Premier League: Manchester City sign their first professional eSports player (FIFA franchise)

Manchester City FC (Premier League) have signed Kieran Brown (18 years old), a professional eSports player specialising in the FIFA series, a football simulation video game (published by EA Sports), announced the English club on 06/07/2016. Kieran Brown becomes the first eSports player in the…

Leicester City FC: a young fan will accompany the players onto the pitch for the Community Shield

An initiative put in place by Leicester City FC (Premier League) sees the opportunity for a young fan to be the "mascot" of the club, which will enable them to meet the players and to accompany them onto the pitch before the start of the match, for when "the Foxes" face Manchester United FC…

Premier League: a "legends" match between Arsenal - AC Milan for the Arsenal Foundation

Arsenal FC (Premier League) have organised a match between two sets of "legends", which will reunite former players of "the Gunners" as well as a team of former AC Milan (Serie A TIM) players, to take place at the Emirates Stadium (60,000 seats), in London (ENG), on 03/09/2016. Tickets for this…

Première Ligue Convention: "Ligue 1... is a product in development" (Elliot Hayes, OGC Nice)

"Ligue 1 is a championship that has solid foundations, but it is a product in development. Many club owners want the league to grow and cooperation seems good between them, however all parties want to see their team win in the end," stated Elliot Hayes (USA) to News Tank Football on 29/06/2016, on…

Paris Saint-Germain: Unai Emery has Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vimeo accounts, and a website

Unai Emery (ESP), the new manager of Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1), has personal accounts on the social networks Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Vimeo, said the Parisian club on 28/06/2016, following the formalisation of his move to PSG where he replaces Laurent Blanc. Unai Emery, who has won…

World Football Forum 2016: official programme of the convention held in Paris on 07 - 08/07/2016

The agency Eventica Sports Marketing, which has organised the World Football Forum annually since 2011, published, on 06/07/2016, the official programme of the 2016 edition of the convention, to be held in Paris (FRA), on Thursday, 07/07 (in the premises of the law firm Dentons) and Friday…

MLS: Toronto FC offer a one day contract to a young fan with a serious heart condition

In an initiative taken by Toronto FC (MLS), a one day contract has been offered to a young fan with a serious heart condition, on 01/07/2016. Murphy Malone (11 years old) participated in a training session with the professional team, as well as a press conference, during which he was questioned by…

France: DNCG validates SC Bastia's presence in Ligue 1 in 2016-17, with wage bill supervision

"At the end of the proceedings decided after the initial hearing of 22/06/2016, the DNCG has validated the presence of Sporting Club de Bastia in Ligue 1 (for the 2016-17 season), with the supervision of the club's wage bill," announced SC Bastia (Ligue 1) on 05/07/2016. The DNCG, which has final…

Manchester City: club launch a new version of their website, the URL becomes "mancity.com"

Manchester City FC (Premier League) launched a new website, which "highlights the club's investment in innovation as well as fans commitment and interaction," on 30/06/2016. "We’re entering a new chapter, embracing the changing habits of a booming social and highly mobile audience, and are excited…

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