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FC Girondins de Bordeaux: Frédéric Longuépée to be appointed president "within four to eight weeks"

Frédéric Longuépée, CCO of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024 since July 2018, will be appointed as president-delegue of Girondins de Bordeaux (Ligue 1 Conforama) "within four to eight weeks," announced Joseph DaGrosa, co-founder and CEO (with David Neithardt) of the private equity firm…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 132283
• Published on 29/10/18 at 15:44
©  D.R.
FC Internazionale Milano: Steven Zhang (CHN, Suning International), 26, appointed president

Steven Zhang (born on 21/12/1991) has been named as president of FC Internazionale Milano (Serie A TIM), "at the club's annual shareholders' meeting held at Hotel Magna Pars Suites in Milan (ITA) on 26/10/2018," according to the Italian club on 26/10/2018. The young Chinese businessman succeeds…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 132279
• Published on 29/10/18 at 15:00
©  FIFA
FIFA: contributions for the Women's World Cup goes from $15m (Canada 2015) to $50m (France 2019)

"The FIFA Council approved an overall financial contribution of $50m (€43.8m on 26/10/2018) to the 24 teams playing in the FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 - more than tripling the amount paid in the 2015 edition ($15m / €13.4m on 05/07/2015, the day of the final)," announced FIFA at the end of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 132237
• Published on 29/10/18 at 12:29
©  FIGC
FIGC: Gabriele Gravina's first federal council meeting in Rome (ITA), on Tuesday 30/10/2018

"As announced yesterday (25/10/2018) by the new president of the Italian Football Federation Gabriele Gravina (elected on 22/10/2018 with 97.2% of the vote), the federal council will meet at the FIGC headquarters in Rome, on Tuesday 30/10/2018 from 11:00 (CET)," announced the Italian Federation on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 132239
• Published on 29/10/18 at 11:39
©  UEFA
UEFA: €125.44m taken from the proceeds of the 2017-18 European cups for youth programmes

€125.44m of the revenues from the 2017-18 Champions League and Europa League (an amount +0.86% compared to the €124.37m in 2016-17) will be distributed to "European top-division clubs in increased solidarity payments from UEFA this year to develop their youth programmes," indicated UEFA on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 132194
• Published on 29/10/18 at 11:09
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Serie A TIM: AS Roma launches a chatbot on the messaging platform Facebook Messenger

"AS Roma (Serie A TIM) is delighted to announce the launch today of Botistuta, the club's new AI chatbot. The chatbot, named by fans in a recent poll on Twitter in homage to the club's Scudetto-winning striker Gabriel Batistuta, will operate on the Facebook Messenger platform," said the Italian…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 132111
• Published on 29/10/18 at 10:44
©  LCFC
Leicester City FC: "Our Chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was among those to have lost their lives"

"It is with the deepest regret and a collective broken heart that we confirm our Chairman, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha (THA), was among those to have tragically lost their lives on Saturday evening when a helicopter carrying him and four other people crashed outside King Power Stadium. None of the…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Legal, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 132232
• Published on 29/10/18 at 10:10
©  Athletic Bilbao
LaLiga Santander: Athletic Club posts €125.2m in revenue in 2017-18 and a provision of €76m

Athletic Club (LaLiga Santander) posted €125.2m in revenue (excluding gains from player transfers) for the 2017-18 season, an increase of 2.8% over the 2016-17 season (€121.7m), according to the Bilbao club on 21/10/2018. Taking into account gains from player transfers, the Basque club's…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 132191
• Published on 29/10/18 at 09:30
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eSports: Jian Zihao (CHN), Nike's 1st ambassador, joins advertising campaign alongside LeBron James

Jian 'Uzi' Zihao, a Chinese professional eSports player and part of the "Royal Never Give Up" team on the League of Legends video game (published by Riot Games), has become the first eSports ambassador of the American equipment manufacturer Nike, on 17/10/2018. The brand unveiled the…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Digital, Sporting Goods & Brands, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 132112
• Published on 26/10/18 at 18:14
©  Aja
AFC Ajax: shirt sponsor Ziggo extends as a partner of Ajax eSports for the 2018-19 season

Ziggo, a Dutch cable operator, has extended as the main sponsor of AFC Ajax's (Eredivisie) eSports team, Ajax eSports, on 19/10/2018. The extension will be Ziggo's optional additional season, 2018-19. As part of the partnership with Ajax eSports, Ziggo retains its visibility on club shirts…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 132173
• Published on 26/10/18 at 17:44