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Premier League: Star India (Disney) extends its TV rights in the Indian subcontinent until 2025

The pay-TV group Star India has extended its broadcasting rights to the Premier League, in the Indian subcontinent (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives), for the 2022-2025 cycle, announced the group owned by The Walt Disney Company, on 14/03/2022. The 380…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Media
• Article # 245138
• Published on 14/03/22 at 17:00
©  EPL
International transfers: English clubs have the most negative balance (-€4.3bn) since 2017 (CIES)

With a total deficit of €4.35bn (€6.922bn expenditure/€2.572bn income), English clubs have the most negative international transfer balance since July 2017, according to the CIES Football Observatory's "Weekly Post" published on 14/03/2022. Italy is in second place among the Top 10 countries…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Marketing - Communication, Transfer Market
• Article # 245110
• Published on 14/03/22 at 16:20
©  Paris SG
2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats: attendance for Matchday 28 (22,613 spectators on average per game)

Matchday 28 of the 2021-22 Ligue 1 Uber Eats season drew an average of 22,613 spectators per game from Friday 11 to Sunday 13/03/2022. The average fill rate was 77.2%. Paris Saint-Germain - FC Girondins de Bordeaux (3-0), on 13/03/2022 (kick-off at 13:00 CET), was the game that posted the best…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Stadiums
• Article # 245099
• Published on 14/03/22 at 15:30
©  TSG 1899 Hoffenheim
TSG Hoffenheim: PreZero Arena to become the Bundesliga's first "zero waste" stadium

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (Bundesliga) and its stadium title sponsor PreZero (waste management) "want to take a decisive step on the path to certified sustainability by turning the PreZero Arena in Sinsheim (GER) into the Bundesliga's first 'zero waste stadium'," announced the club on 09/03/2022. The…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Social Responsibility
• Article # 245082
• Published on 14/03/22 at 14:20
©  Standard de Liège
Belgium: US investment firm 777 Partners (Genoa, Sevilla FC, etc.) to acquire Standard de Liège

"Bruno Venanzi has reached an agreement with the American alternative investment company 777 Partners, which will buy 100% of the shares of Matricule 16 and thus become the new owner of Standard Liege," announced the Jupiler Pro League club on 11/03/2022. The Italian-born Belgian businessman…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Investment - Shareholding, Legal
• Article # 245043
• Published on 14/03/22 at 12:30
©  D.R.
Italy: Lorenzo Casini elected president of the Lega Serie A on 11/03/2022

Lorenzo Casini was elected president of Lega Serie A with 11 votes out of 20 (55%, the minimum required) at the Italian professional football league's fourth elective general assembly held at its headquarters in Milan (ITA) on 11/03/2022. In the ballot, were eight blank votes (40%) and one in…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 245033
• Published on 14/03/22 at 11:40
©  BVB
2021-22 Bundesliga: attendance for Matchday 26 (23,358 spectators on average per game)

Matchday 26 of the 2021-22 Bundesliga season drew an average of 23,358 spectators per match on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13/03/2022. The average fill rate was 58.3%. The FC Augsburg - FSV Mainz 05 match has been postponed due to too many cases of Covid-19 in Mainz 05's squad. A capacity limit of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Stadiums
• Article # 245027
• Published on 14/03/22 at 11:00
©  Chelsea FC
War in Ukraine: Roman Abramovich (Chelsea FC) "disqualified as a director" by the Premier League

"Following the imposition of sanctions by the UK Government, the Premier League board has disqualified Roman Abramovich as a director of Chelsea FC," announced the English league on 12/03/2022. "As part of the UK's leading efforts to isolate (Vladimir) Putin and those around him, seven of…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Investment - Shareholding, Legal
• Article # 245028
• Published on 14/03/22 at 10:20
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Germany: Bernd Neuendorf, 60, elected president of the German Football Association (DFB)

Bernd Neuendorf has been elected president of the German Football Association (DFB) at the body's 44th ordinary assembly in Bonn (North Rhine-Westphalia, GER) on 11/03/2022. The former journalist and politician (Social Democratic Party/SPD, centre-left) obtained 77.2% of the votes cast (193…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 245019
• Published on 14/03/22 at 09:40
©  UEFA
War in Ukraine: "It hurts my heart to punish the athletes" (Aleksander Ceferin, UEFA)

"Sanctions are necessary: this is not political politics, we are facing a humanitarian catastrophe. It hurts my heart to punish the athletes: this is not their war, they did not decide or want it. But we must show unity for peace," declared Aleksander Ceferin (SVN), president of UEFA, to the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Game - pitch, Legal, …
• Article # 244999
• Published on 11/03/22 at 19:05