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Neymar case: Barcelona denies fraud, but declare €13.5m in additional taxes

"Given the existence of a possible divergent interpretation of the exact amount of tax responsibility arising from the signing and to defend the Club’s reputation and good name, FC Barcelona has this morning made a complementary tax declaration of a total of €13,550,830.56 (...) to cover any…
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• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Legal, …
• Article # 15240
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MLS: league buys the franchise Chivas USA (Los Angeles) for $70m, will resell and rebrand the club

Major League Soccer (MLS, USA-CAN) announced it has purchased Chivas USA from franchise owners Jorge Vergara and Angelica Fuentes on 20/02/2014. Effective immediately, MLS will assume responsibility for operating the club. The league will appoint an experienced sports executive to serve as the…
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• Category(ies): Stadiums, Authorities
• Article # 15149
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Hull City threatens to increase season ticket prices if supporters refuse renaming

Ehab Allam, vice president of Hull City AFC (Premier League) and son of Assem Allam, owner of the club, plans to increase the ticket prices for 2014-15 by 50% compared to 2013-14 if the board is not able to transform Hull City AFC to Hull Tigers, he announced on 20/02/2014. "This may be a solution…
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• Article # 15197
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Real Madrid launches a new version of its website, suitable for any device

Real Madrid (Liga BBVA) presented its new website on 20/02/2014, with a new "responsive" design, meaning that it adapts automatically to any medium (web, smartphone, tablet). The club also announced that the Arabic version of its website will be available "very soon." It is already available in…
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• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication, Merchandising - Licensing
• Article # 15196
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Twitter: Syrian hackers hijack three accounts of FC Barcelona to oppose Qatar

The three official Twitter accounts of FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA): English (11.1 million subscribers as of 20/02/2014), Catalan (4.1 million subscribers) and Spanish (6.05 million subscribers) were hacked by Internet users claiming to be the SEA (Syrian Electronic Army), a group of internet…
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• Article # 15145
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Brazil: Cruzeiro club launches its own photo application, in collaboration with Netco Sports

Cruzeiro (Brazilian first division) launched Cruzeiro Fotofan, a photo application for fans, on 17/02/2014. Developed in collaboration with Netco Sports, a company specialising in creative solutions and mobile sports applications, the application allows users to upload their personal photos and…
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• Category(ies): Digital, Legal, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 15139
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Bundesliga: VfB Stuttgart offers season ticket holders additional tickets at €2.50

VfB Stuttgart (Bundesliga) offered additional match tickets for just €2.50 to existing ticket holders on 18/02/2014. The promotion involves the matches against Hertha Berlin (22nd Matchday of the Bundesliga on 22/02/2014) and Eintracht Braunsweig (24th Matchday on 08/03/2014). The cheapest price…
Domain(s): Clubs
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 15059
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Average attendance of clubs in the five major European leagues since 2008-09

The average attendance for a club belonging to five main European championship (Premier League, Bundesliga, Liga BBVA, Series A, Ligue 1) was 29,430 spectators in 2012-13, according to data compiled by News Tank. Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga) had the strongest average attendance with 80,520…
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• Article # 79867
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Belgium: Anderlecht present a plan to expand its stadium to the City of Brussels

Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht (Belgium) presented a new plan for the extension of the Constant Vanden Stock Stadium to the City of Brussels on 18/02/2014. Anderlecht revealed reworked plans after the original was not accepted by the municipality in February 2013. The stadium renovation includes…
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• Article # 15023
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