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Third party ownership: "Project TPO" KPMG Europe LLP report published on 08/08/2013

The Spanish office of the audit firm KPMG Europe LLP published the "Project TPO", a report on the ownership of players by third parties, conducted for the ECA, on 08/08/2013. The shares in the sports rights of players held by investment companies account for €1.1bn, 5.7% of the value of the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal
• Article # 41426
• Published on 08/08/13 at 12:12
Germany: Reinhard Rauball unanimously elected League President for a further three years

Reinhard Rauball was reelected League Association President of the DFL (Deutsche Fußball Liga, the German Football League) until 2016, at the league's annual general meeting on the 07/08/2013. A single candidate, the president of Borussia Dortmund was elected after a unanimous vote by the 36…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs
• Article # 8596
• Published on 07/08/13 at 19:00
Dave Reddin appointed head of performance services for English national teams

The FA (English Football Association) has appointed former England rugby management official Dave Reddin as their new head of performance services for the new national football centre, St George’s Park, on the 06/08/2013. He will officially take up his post in February 2014 and report directly to…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Stadiums
• Article # 8589
• Published on 07/08/13 at 17:25
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2014 World Cup: "A key focus on the six arenas still under construction" (Jerome Valcke, FIFA)

For the organizers of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil "a key focus is now on the 12 stadia, with a tighter monitoring naturally on the six arenas still under construction," Jerome Valcke, Secretary General of FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) said on the 02/08/2013.Every game in…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital, Stadiums, Legal, …
• Article # 8565
• Published on 06/08/13 at 19:20
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Isha Johansen, the first female president of the Sierra Leone Football Association

Isha Johansen has been elected President of the SLFA (Sierra Leone Football Association), the association announced on the 05/08/2013. Her term runs until 2017.The election of Isha Johansen, who had announced her candidacy in May 2012, ends an 11-month interim period, which started with the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities
• Article # 8553
• Published on 06/08/13 at 16:17
©  TFF
FIFA: "There is no evidence of systematic doping in Turkish football" (Jiri Dvorak)

"There is no evidence of systematic doping in Turkish football," indicated FIFA’s (International Federation of Football Associations) chief medical officer professor Jiri Dvorak, on the 05/08/2013. "The FIFA Anti-Doping Unit has analysed more than 600 samples coming from Turkish football over the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 8528
• Published on 05/08/13 at 19:10
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Match-fixing: the International Center for Sport Security joins the Council of Europe's EPAS

Qatar-based non-for-profit organisation ICSS (International Center for Sport Security) has been accepted as a member of the EPAS (Enlarged Partial Agreement on Sport) Consultative Committee, the organisation announced on the 01/08/2013.Established by the Council of Europe, the EPAS provides a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Betting, …
• Article # 8519
• Published on 05/08/13 at 18:15
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"I want to help the French football breathe" (Valérie Fourneyron)

"My concern is to give some air to a flawed system and global environment. I want to help the French football breathe," said Valérie Fourneyron, French Minister for Sports, Youth, Popular Education and Community Life to News Tank Football, on the 25/07/2013."The economic and social model of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Stadiums, …
• Article # 8342
• Published on 05/08/13 at 13:45
©  Jeff Vinnick, Creative Commons
USA: Major League Soccer to expand to 24 teams by 2020 season (Don Garber, MLS commissioner)

The MLS (Major League Soccer, U.S. professional football top league) plans to add four teams by the 2020 season, MLS Commissioner Don Garber announced on the 31/07/2013.The MLS currently count 19 teams, and will host a 20th franchise in 2015, with the launch of the New York City FC, which is a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs
• Article # 8491
• Published on 02/08/13 at 18:17
©  DC
FIFA Circular No. 1373 issued on 02/08/2013

Circular No. 1373, entitled "Research on third party ownership of players' econoomic rights (part 2)", was published by FIFA on 02/08/2013, for the attention of all national federations.
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 41403
• Published on 02/08/13 at 12:12