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2018-19 Nations League: draw for the semi-finals, Portugal - Switzerland, the Netherlands - England

Portugal - Switzerland and the Netherlands - England, will be the two semi-finals of the first Nations League, following the draw made by UEFA in Dublin (IRL) on 03/12/2018. These four teams were the winners of the four groups of League A of the 2018-19 Nations League. The final phase of the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 134837
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World Leagues Forum: Christian Seifert (GER) elected chairman, succeeds Richard Scudamore (ENG)

Christian Seifert (GER), CEO of the DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga), has been elected chairman of the World Leagues Forum (WFL) at the organization's annual meeting, which brought together 38 professional football leagues around the world in Mexico City (MEX) on 30/11/2018. Seifert succeeds…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 134809
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UEFA: video assistant referees to be used from the knockout stages of the 2018-19 Champions League

The UEFA Executive Committee has decided to introduce VAR (video assistant referees) from the knockout stages of the 2018-19 Champions League (from 12/02 to 13/03/2019), after its meeting in Dublin (Ireland), "following successful technological testing and the training of referees over the last…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs
• Article # 134810
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DFL: a strategic agreement with IMG Reliance "to develop football and the Bundesliga" in India

The Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH has entered a "long-term" strategic agreement with IMG Reliance (IMGR), a joint-venture between the US sports and events management company IMG and Reliance Industries, an Indian holding company, with an aim "to develop and promote football and the Bundesliga in…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 134797
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NFL: TV audiences, down previous two years in the US, increases by 5% in 2018 (after 12 weeks)

The NFL's 2018 regular season games, after 12 weeks of competition, have an average audience of 15.8 million viewers per game in the US, according to the media outlet ESPN on 28/11/2018. In 2017, the games of the regular season, across all 17 weeks of competition, had an average audience of…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Authorities
• Article # 134730
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G20: "Football can bring us together and make the world more prosperous and peaceful" (G. Infantino)

"Football can bring us together and make the world a more prosperous, educated, equal and, perhaps even, peaceful place. These are also the priorities of world leaders, and FIFA is honoured to be a credible and reliable partner for them," said Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA at the G20 Summit…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 134779
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"Licensing and merchandising has unlimited growth potential" (B. Schwobthaler, Licensing for Growth)

"Unlike stadium capacity, licensing and merchandising (L&M) has unlimited potential growth, and particularly in international markets. This is where you have a lot of fans who are not able to go to the stadium, but who will still buy products if products were available to them. Or if products were…
Domain(s): Clubs, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 134290
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Eleven Sports: launch of "Watch Together" allowing simultaneous group viewings of matches remotely

The UK audio-visual group Eleven Sports are to launch "Watch Together" a new feature that allows fans to watch live matches with their friends and family, remotely and simultaneously, according to the group on 29/11/2018. "Eleven Sports subscribers will be able to create a 'room' and invite…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences, Digital, …
• Article # 134712
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Ligue 1 Conforama: Partedis (building products) shirt sponsor of Girondins de Bordeaux for 3 matches

Partedis, a French company specialised in the distribution of building products, has become the main shirt sponsor of FC Girondins de Bordeaux (Ligue 1 Conforama) for three games during the 2018-19 season, according to the Bordeaux club on 30/11/2018. Partedis is one of the "privileged…
Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 134776
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UEFA: new club competition approved by the Executive Committee for the 2021-2024 cycle

"The UEFA Executive Committee has approved the creation of a third UEFA club competition for the 2021-2024 competition cycle at its meeting in Dublin (IRL)," said the governing body on 02/12/2018. "More clubs from more associations will play European football from 2021. The new competition…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Legal, …
• Article # 134714
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