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Euro 2016 : "This logo is football, celebration and French culture" (Jacques Lambert)

"What we have tried to put in this logo is football, celebration and French culture," said Jacques Lambert, president of the Euro 2016 SAS (the joint venture in charge of organising the tournament), during the presentation ceremony of the 2016 European Championship's visual identity in Paris, on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Merchandising - Licensing
• Article # 7185
• Published on 26/06/13 at 16:06
Match-fixing : UEFA ban Fenerbahçe (TUR) and Beşiktaş (TUR) from European Cups

UEFA's (Union of European Football Associations) CDB (Control and Disciplinary Body) has sanctioned the Turkish clubs Fenerbahçe SK and Beşiktaş JK, and Romanian club FC Steaua Bucureşti, UEFA announced on the 25/06/2013. Disciplinary proceedings were launched related to match-fixing. Fenerbahçe (2…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 7154
• Published on 26/06/13 at 10:04
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Confederations Cup : "All of the investments benefit the Brazilian economy" (FIFA)

"All of the investments benefit the Brazilian economy. The tournament has created more than 6 000 jobs in the area of gastronomy alone. On top of that come numerous other jobs that have been generated in other sectors, such as hotel industry", said Jérôme Valcke, FIFA's (International Federation…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities
• Article # 7153
• Published on 25/06/13 at 18:23
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Liverpool City Council to renovate Anfield area for €306m

A consortium led by the city of Liverpool and supported by Liverpool FC (7th in the Premier League in 2012/13), are planning an urban regeneration scheme for the area surrounding the Anfield stadium, with a budget of €306m, the council announced on the 24/06/2013.The plan includes new housing…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Stadiums
• Article # 7133
• Published on 25/06/13 at 16:25
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Messi could reach an agreement with the Spanish Treasury

FC Barcelona striker Lionel Messi and his father, Jorge Horacio, accused of tax fraud amounting to €4.1m, could reach an agreement with the Spanish tax authorities to pay them the sum claimed. In the last few days, Messi is thought to have made a €10m payment to the Spanish tax authorities to…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 7124
• Published on 25/06/13 at 15:34
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Euro 2016 : presentation of the branding and logo in Paris on the 26/06/2013

The branding and logo for Euro 2016 will be presented at ceremony on the 26/06/2013 at the Pavillon Cambon Capucines (Paris, 1st arrondissement) by SAS Euro 2016, the company co-created by UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) and FFF (French Football Federation), chaired by Jacques…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Merchandising - Licensing, Agencies
• Article # 7106
• Published on 25/06/13 at 11:12
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François De Keersmaecker re-elected as president of the Belgian federation

François De Keersmaecker has been unanimously re-elected as president of the URBSFA (Belgian Football Association) by the federation's executive committee on the 22/06/2013. He has held this position since 2006, succeeding Jan Peeters. This new term of office will end in June 2015. François De…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities
• Article # 7062
• Published on 24/06/13 at 14:04
Leopold Windtner re-elected president of the Austrian Football Federation until 2017

Leopold Windtner has been re-elected president of the OFB (Austrian Football Federation) until 2017 at the organisation's annual general meeting on the 16/06/2013. He has held the position since February 2009. The most important challenges for the president in his next term are qualification for…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities
• Article # 6946
• Published on 20/06/13 at 17:40
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"We offer a valuation system for 'second hand' players" (Loïc Ravenel, CIES Football Observatory)

"We are trying to assess how much a club needs to spend to build a team and the resale value of this team on the transfer market," Loïc Ravenel, co-founder of the Football Observatory at the CIES (International Centre for Sports Studies) in Neuchatel (Switzerland), told NTF on the 19/06/2013. The…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Transfer Market
• Article # 6934
• Published on 19/06/13 at 18:18
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Protests in Brazil during the Confederations Cup

Six cities in Brazil have been hit with the country's largest protests in 20 years, following the start of the Confederations Cup on the 15/06/2013.In Rio de Janeiro, 100,000 people protested on 17/06/2013, against rising public transport costs and the expense of staging the 2014 World Cup…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 6831
• Published on 18/06/13 at 17:40