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Chelsea FC: departure of Daniel McEwan, director of partnerships since January 2025

Daniel McEwan, director of partnerships at Chelsea FC (Premier League) since January 2025, has left the club, he announced on LinkedIn on 11/03/2026. "To reflect on the last 14 months fills me with immense pride of what the club and commercial team has achieved: • 16 new partners signed…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Clubs, Sponsors - Partners, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 433787
• Published on 12/03/26 at 13:00
©  UEFA Champions League / X
2025-26 Champions League: 1.8 million viewers for Paris Saint-Germain - Chelsea FC on Canal+ in France

Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1 McDonald's) - Chelsea FC (Premier League) (5-2), 2025-26 Champions League Round of 16 first leg, drew an average of 1.8 million viewers on the pay-TV channel Canal+ in France on Wednesday 11/03/2026 (kick-off at 21:00 CET), according to data from audience measurement…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Media Audiences, Spain, …
• Article # 433786
• Published on 12/03/26 at 12:00
©  FIFA
2026 World Cup: Iran withdraws from participation following US attacks on its soil

"Considering that this corrupt regime has assassinated our leader, under no circumstances can we participate in the 2026 World Cup," said Ahmad Donyamali, Iran's Minister of Sport, to the Iranian state television regarding his country's participation in the competition co-hosted by the United…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Federations, International authorities, …
• Article # 433799
• Published on 12/03/26 at 11:00
• Updated on13/03/26 at 16:24
©  DFB
Germany/DFB: budget for youth development in the 3.Liga up from €3m to €5m (+66.6%)

The Deutscher Fussball Bund has approved a two-thirds increase in funding for youth development in the 3.Liga for the 2026-27 season, from €3m to €5m. The decision was taken by the DFB general assembly and supervisory board at a meeting on 10/03/2026. The total amount will be distributed among…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Federations, Finance, …
• Article # 433728
• Published on 12/03/26 at 10:00
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European Top 5: Chelsea, the club with the highest cumulative value of players owned (€1.7bn)

Chelsea FC (Premier League) is the club in the European Top 5 with the highest cumulative value of players owned (at club or on loan), at €1.732bn, according to the CIES Football Observatory's "Weekly Post" published on 11/03/2026. The London club's 54 players are valued at an average of…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Transfer Market, …
• Article # 433693
• Published on 12/03/26 at 09:00
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Women's football: after Como and Bristol, Mercury 13 majority shareholder of FC Badalona (Liga F)

Mercury 13 has become the majority shareholder of FC Badalona (Liga F Moeve, ESP), announced the holding company for women's football clubs on 10/03/2026. Mercury 13 has already owned FC Como Women (Serie A Women Athora) since March 2024 and Bristol City Women (Barclays Women's Super League 2…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Clubs, Investment funds, Finance, …
• Article # 433740
• Published on 11/03/26 at 18:00
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2025-26 Serie A Enilive: an average of 19,108 season ticket holders per club, 40,000 for Inter & AS Roma

The 20 Serie A Enilive clubs have a total of 382,167 season ticket holders for the 2025-26 season, i.e. an average of 19,108 per club, slightly up on 2024-25 (18,637). The Italian top flight ranks fourth among the European Top 5 leagues in terms of season ticket holders, well behind LALIGA EA…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Clubs, Professional leagues, …
• Article # 433696
• Published on 11/03/26 at 17:00
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Parma Calcio: "The first club in Italy to develop an audio and scent identity" (Eva Visentin)

"We are the first club in Italy to develop a structured and strategic audio and scent branding system. It is also a new way to approach a sports brand, because we are trying to consider our brand not only as a football brand, but also as a commercial brand like others. It is not about generating…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Clubs, International development, …
• Article # 433666
• Published on 11/03/26 at 16:00
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Canal+ Group: a turnover of €6.26bn and EBITA of €542m in 2025 (excluding MultiChoice)

The Canal+ group posted a turnover of €6.26bn in 2025, according to preliminary results published by the pay and free-TV group on 11/03/2026. This figure is down 2.8% compared with 2024 (€6.44bn) but does not include the activities of MultiChoice or Canal+ in Vietnam, as the group initiated a…
Domain(s): Media
• Category(ies): Media, Rights Acquisitions, Finance, …
• Article # 433627
• Published on 11/03/26 at 15:00
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French pro football: seven Ligue 1 presidents call on public authorities to fast-track governance reform

"We call on public authorities to accelerate the urgently needed reform of French professional football governance," wrote seven presidents of Ligue 1 clubs in an opinion piece published in several French regional dailies on 11/03/2026. Guillaume Cerutti (Stade Rennais FC), Pierre Ferracci…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Clubs, …
• Article # 433623
• Published on 11/03/26 at 14:00