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OL Groupe: sale of a majority stake (52.91%) in OL Féminin to Michele Kang finalised

The sale of 52.91% of the share capital and voting rights of OL Féminin (D1 Arkema) by OL Groupe to American businesswoman Michele Kang, via her company YMK Holdings, has been finalised, announced the two parties on 08/02/2024. Michele Kang was appointed president of "OLF" on 19/12/2023 and…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Investment - Shareholding, International development, Essentials Clubs
• Article # 314641
• Published on 09/02/24 at 08:40

UEFA: adoption of the financial report 2022-23 & provisional budget for 2024-25

UEFA's financial report 2022-23 was adopted by the UEFA Congress in Paris (FRA) on 08/02/2024. The European Confederation's revenues amount to €4.32bn over the period (+6.6% compared with 2021-22): • Media rights: €3.595bn • Commercial rights: €601.1m • Ticketing and hospitality: €78.9m…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 314640
• Published on 08/02/24 at 17:50

UEFA: "I decided 6 months ago that I'm not planning to run for president in 2027" (A. Ceferin)

"I decided, around six months ago, that I'm not planning to run (for the position of UEFA president) anymore. The reason is that sometimes organsiations need fresh blood, but maybe, because I have been away from my family for seven years now, and I will be away from them for three more until…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Governance, Politics, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 314629
• Published on 08/02/24 at 17:05

Basketball: Emirates (airline) partner of the NBA & title sponsor of the Emirates NBA Cup

Emirates has become an official partner of the National Basketball Association from the 2023-24 season, announced the body on 08/02/2024. The airline will also acquire the naming rights to the Emirates NBA Cup (the official tournament introduced by the NBA in 2023-24) from the 2024-25…

Domain(s): Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 314622
• Published on 08/02/24 at 16:35

2023-24 Serie A TIM: a record 2.27 million viewers for Inter Milan - Juventus on DAZN Italy

FC Inter Milan - Juventus FC (1-0), on Matchday 23 of the 2023-24 Serie A TIM season, drew an average of 2.27 million viewers on the OTT platform DAZN in Italy, on Sunday 04/02/2024 (kick-off at 20:45 CET), according to data from the audience measurement institute Auditel. The match was broadcast…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 314620
• Published on 08/02/24 at 16:20

EU: a declaration from sports ministers (excluding Spain's) in favour of the European model

• "We support the key features of a European sport model, including the pyramidal structure, the open system of promotion and relegation, the grassroots approach and solidarity; • We call on the sport governing bodies to preserve such key features and values and in this regard secure the balance…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Geopolitics, Governance, Legal
• Article # 314608
• Published on 08/02/24 at 16:00

NFL: an estimated total of $23.1bn in sports bets in the USA for the 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas

Super Bowl LVIII (National Football League) will pit the Kansas City Chiefs against the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas (Nevada, USA) on 11/02/2024 (kick-off 15:30 local time, 00:30 CET on 12/02/2024). Nearly 67.8 million Americans plan to bet on the event (up 35% from…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Ticketing, Game - pitch, …
• Article # 314601
• Published on 08/02/24 at 15:20

China: Sevilla FC, European club with the best growth on the social network Weibo (+64%) in 2023

Sevilla FC (LALIGA EA Sports) is the fastest-growing European club on the Chinese social network Weibo in 2023, with 501,076 new followers (+64%), announced the club on 08/02/2024. These new fans bring Sevilla FC's total number of followers on the social network to nearly 1.3 million at the start…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): International development, Social Networks
• Article # 314598
• Published on 08/02/24 at 14:40

Paris SG: "We wasted years trying to buy the Parc des Princes. We want to move" (Nasser Al-Khelaïfi)

"It's too easy to say now that the stadium is no longer for sale. We know what we want, we wasted years trying to buy the Parc des Princes. That's over now. We want to move away from the Parc," said Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 Uber Eats), on the occasion of the 48…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Stadiums, Authorities, …
• Article # 314591
• Published on 08/02/24 at 14:15

United Kingdom: 46.7 million people watched more than a minute of women's sport on TV in 2023

46.7 million unique viewers watched at least one minute of women's sport on television in the UK in 2023, an increase of nearly one million on the previous record of 46 million in 2019, according to a study by the Women's Sport Trust published on 06/02/2024. Among the main figures communicated…

Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Media
• Article # 314578
• Published on 08/02/24 at 13:30