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FIFA: Prince Ali asks the Court of Arbitration for Sport to postpone the presidential elections

"We are seeking provisional measures before CAS to suspend the coming election on Friday 26/02/2016," announced Francis Szpiner and Renaud Semerdjian, the lawyers of Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, one of the five candidates for the FIFA presidency, on 23/02/2016. This request follows the rejection by…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63086
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©  D.R.

Bundesliga: attendance for Matchday 22 of 2015-16, Bayern - Darmstadt draws 75,000 spectators

Matchday 22 of the 2015-16 Bundesliga season drew an average of 41,938 spectators per match from 19 to 21/02/2016. The average attendance of the German championship is currently 43,102 spectators per match in the 2015-16 season, for a 93% stadium fill rate. The match between FC Bayern Munich - SV…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums
• Article # 63076
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Liga BBVA: attendance for Matchday 25 of 2015-16, Bilbao - Sociedad Basque derby draws 47,785 fans

Matchday 25 of the 2015-16 Liga BBVA season drew an average of 26,144 spectators per match from 19 to 21/02/2016. The average attendance of the championship is currently at 27,982 spectators, for a stadium fill rate of 70%. The Basque derby between Athletic Club Bilbao - Real Sociedad de Fútbol…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums
• Article # 63066
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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