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UEFA/Chelsea FC: a fine of €10m for non-compliance with financial fair play under Roman Abramovich

Chelsea FC (Premier League) has reached a settlement agreement with the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB), under which the club "has agreed to pay a financial contribution of €10m" to the body, announced UEFA on 27/07/2023. This sanction follows the discovery by the consortium led by Todd…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 296631
• Published on 31/07/23 at 16:40

RC Lens: first "Racing Cross de Lens" running event on Sunday 10/09/2023 with a job fair on arrival

RC Lens (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) is organising the first edition of the "Racing Cross de Lens", a 6.2-kilometre non-timed run, in conjunction with its supplier Puma and its "Racing Cœur de Lens" endowment fund. The event will take place on 10/09/2023 from La Gaillette, the club's training centre, to…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Employment - training, Social Responsibility
• Article # 296582
• Published on 31/07/23 at 13:00

FC Sochaux: Nenking Group sells the club for a symbolic €1, R. Peugeot to appear before the CNOSF

Nenking Group and Romain Peugeot have signed an agreement for the definitive departure of the Chinese group from FC Sochaux-Montbéliard on 28/07/2023, according to regional public radio station France Bleu Belfort-Montbéliard on 30/07/2023. This is yet another development as the club, which was…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Legal
• Article # 296567
• Published on 31/07/23 at 10:40

Olympique Marseille: CMA CGM unveil 1^st sports facility as part of the "Capitale du Foot" project

Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Uber Eats), through its Foundation, and its main partner CMA CGM (a French shipping and logistics company) have inaugurated a first mixed sports court as part of the "Capitale du Foot" project aimed at "meeting a specific need in the region: rehabilitating underused…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Game - pitch, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 296436
• Published on 28/07/23 at 10:40

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard: club appeals to the CNOSF in a bid to stay in Ligue 2 BKT

FC Sochaux-Montbéliard have referred their case to the CNOSF in a bid to remain in Ligue 2 BKT, according to concordant sources on 27/07/2023. A conciliation hearing is due to take place in Paris (FRA) on Monday 31/07/2023 or in one of the following days, according to regional daily L'Est…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Legal
• Article # 296418
• Published on 28/07/23 at 08:50

FC Sochaux: "We have a decisive role in the takeover project" (C. Demouge, PMA)

Pays de Montbéliard Agglomération (PMA, an intercommunal structure, centred on the city of Montbéliard, FRA), which comprises 72 municipalities, has made a written commitment to support the proposed takeover of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard by Romain Peugeot and a network of investors backed by local…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 296399
• Published on 27/07/23 at 16:35

LALIGA EA Sports: Real Betis to open an academy in Kuwait, the club's thirteenth outside Spain

Real Betis Balompié (LALIGA EA Sports) will open its thirteenth academy outside Spain in Kuwait, announced the club on 26/07/2023. The football academy, which will open its doors on 10/09/2023, will cater for players aged between 5 and 20. "The arrival of Real Betis and Real Betis Academy in…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Game - pitch, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 296390
• Published on 27/07/23 at 16:00

Ligue 2 BKT: agreement between Nenking & Romain Peugeot for the takeover of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard

The offer by Romain Peugeot, great-grandson of the founder of FC Sochaux-Montbéliard (Jean-Pierre Peugeot, in 1928), to buy the club has been accepted by the Chinese group Nenking, which has owned it since 2020, according to corroborating sources and confirmed by Nicolas Pacquot, Renaissance MP…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Finance, Investment - Shareholding, Legal
• Article # 296269
• Published on 26/07/23 at 16:35

OL Groupe: total revenue from operations up 15% (€289.7m) in 2022-23

OL Groupe's total revenue from operations for the 2022-23 financial year (from 01/07/2022 to 30/06/2023) was €289.7m, up 15% (+€37.1m) on 2021-22 (€252.5m), announced the holding company that owns Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) on 25/07/2023. Excluding player trading, sales rose by 24% to…

Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Authorities, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 296166
• Published on 26/07/23 at 10:00

Tour de France 2023: 56 partners, €2.3m in prize money & followed by 75% of French people

The Tour de France 2023, organised by Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and won for the second time in a row by Denmark's Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma, NED), was broadcast in full in France by the public broadcaster France Télévisions and the pay-TV channels Eurosport from 01 to 23/07/2023. A…

Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Activation, Agencies, …
• Article # 296134
• Published on 26/07/23 at 08:40