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Marketing: "Don't drink and start a league", Heineken backs UEFA against Super League

Heineken activated its partnership with UEFA and published a tweet accompanied by the hashtag #BetterTogether in order to support the European body against the Super League project, initially carried out by 12 major European clubs on 18/12/2021, announced the Dutch brewer on 21/04/2021. For…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Activation, Authorities, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 215352
• Published on 22/04/21 at 10:54

LFP: Kipsta (Decathlon), ball supplier to Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT for 2022-2027

Kipsta, a brand of sports equipment of the Decathlon group, has become the supplier of the official balls to Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT over five seasons, from 2022-23 and until the end of 2026-27, announced the LFP on 21/04/2021. "Following the consultation launched in March 2021, the…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Sporting Goods & Brands, Authorities, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 215298
• Published on 22/04/21 at 10:09

Super League: "The important thing now is to rebuild unity & move forward together" (A. Ceferin, UEFA)

"The important thing now is to move forward, to rebuild the unity the sport enjoyed before, and move forward together," said Aleksander Ceferin, UEFA president, after a majority of the 12 founding clubs of a European Super League have withdrawn, on 21/04/2021. 12 of the biggest European clubs…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Clubs, Legal
• Article # 215351
• Published on 22/04/21 at 09:24

UEFA: Financial Report 2019-20

Total 2019-20 revenue stands at €3.04bn, a decrease of 21% compared to 2018-19 (€3.86bn), states UEFA in the introduction to its Financial Report 2019-20, published at the end of the 45^th Ordinary Congress, in Montreux (Vaud, SUI), on 20/04/2020. "The lower number of matches in the European…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities
• Article # 215231
• Published on 21/04/21 at 17:10

Mediapro: turnover of €1.115bn in 2020 (-39%), EBITDA of -€215m (+€224m in 2019)

Mediapro posted a turnover of €1.115bn in 2020, down 38.6% compared to 2019 (€1.82bn), announces the Chinese-Spanish audiovisual group on 20/04/2021. The group recorded a negative EBITDA of -€215m in 2020 (+€224m in 2019), while the group's debt was €904m on 31/12/2020, up 24% (€727m on…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Finance, Essentials Media
• Article # 215258
• Published on 21/04/21 at 16:04

Bundesliga: after 30 seasons in the top flight, Schalke 04 will be relegated at the end of 2020-21

After losing 1-0 to DSC Arminia Bielefeld in Matchday 30 of the Bundesliga on 20/04/2021, FC Schalke 04 are officially relegated to the 2.Bundesliga at the end of the 2020-21 season. Results after 30 rounds: 13 points from 2 wins, 7 draws, and 21 defeats. Thus, over the last four matchdays of…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 215260
• Published on 21/04/21 at 15:09

Super League: after the 6 English clubs, Atlético, Inter, AC Milan, Juventus are also backtracking

Club Atlético de Madrid (LaLiga Santander) and FC Inter Milan (Serie A TIM), and then also AC Milan and Juventus, four of the 12 major European clubs which had launched a European Super League project "governed by its founding clubs" on 18/04/2021, announce their withdrawal on 21/04/2021…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 215279
• Published on 21/04/21 at 14:09

Manchester United: executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward to step down at the end of 2021

Ed Woodward, executive vice-president of Manchester United FC (Premier League), will step down at the end of 2021, the English club said on 20/04/2021. He became executive vice-chairman in 2012, after having joined Manchester United in 2005. In question, undoubtedly, is his involvement in the…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Legal, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 215247
• Published on 21/04/21 at 13:19

45^th UEFA Congress: Italian Gabriele Gravina top elected official to Executive Committee (53 votes)

The Italian Gabriele Gravina, FIGC president, has elected to the UEFA Executive Committee with 53 votes (55 National Federations come under the European body), making him the top elected candidate at the UEFA 45^th Congress in Montreux (Vaud, SUI) on 20/04/2021. The other elected officials: …

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 215232
• Published on 21/04/21 at 12:15

Super League: "The goal is to save football" (F. Pérez, Real Madrid / European Super League)

"It is not only the rich who want the Super League, we are creating it to save football because we have reached a critical moment," said Florentino Pérez, president of Real Madrid CF and chairman of "The Super League", the company responsible to theoretically organise a European Super League, on…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Authorities, …
• Article # 215189
• Published on 21/04/21 at 11:30