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©  AFA

Argentina: Claudio Tapia, 49 years old, elected president of the Federation for 2017-2020

Claudio Tapia, 49 years old, has been elected president of the Argentine Football Association, announced the AFA on 29/03/2017. The president Barracas Central, a club in the Argentine third division, Tapia was the only candidate and received 40 votes out of 43 cast (3 abstentions), or 93% of the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 90477
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©  D.R.

LaLiga Santander: SD Eibar to donate matchday receipts from Las Palmas game to aid Peru

SD Eibar (LaLiga Santander), in collaboration with the NGO Eibarresa Egoaizia, will donate all of its ticketing revenue from the SD Eibar - UD Las Palmas game (Matchday 30 of LaLiga Santander, on Thursday, 06/04/2016, kick-off at 19:30 CET) to support aid for the victims of torrential rainfall on…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Finance, Social Responsibility
• Article # 90641
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©  Bistro Régent

Ligue 1: Bistro Regent (restaurants) becomes shirt sponsor of Bordeaux for away games until 2018-19

The chain of restaurants Bistro Regent has becomes a "main partner" and the primary shirt sponsor for away games, and back of the shirt sponsor for home games of FC Girondins de Bordeaux (Ligue 1), announced Marc Vanhove, the founder of the French company, on 31/01/2017. The contract runs until…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 90485
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©  D.R.

England: FA posts a turnover of £370m in 2015-16, an increase of 16.2%

The FA (English Football Association) posted a turnover of £369.675m (€438m on 31/07/2016) during the 2015-16 fiscal year (from 01/08/2015 to 31/07/2016), announces the federation at the presentation of its annual results on 16/02/2017. This represents an increase of £51.514m (€61m), or 16.2%…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 90394
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©  FIFA

Video assistant referee: Australia will be the first to use video in league games, as of 07/04/2017

The Hyundai A-League will become the first professional football league to use video assistant referees, announced the Football Association of Australia on 03/04/2017. The first game in Australia with an active video assistant referee will be Melbourne City FC - Adelaide United, the first game of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Stadiums
• Article # 90632
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©  D.R.

Bundesliga: 1. FC Köln "first club in the world" to join the social network Musical.ly

"1. FC Köln (Bundesliga) has created its official account on the social network Musical.ly, This is the first football club in the world to join this music platform," said the German club on 23/03/2017. In addition to the players and club members, fans can also "feed" the club account (see below)…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 90376
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©  SV Darmstadt 98

Bundesliga: Software AG, Merck, and Entega extend with SV Darmstadt 98 through 2019-20

The German software and IT solutions company Software AG will continue as a major sponsor and main shirt sponsor of SV Darmstadt 98 (Bundesliga) for two seasons, until 2019-20. Software AG, which had previously extended with SV Darmstadt 98 for three additional seasons on 18/03/2015, pays an…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Social Responsibility, …
• Article # 90458
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©  Sky

Bundesliga: nine games of Matchday 24 draw 3.5 million Sky Deutschland subscribers

The nine games of Matchday 24 of the 2016-17 Bundesliga, played from 10 to 12/03/2017, collect a cumulative total of 3.59 million subscribers on average in Germany on the pay-TV Sky Bundesliga channels, according to data from the German institutes of audience measurement AGF and GfK. The best…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 90601
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©  Juventus

Serie A TIM: launching of the "Juventus Pass", a video on demand platform for international market

Juventus (Serie A TIM) have launched the "Juventus Pass", a video on demand platform for the club's fans outside of Italy, announced the Turin club on 30/03/2017. The platform is available via subscription, monthly or yearly, from €3.99 per month (see below), on all mobile platforms via Android…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital
• Article # 90598
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©  D.R.

FIFA: results of 22-month internal investigation forwarded to Swiss and US authorities

"FIFA announced today that it has completed the internal investigation it began in June 2015 after the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) announced investigations into allegations of criminal misconduct, bribery and corruption in…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 90490
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