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©  Paris 2024
Paris 2024: Groupe BPCE becomes the first premium partner of the national partnership program

The French financial giant Groupe BPCE, with its Banque Populaire, Caisse d'Epargne, Banque Palatine and Natixis brands, has become a premium partner of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, announced on 13/09/2018. "This is the first group to join the Paris 2024 National Partnership Program. This…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication
• Article # 128800
• Published on 18/09/18 at 10:30
©  UEFA
UEFA: first matches of the Champions League (18 and 19/09/2018) and Europa League (20/09/2018)

The first matchday of the group stage of the 2018-19 Champions League is scheduled on Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19/09/2018. The first matchday of the group stage of the 2018-19 Europa League will be played on Thursday 20/09/2018. The final of the Champions League will take place at the Wanda…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Ticketing, Clubs, …
• Article # 128829
• Published on 17/09/18 at 18:30
©  D.R.
Serie A TIM: News kiosks in the city of Florence to sell tickets to ACF Fiorentina home matches

Newspaper kiosks in the city of Florence (Italy) in the dense tourism areas of Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Repubblica and Via San Gallo are to sell tickets to ACF Fiorentina (Serie A TIM) home matches at the Stadio Artemio Franchi (43,147 capacity), after an agreement signed with the club on…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Agencies, Ticketing, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 128907
• Published on 17/09/18 at 18:00
©  Premiership Rugby
England: Premiership Rugby refuses a 51% takeover bid (£275m) by the fund CVC Capital Partners

The 12 Gallagher Premiership Rugby clubs have "unanimously" refused the offer of a majority takeover of the league by the investment fund CVC Capital Partners, according to Ian Ritchie, president of Premiership Rugby, who spoke to the British public broadcasting group the BBC on 11/09/2018. CVC…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 128794
• Published on 17/09/18 at 17:30
©  LaLiga
LaLiga: Safaricom (telecom) partners with the league for second youth football tournament in Kenya

Safaricom, a Kenyan mobile network operator, has entered into a partnership with LaLiga, "for the second edition of the 'Chapa Dimba Na Safaricom' youth football tournament," according to Safaricom on 15/09/2018. "The partnership between Safaricom and LaLiga involves a scouting programme that…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 128878
• Published on 17/09/18 at 16:59
©  UEFA
Champions League: €585m to be shared by the 32 clubs based on "ten-year coefficient rankings" (UEFA)

"30% (or €585m, of the estimated total of €1.95bn for the 32 clubs featuring in the group stage of the 2018-19 Champions League), will be distributed on the basis of ten-year performance-based coefficient rankings," explained UEFA, regarding the 2018 UEFA Champions League, of which the first group…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 128870
• Published on 17/09/18 at 16:04
©  D.R.
Ligue 1 Conforama: "We'll be at Girondins de Bordeaux for five or ten years" (J. DaGrosa, GACP)

"We see ourselves as guardians of the club. We'll be at FC Girondins de Bordeaux (Ligue 1 Conforama) for a relatively short period compared to the existence of the club: five or ten years. Our job is to leave the club in a better state than in which we found it. That's our goal and I believe it…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Legal
• Article # 128574
• Published on 17/09/18 at 14:34
©  TAS
TPO: Brussels Court "expressed no objection nor reservation towards sports arbitration" (ICAS)

"The International Council of Arbitration for Sport (ICAS) notes the decision issued by the Brussels Court of Appeal on 29/08/2018 in a procedure involving RFC Seraing (Belgian third division) and Doyen Sports against FIFA, UEFA), URBSFA (the governing body of football in Belgium) and FIFPro,…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 128859
• Published on 17/09/18 at 13:34
©  Rimowa
Tennis: Roger Federer (SUI) becomes an ambassador of the German luggage-maker Rimowa

Roger Federer (SUI) has become an ambassador of the German luggage-maker Rimowa, a subsidiary of the LVMH Group, on 12/09/2018. The Swiss tennis player is part of the brand's new advertising campaign alongside Virgil Abloh (American designer), Yoon Ahn (Japanese jewelry designer), Adwoa Aboah…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Sporting Goods & Brands, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 128845
• Published on 17/09/18 at 12:10
©  D.R.
UEFA: "We are building our own OTT platform to really go beyond the current content" (G-L. Epstein)

"It is not ready yet, but we are building our own OTT platform to really go beyond the current content," said Guy-Laurent Epstein, marketing director at UEFA, to the Spanish news website Palco23, on 14/09/2018. "We do not want to compete with TV channels, but to take advantage of the wide…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 128774
• Published on 17/09/18 at 11:30