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Baseball: Nike (equipment supplier), Fanatics (licensed products) and MLB partners for 2020-2030

Nike (equipment manufacturer), Fanatics (producer and distributor of licensed sports products) and MLB, the North American professional baseball league, have entered into a 10-year tri-party partnership (2020-2030) on 25/01/2019. No financial details have been disclosed as of 28/01/2019. The…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Sporting Goods & Brands, Authorities, …
• Article # 138621
• Published on 28/01/19 at 15:00

FIFA: "FIFA considering moving its headquarters to Paris," according to French daily Le Monde

"FIFA is considering moving its headquarters to Paris (FRA). 'Informal discussions' have taken place around this 'embryonic' idea between the president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, and Emmanuel Macron (President of the French Republic)," reported the French daily Le Monde on 25/01/2019. "At the…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 138598
• Published on 28/01/19 at 13:14

Football for Schools: FIFA to distribute 11 million footballs to schools around the world

"Through FIFA's new Football for Schools programme, 11 million footballs will be distributed to schools in territories of FIFA's 211 member associations, reaching more than 700 million children, and an online platform will be created to inform teachers on how to incorporate football into…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility
• Article # 138599
• Published on 28/01/19 at 11:55

Domino's Ligue 2: Cristaline (water), official supplier of Paris FC until 2020-21

Cristaline, a French brand of spring water, has become the official water supplier of Paris Football Club (Domino's League 2) until 2020-21, according to the Parisian club on 21/01/2019. Cristaline has the status of official supplier, the third level in the sponsorship hierarchy of the club…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 138582
• Published on 28/01/19 at 11:21

CD Leganés: club to build a multi-sport facility open to the public for €4.2m

Club Deportivo Leganés (LaLiga Santander) has signed an agreement with the municipality of Leganés (a city of approximately 185,000 inhabitants located 11km from Madrid, ESP) to build a multi-sport facility open to the public on land owned by the community on 22/01/2019. The work, costing €4.2m…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Stadiums
• Article # 138541
• Published on 28/01/19 at 10:48

UEFA: Nike "the most widely represented kit supplier, in 47 of the 54 leagues (87%)" in 2018-19

"There are currently 11 kit manufacturers that are the official kit partner of clubs in ten leagues or more across Europe (in 2018-19, see list below). Nike is the most widely represented manufacturer, featuring in 47 of the 54 leagues (87%), followed closely by adidas, who currently feature in…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Sporting Goods & Brands, …
• Article # 138458
• Published on 28/01/19 at 09:45

2018-19 Coupe de France: 1.93 million viewers for Paris Saint-Germain - RC Strasbourg (France 3)

Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Conforama) - RC Strasbourg Alsace (Ligue 1 Conforama) Round of 32 of the 2018-19 Coupe de France (2-0), drew an average of 1.93 million viewers in France on the public TV channel France 3, on Wednesday 23/01/2019 (kick-off at 21:05 CET). This figure represented an…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Clubs, Authorities
• Article # 138459
• Published on 25/01/19 at 17:39

Serie A TIM: Guido Fienga named new CEO of AS Roma on 25/01/2019

AS Roma (Serie A TIM) have announced the appointment of Guido Fienga as their new chief executive officer, on 25/01/2019. "Fienga takes up his new role with immediate effect and will report directly to the club’s president Jim Pallotta and Roma's board of directors," said the Italian…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 138531
• Published on 25/01/19 at 16:55

FC Barcelona: new prediction system for selling seats vacated by season ticket holders

"FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander) will implement a new intelligent ticket sales model, based on the predictive calculation of Seient Lliure (a prediction system for the sale of seats by zones) release, for the last six games of the League season, starting with the game against Rayo Vallecano…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 138519
• Published on 25/01/19 at 15:45

France: LFP disciplinary committee gives Paris Saint-Germain a €100,000 fine for ethnic profiling

"Meeting on 28/11/2018, the disciplinary committee of the LFP has decided to place the file under investigation after a referral from the National Council of Ethics on the use of forms including information of an ethnic nature by Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Conforama). Convened on 22/01/2019, the…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 138297
• Published on 25/01/19 at 15:04