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21st Century Fox: Comcast not to pursue acquisition in order to focus on offer for Sky

"Comcast does not intend to pursue further the acquisition of the Twenty-First Century Fox assets and, instead, will focus on our recommended offer for Sky," said the US media conglomerate and cable operator, on 19/07/2018. Comcast is competing with 21st Century Fox, a film and media production…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 125440
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©  FIFA

2018 World Cup in Russia: 7.7 million visitors to the FIFA Fan Fests, 2.5 million more than in 2014

FIFA can confirm that the Russian edition of the FIFA Fan Fest welcomed 7.7 million visitors, this compares to 5.2 million fans at the 2014 edition," announced FIFA on 19/07/2018. "Every matchday tens of thousands of Russian and international football fans opted for the FIFA Fan Fest locations…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 125428
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©  TAS-CAS

AC Milan: Court of Arbitration for Sport overturns the club's exclusion from 2018-19 Europa League

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has partially overturned the ruling of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) against AC Milan (Serie A), and decided to reinstate the Italian club in the 2018-19 Europa League, on 20/07/2018. AC Milan qualified directly for the group stage competition…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 125441
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©  LFC

Liverpool FC: club launches 2018-19 third kit via the video game PES 2019 (Konami), "a world-first"

Liverpool FC (Premier League) and the club's American equipment supplier New Balance, in "a world-first", have launched their 2018-19 third kit via "an exclusive preview" for the PES 2019 video game (to be released in August 2018) from the Japanese video game publisher and global partner the club…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Sporting Goods & Brands, Merchandising - Licensing, Sponsors - Partners, …
• Article # 125425
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©  Sky Sports

Deal Tracker: all the latest media rights agreements for football competitions since 01/01/2018

This info-graphic details the main acquisitions of audiovisual and broadcasting rights to football competitions, concluded by broadcasters, rights holders and/or agencies since 01/01/2018. By default, the rights acquisitions are sorted in reverse chronological order (newest first), and only…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 125424
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©  D.R.

AS Monaco: Konami becomes an official partner of the club for the release of PES 19, on 30/08/2018

Konami, a Japanese video games publisher, has become an official partner of AS Monaco FC (Ligue 1 Conforama), according to the club on 19/07/2018. The partnership is part of the upcoming release of the PES 19 football video game on 30/08/2018. Konami has the status of official partner of AS…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, esport - gaming
• Article # 125409
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©  SD Huesca

SD Huesca: 2018-19 season ticket prices stay the same price for 2017-18 season ticket holders

SD Huesca (promoted to LaLiga Santander) has launched its 2018-19 season ticket campaign to attend the 19 Spanish league games at the El Alcoraz Stadium (5,346 capacity) at rates ranging from €55 to €245 for season ticket holders 2017-18, on 13/07/2018. These rates are similar to those for…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 125405
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©  D.R.

Russia 2018: "We invite everyone to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar" (G. Infantino, FIFA)

"Football is all about passion, emotions, love, family and unity - we have experienced this fully in Russia and now we’re handing it over to Qatar. I am sure that in four years we will see the same energy, the same positive influence in Qatar as we have seen in Russia. I can certainly say we have…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 125366
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©  OM

Olympique de Marseille: 35,000 season ticket holders 3 days before the 2018-19 ticket campaign ends

Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Conforama) has crossed the 35,000 season ticket holders mark for the 2018-1981 season at the Orange Vélodrome (65,252 capacity), announced the Marseille club on 18/07/2018. Olympique de Marseille, which finished the 2017-18 season with 33,168 season ticket…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums
• Article # 125350
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©  FIFA

2018 World Cup: FIFA satisfied with how VARs "contributed to the resounding success of refereeing"

"FIFA looks back extremely satisfied with how the referees performed at the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia and how the historic implementation of Video Assistant Referees (VARs) contributed to the resounding success of refereeing at the tournament," said the international federation on 18/07/2018…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 125362
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