Tour de France: Dimension Data (technical partner) to geolocate riders during the race

A "tracking" system to see the live geo-positioning and speed of the riders has been set up for the 2016 Tour de France (from 02 to 24/07/2016) announced the Amaury Sport Organisation, the organiser of the event, on 30/06/2016. The data flow, processed and brought to life by Dimension Data, the…

France: free-TV channel L'Équipe 21 announces a "new record with 1.1% audience share in June 2016"

L'Équipe 21 improved its audience record with a 1.1% audience share in June 2016, announced this DTT channel on 04/07/2016. The previous record (1%) took place in May 2016. The free-TV channel of the L'Équipe media group also posted its audience share record over one week: 1.4% from 13 to…

Serie A: Comet (B2B distribution) becomes a top partner (3^rd level) of Bologna FC for 2016-17

Comet, an Italian company distributing electrical and lighting equipment for professionals, became a top partner of Bologna FC 1909 (Serie A TIM), on 29/06/2016. This is a third-level partnership in the sponsorship hierarchy of the Italian club. Comet, founded in Bologna in 1967, has 100 outlets…

Nike: +5.8% in turnover in 2016 (€29.2bn), -4.6% in "football" revenues (€1.93bn)

Nike achieved a turnover of $32.4bn (€29.16bn) in the 2016 financial year (from 01/06/2015 to 31/05/2016), up 5.8% (+12 % excluding currency effects) compared to 2015 ($30.6bn / €28.15bn), announced the US sports equipment brand on 28/06/2016. The Nike brand accounts for 94.2% of group's revenues…

Nike: financial breakdown (in $bn)

FC Barcelona: a temporary restaurant overlooking the Camp Nou pitch open until 31/07/2016

FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) have opened "The Balcony", a terrace restaurant located within the grounds of the Camp Nou (99,500 seats), overlooking the pitch, on 01/07/2016. "This new space allows people to enjoy a lunch or a dinner with family, friends or couples, in a unique and very close proximity…

Ligue 1: OGC Nice and Macron adorn the statue of Place Masséna with the 2016-17 home kit

OGC Nice (Ligue 1) presented their 2016-17 home and away kits with their new supplier Macron, on 01/07/2016. Several initiatives have been implemented as part of the presentation: • The day before the presentation, OGC Nice released "an appetiser" for fans, on its digital and social platforms…

Euro 2016: "1000 arrests, 600 persons in custody and 56 convictions" (B. Cazeneuve, Interior)

"Since the beginning of the competition, the police have conducted more than 1,000 arrests, resulting in 600 persons being placed into police custody, and 56 convictions. 34 prefectural orders of deportation were made, particularly with regards to the hooligans responsible for the violence in…

Euro 2016: "25,000 Iceland shirts have already been sold" (Enzo Montrucchio, CEO of Errea France)

"The Icelandic Football Federation chose the design of the Iceland kit for Euro 2016 at the end of January 2016. In early February, Errea launched production of 20,000 shirts, all of which have already been sold. After the victory against Austria (2-1, in the group stage, on 22/06/2016) and the…

Manchester United: "Red Devils" to play Galatasaray (TUR) in Sweden, homeland of Z. Ibrahimovic

Manchester United FC (Premier League) will face Galatasaray AS (Spor Toto Süper Lig) in a friendly match at the Ullevi Stadium (43,000 seats), in Gothenburg (Sweden), on 30/07/2016. The match, which is part of the "2016 Tour", the summer tour of the English club, was announced on 30/06/2016, the…