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©  Leeds United
Sky Bet Championship: Leeds United buy Elland Road stadium, 13 years after selling it

Greenfield Investment Pte Ltd, a company of the Aser Group and the parent company of Leeds United Football Club Limited, has completed the purchase of Elland Road (37,890 capacity), the stadium of Leeds United FC (Sky Bet Championship), on 28/06/2017. The club have been stationed at this stadium…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Merchandising - Licensing, Stadiums
• Article # 97469
• Published on 10/07/17 at 18:50
©  Macron
Serie A TIM: Italian sports equipment brand Macron becomes kit supplier of SPAL 2013 until 2020-21

The Italian sports equipment brand Macron has become the kit supplier of SPAL 2013, promoted to the Serie A TIM for 2017-18, for four seasons (2017-2021), on 04/07/2017. Macron will benefit from the status of official club sponsor, in the first level of the sponsorship hierarchy of SPAL. Macron…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Sporting Goods & Brands, …
• Article # 97538
• Published on 10/07/17 at 18:30
©  sky
Sky Italia: redesign of "NowTV Sport" offers in Italy, "Now TV Calcio" stops its offers

Sky Italia has redesinged its "NowTV Sport" offer with a less expensive one-day subscription (€6.99) and a one week subscription (€10.99), on 03/07/2017. The monthly offer remains at the same price of €29.99. The "Now TV Calcio" offer will no longer exist, as the broadcast of Serie A TIM and Serie…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 97476
• Published on 10/07/17 at 18:19
©  Premier League
Twitter: 27 British clubs in the Top 100 clubs with the most followers (July 2017)

With 27 clubs represented, including 9 from the Sky Bet Championship, England (plus Welsh club Swansea City AFC) is the country most represented in the Top 100 list of most followed clubs on Twitter, according to data compiled by News Tank Football on 05/07/2017. Spain is 2nd with 18 clubs…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Authorities, Digital, …
• Article # 97570
• Published on 10/07/17 at 17:39
©  beIN Sports
Turkey: beIN Sports France acquires broadcast rights to the Süper Lig from 2017-18

beIN Sports France has acquired the broadcast rights, valid in France, to the Süper Lig, from the 2017-18 season, announced the pay-TV group on 05/07/2017. The agreement, in which the duration has not been specified, will broadcast up to "four games per matchday" of the Turkish first division…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies
• Article # 97479
• Published on 10/07/17 at 15:14
©  URBSFA
Belgium: Gérard Linard, 74 years old, elected to the presidency of the Federation (URBSFA)

"Gérard Linard was elected president of the URBSFA on Saturday, 24/06/2017. During the vote, Gérard Linard won with a clear majority (14-8) against the other candidate for the presidency, Gilbert Timmermans. His (Linard) two-year term takes effect immediately," said the governing body of Belgian…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 97604
• Published on 10/07/17 at 14:19
©  Lagardère SE
F1: Formula One Group entrusts Lagardère Sports with its search for strategic partners in China

The sports marketing agency Lagardère Sports has signed a partnership with Formula One Group, the American holding company of Formula 1, on 06/07/2017. Lagardère Sports will be responsible for the search and signing of "strategic partnerships in China" for the Formula One Group, starting from…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 97573
• Published on 10/07/17 at 12:54
©  FIR
Rugby: Macron (sports equipment) succeeds adidas as kit supplier to the Italian Federation (2017-25)

The Italian sports equipment brand Macron has become the kit supplier to the Federazione Italiana Rugby until 2024-25, for eight seasons, on 03/06/2017. The contract will cover all the Italian national teams, men's and women's, rugby union, the 7s, and beach rugby.Macron will provide both sporting…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Sporting Goods & Brands, Authorities, …
• Article # 97477
• Published on 10/07/17 at 12:00
©  Evertonfc.com
Everton FC: credit line of £60m over 3 years with London subsidiary of Chinese bank ICBC

"Everton FC (Premier League) has signed a landmark finance deal with a Chinese bank. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC, via its London subsidiary) has agreed to give the club a £60m (about €67.8m on 07/07/2017) three-year credit facility," reported the the regional daily Liverpool Echo…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Authorities, Finance, …
• Article # 97583
• Published on 10/07/17 at 10:25
©  Sky
Germany: Sky Deutschland launches free sports website "skysport.de" on occasion of Wimbledon 2017

Sky Deutschland has launched the sports website skysport.de, "free and mostly funded by advertising," the pay-TV group announced on 03/07/2017. This launch took place on the occasion of the beginning of the Wimbledon 2017 Grand Slam tennis tournament (from 03 to 16/07/2017), broadcast on the pay…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Finance, …
• Article # 97574
• Published on 10/07/17 at 09:29