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LaLiga: After Dubai, the Spanish League will open offices in Beijing, Johannesburg and New York

LaLiga will soon open a commercial office in Beijing (CHN) and in the medium term in Johannesburg (RSA) and New York (USA), announced Javier Tebas, the president of the Spanish Professional Football League on 08/09/2015. LaLiga opened its first commercial office outside of Spain in the free zone…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 52340
• Published on 28/09/15 at 12:10
©  FIFA Weekly
FIFA: Joseph Blatter supports investigations "no matter how close to home they get"

"FIFA supports the actions of the U.S. and Swiss authorities and we will continue to do so, no matter how close to home those investigations get. This is the difficult path we must follow if we are serious about change," wrote Joseph Blatter, FIFA president, in a column published in the FIFA…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 52320
• Published on 28/09/15 at 10:00
©  FIFA
FIFA: criminal proceedings opened against Joseph Blatter over "illegal transfer to Michel Platini"

"The Public Ministry of the Confederation have opened a criminal case against the president of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) under suspicion of criminal mismanagement concerning the illegal transfer of two million Swiss francs (€1.83 million) to Michel Platini and…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 52289
• Published on 25/09/15 at 17:47
©  FVF
FIFA: Swiss authorise the extradition to the United States of Venezuelan official Rafael Esquivel

"The Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) has approved the extradition of Rafael Esquivel to the USA. The Venezuelan citizen has 30 days in which to appeal to the Swiss Federal Criminal Court against the FOJ's ruling," said the FOJ (Swiss Federal Office of Justice) on 23/09/2015. The Venezuelan Rafael…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 52206
• Published on 25/09/15 at 11:35
©  LaLiga
Spain: LaLiga unveil Capi, new mascot tasked with "disseminating the essential values of football"

LaLiga has unveiled, in partnership with the Italian manufacturer of collectible cards and stickers Panini, its new mascot called "Capi", on 21/09/2015. "The objective of this mascot is to disseminate the five core values of football and LaLiga: effort, fair play, solidarity, respect and rejection…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication
• Article # 52158
• Published on 24/09/15 at 16:50
©  D.R.
Ligue 1: 3 weekday fixtures in 2015-16, less than in England (4) Spain (4) and Italy (5)

Three Ligue 1 Matchdays are scheduled to take place on weekdays in 2015-16, which represents the second lowest total of weekday fixtures out of the Top 5 European leagues. The first of the three Ligue 1 fixtures on a weekday was scheduled from 22 to 24/09/2015 (Matchday 7) and started with the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Ticketing, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 52063
• Published on 23/09/15 at 19:00
©  DC
FIFA: ExCo meeting on 24 and 25/09/2015 will discuss the extraordinary congress of 26/02/2016

The preparation of the FIFA Extraordinary Congress on 26/02/2016, at which the successor to Joseph Blatter as the head of the International Federation will be elected, as well as the confirmation of the agenda of the Extraordinary Congress, are included in the agenda of the FIFA Executive…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 51999
• Published on 23/09/15 at 13:00
©  D.R.
UEFA: €2m donated to the UEFA Foundation to help migrant children in Europe

The executive committee of UEFA has approved the donation of €2m to the UEFA Foundation for Children to help migrant children who have recently arrived in Europe, announced the body at the end of the meeting held in St. Julians (MLT) on 17 and 18/09/2015. "We hope these funds will be able to make…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Social Responsibility
• Article # 51922
• Published on 22/09/15 at 16:35
©  D.R.
2024 Olympics: Los Angeles bid application cost €31m, two times less than Paris (€60m)

The cost of Los Angeles' (USA) application in the race to host the Olympic Games in 2024 was $35m (€31m), said Casey Wasserman, director of the Los Angeles bid team, on 19/09/2015. This represents about half of the cost of the Paris (FRA) bid (€60m). “We knew we had to engage the business and…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 51904
• Published on 22/09/15 at 15:30
©  D.R.
UEFA: Yves Leterme (BEL) becomes chief investigator of the body responsible for financial fair play

Former Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme was appointed chief investigator of the Club Financial Control Body (CFCB), announced UEFA on 18/09/2015. "As chief investigator of the CFCB, Yves Leterme will be at the forefront of monitoring the compliance of clubs with the UEFA financial fair play…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 51867
• Published on 22/09/15 at 11:45