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Digital: seven times more mentions for the 2015 Rugby World Cup than the EuroBasket 2015

With 6.5 million mentions, the 2015 Rugby World Cup was featured almost seven times more than the European basketball competition EuroBasket 2015 (950,000 mentions) on social networks and other interactive platforms (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, blogs, forums, online press), according to the…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 55544
• Published on 06/11/15 at 14:02

FIFA: "It is not FIFA itself, but individuals who acted wrongly" (Issa Hayatou)

"The press has amplified the problems of FIFA. It is not FIFA itself, but individuals who acted wrongly. There are many people at FIFA, the majority elsewhere, that have not been affected at all by what happened. We are initiating reforms so that there is no more of this sort of behaviour…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 55505
• Published on 06/11/15 at 11:21

Spain: LaLiga launches "LaLiga Stats", its eighth official application

LaLiga has launched "LaLiga Stats", an application that enables users to access real-time official statistics from all Liga BBVA matches, announced the Spanish Professional Football League on 03/11/2015. The application is free and available on Android and iOS mobiles and tablets. "Every match…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 55464
• Published on 05/11/15 at 16:14

FIFA: extradited to the USA, J. Maria Marin (BRA) pleads not guilty and is released on bail

The Brazilian José Maria Marin, former executive member of CONMEBOL and the former president of the Brazilian Federation, pleaded not guilty in a court in New York (USA), on 03/11/2015. He was released on bail for $15m (€13.7m). His next court appearance is scheduled for 16/12/2015. José Maria…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 55446
• Published on 05/11/15 at 14:44

Exclusive FIFA: Gianni Infantino impresses the CAF, says his programme is that of Michel Platini

Of the four candidates for the FIFA presidency (Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, Gianni Infantino and Tokyo Sexwale) received by the Executive Committee of the CAF, meeting in Cairo (EGY) on 28/10/2015, the one who made the strongest impression was Gianni Infantino…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 55456
• Published on 05/11/15 at 13:53

NFL: deal signed with Twickenham (ENG) to play three regular-season games per season until 2019

The NFL has signed a contract with the RFU (Rugby Football Association), the owner of Twickenham stadium (82,000 seats, London, ENG) to play three regular-season matches per year at the stadium until 2019, announced the league, on 03/11/2015. The agreement will come into effect from October 2016…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Stadiums, Legal, …
• Article # 55424
• Published on 05/11/15 at 13:00

FIFA: Reform Committee will adopt "60-70%" of the Scala reforms (Sheikh Al Sabah, Kuwait)

"Just because we (FIFA) are in trouble, we don’t have to kill everything. We have to solve the problems without an over-reaction," said Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah (Kuwait), a member of the FIFA Executive Committee and a member of the FIFA 2016 Reform Committee, on 03/11/2015. Sheikh Al Sabah…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 55251
• Published on 03/11/15 at 18:20

Germany: German police raid DFB headquarters regarding €6.7m "slush fund" for the 2006 World Cup

German police have conducted early-morning raids on the headquarters of the Deutscher Füssball-Bund (German Football Federation) amid allegations of tax evasion and/or financial fraud, on 03/11/2015. The criminal inquiry relates to an investigation from the German newspaper Der Spiegel relating to…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 55236
• Published on 03/11/15 at 14:47

FIGC: Carlo Tavecchio defends himself after the broadcast of anti-Semitic and homophobic remarks

"This is retaliation against me from a person to whom I refused an interview and after my refusal, released derogatory content," said Carlo Tavecchio, president of the FIGC, on 02/11/2015, regarding his anti-Semitic and homophobic statements from June 2015 during an interview with director of the…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 55148
• Published on 02/11/15 at 16:05

FIFA: "I have the sense of being a Middle Age knight in front of a castle" (Michel Platini)

"Even if I cannot go out campaigning, I fully consider myself a candidate. Today, I have the sense of being a Middle Age knight in front of a castle. I am trying to get in to bring football back, but instead I’m having boiling oil poured on my head," stated Michel Platini to News Tank Football on…

Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 55107
• Published on 02/11/15 at 12:00