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Super League: "We have not been involved in any discussions for this project" (Amazon)

"We have not been involved in any discussions for this proposed Super League. We are proud to offer our Prime members the football which matters most to them and to present the action in the most innovative ways, including UEFA Champions League football in Germany and Italy and the Premier League…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 215242
• Published on 21/04/21 at 10:59

Tennis / Wimbledon: a profit of £4.6m in 2020 for AELTC thanks to pandemic insurance of £174m

The All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), organiser of the Wimbledon grand slam tournament, posted a turnover of £3.81m as of 31/07/2020 (€4.2m, compared to £292m in 2019) in its annual accounts published on 17/04/2021. While the Wimbledon Tournament 2020, initially scheduled from 29/06 to…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 215121
• Published on 21/04/21 at 10:29

European Super League: the six English clubs withdraw from the project

Arsenal FC, Chelsea FC, Liverpool FC, Manchester City FC, Manchester United FC, and Tottenham Hotspur FC, the six English clubs among the 12 big European clubs which had launched a European Super League project to be "governed by its founding clubs" on 18/04/2021, announced their withdrawal from…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 215227
• Published on 21/04/21 at 09:54

Super League: UK broadcasters Sky and BT have reservations about the breakaway project

"Over the last 24 hours, Sky Sports has passionately articulated the views of football fans on the importance of preserving and sustaining the whole football pyramid. We are completely focused on supporting our long-term football partners in the UK and Europe, already providing fans the best live…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Authorities
• Article # 215185
• Published on 21/04/21 at 09:30

Super League: the 12 founding clubs account for 62.5% of the 2011-2020 Champions League semi-finals

25 of the 40 places (62.5%) in the semi-finals of the last 10 Champions Leagues (2010-11 to 2019-20) were occupied by one of the 12 big clubs which have announced their desire to create a European Super League on 18/04/2020. Over this same cycle, they also represent: • 45% of the Round of 16…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 215164
• Published on 20/04/21 at 17:19

European Top 5: Manchester City has the highest value playing squad (€1.29bn) in 2020-21 (CIES)

Manchester City FC (Premier League) is the club with the highest valuation of the playing squad of the Top 5 leagues in 2020-21, at €1.299bn, according to the CIES Football Observatory in its weekly letter published on 19/04/2021, which presents the ranking of the 98 clubs of the five major…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Transfer Market
• Article # 215158
• Published on 20/04/21 at 16:30

Super League: JP Morgan Chase, US financier of the project, already invested in tennis and the NBA

JP Morgan, a subsidiary of JP Morgan Chase & Co., an American holding company specializing in financial services, has invested in the Super League project, a spokesman for the American investment bank confirmed to Agence France Presse on 19/04/2021. The amount of the agreement would be between…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities
• Article # 215088
• Published on 20/04/21 at 15:40

Super League: Andrea Agnelli, vice-chairman of "The Super League", resigns from ECA and UEFA

Andrea Agnelli, chairman of Juventus FC (Serie A TIM), resigned from his role as chairman of the ECA and also from his duties as member of the UEFA Executive Committee, to become vice-chairman of "The Super League", a company created to organise a new European competition, as announced by 12 major…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Finance, …
• Article # 215093
• Published on 20/04/21 at 14:39

2020-21 Copa del Rey Final: Athletic Club - FC Barcelona (0-4) draws 6 million viewers on Telecinco

Athletic Club Bilbao - FC Barcelona (LaLiga Santander), 0-4), the final of the 2020-21 Copa del Rey, drew an average of 6 million viewers on the Spanish private, free-TV channel Telecinco (Mediaset España group), on Saturday 17/04/2021 (kick-off at 21:30 CET). This figure represented an…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 215160
• Published on 20/04/21 at 13:59

2020-21 Bundesliga: a cumulative audience of 2.8 million viewers for Matchday 29 on Sky Deutschland

Seven of the nine games of Matchday 29 of the 2020-21 Bundesliga, played from 16 to 18/04/2021, posted a cumulative audience of 2.849 million viewers on the channels of the pay-TV operator Sky Deutschland, according to data from the German audience measurement institutes AGF and GfK. The…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Media Audiences
• Article # 215156
• Published on 20/04/21 at 13:20