured of relegation, will reduce its administrative staff by 10-20%

"Aston Villa Football Club can confirm it has updated all staff on the proposed changes to the club structure in order to put it back on a firm footing. These changes will result in a headcount reduction but every effort will be made through a voluntary scheme, to mitigate as much as is possible…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 66886
• Published on 14/04/16 at 10:29