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2024 Olympics: Hamburg announces a budget of €11.2bn, the largest of the five candidate cities

The City of Hamburg (GER) will have an estimated budget of €11.2bn for their 2024 Olympic Games bid (for the 2017-2024 period), of which €7.4bn will be financed by public funds (including €1.2bn from the city of Hamburg itself), announced Olaf Scholz, the mayor of Hamburg, on 08/10/2015.Hamburg is…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 53774
• Published on 15/10/15 at 09:30
Serie A: Infront and Mediaset suspected of making an illegal agreement for the 2015-2018 TV rights

The prosecutor of Milan (ITA) and the Guardia di Finanza (Italian Customs and Financial Police) have conducted several searches in the premises of the Mediaset broadcasting group, the marketing and media rights agencies Infront Italy and MP & Silva, the Lega Serie A, Genoa CFC (Serie A TIM) and…
Domain(s): Media, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 53784
• Published on 14/10/15 at 17:54
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FIFA: "Delaying the scheduled election would create further instability" (Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein)

"Delaying the scheduled election would only postpone the change needed and create further instability. It would tell the world that lessons haven’t been learned, that the same backroom deals that discredited FIFA in the first place will continue," said Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein (JOR), FIFA…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 53783
• Published on 14/10/15 at 17:07
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Euro 2016: 20 countries have qualified for the finals, play-offs will decide the remaining 4 places

20 national teams have directly qualified for the finals of Euro 2016 (first edition to involve 24 teams) at the end of the 10th and final day of qualifying, held from 11 to 13/10/2015. In Addition to France, qualified as the host nation, the countries ranked first and second in each group, as…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Sporting Goods & Brands, Finance, …
• Article # 53763
• Published on 14/10/15 at 15:09
FIFA: second meeting of the Reform Committee set to take place in Bern (SUI) from 16 to 18/10/2015

"The second meeting of the 2016 FIFA Reform Committee will be held in the Swiss capital of Bern from 16-18/10/2015," announced FIFA on 13/10/2015.The FIFA Reform Committee is responsible for developing a series of reform proposals that will be presented at the forthcoming FIFA Extraordinary…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 53686
• Published on 14/10/15 at 09:30
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FIFA: "They can destroy me, but they cannot destroy my life's work" (Joseph Blatter)

"I'm fine, I'm a fighter. I feel good, they can destroy me, but they cannot destroy my life's work," said Joseph Blatter in the Swiss weekly Schweizer am Sonntag on 11/10/2015."Joseph Blatter, the FIFA president, was suspended for 90 days from any activity in football at the national and…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 53618
• Published on 13/10/15 at 18:40
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The FA obtains a loan of £300m to redirect its investments and reduce Wembley's debt

The FA has obtained a loan of £300m (€402m), provided by Barclays, HSBC and Santander, to redirect its investments and reduce the debt incurred by financing Wembley Stadium (90,000 seats), announced the English football federation on 10/12/2015. The stadium, re-opened in 2007, was built for at a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Stadiums
• Article # 53694
• Published on 13/10/15 at 17:49
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FIFA: Switzerland authorise the extradition of Costas Takkas, arrested in Zurich on 27/05/2015

"The Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) has approved the extradition of Costas Takkas to the USA. The British citizen has 30 days in which to appeal to the Swiss Federal Criminal Court against the FOJ's ruling," announced the Swiss FOJ on 09/10/2015.Costas Takkas (Cayman Islands resident and British…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 53652
• Published on 13/10/15 at 15:59
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FIFA Ethics Committee deems invalid the suspension appeal by the lawyers of Michel Platini

"The argument put forward by Michel Platini’s lawyers that their client had not had the possibility to defend himself before the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee before his suspension is not valid," said Marc Tenbücken, the spokesman for the adjudicatory chamber of the FIFA Ethics…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 53617
• Published on 13/10/15 at 10:05
EPFL suggests the appointment of an independent body "to govern FIFA for a transitionary period"

"The EPFL believes in the right course of justice and in the presumption of innocence of those under investigation. However, in the interim work must be undertaken to set FIFA back on the right track. Perhaps this can only be achieved by the appointment of an independent, specialised and credible…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 53589
• Published on 12/10/15 at 18:25