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Twitter: Liga BBVA becomes second league to top 1 million followers, after the Premier League

@LaLiga, the Twitter account of the LFP (Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional, the Spanish Professional Football League), which offers Liga BBVA and Liga Adelante (Spanish second division) news content, has over one million followers on Twitter, announced the organisation on 27/02/2015. Among the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 35736
• Published on 05/03/15 at 11:19
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Champions League: UEFA puts 6000 tickets on sale for the 2015 final in Berlin on its website

UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) will put 6000 tickets on sale for the 2015 final of the Champions League on 05/03/2015. The 2015 Champions League will take place on Saturday 06/06/2015 at the Olympiastadion Berlin (GER, 75,000 seats) on 06/06/2015.A draw will be made at the end of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 35729
• Published on 05/03/15 at 10:41
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Canada 2015: more than 550,000 tickets sold at the opening of individual sales on 26/02/2015

More than 550,000 tickets have already been sold 100 days before start of the FIFA Women's World Cup, held in Canada from 06/06 to 07/05/2015, announced FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) on 25/02/2015. Of these 550,000 tickets sold, 150,000 were purchased via payments…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums
• Article # 35698
• Published on 04/03/15 at 19:25
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England: Football League clubs consider allowing Premier League B teams in Johnstone's Paint Trophy

Clubs in the Football League (organiser of the English second, third, and fourth divisions) are considering allowing Premier League B teams teams in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy competition (cup competition for League One and League Two, the English third and fourth divisions), according to…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs
• Article # 35659
• Published on 04/03/15 at 18:54
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MLS: league and players meet together with government mediators to avoid strike before 06/03/2015

"The issues (between the MLS players and league management) are with free agency; there's a lot of other issues, and we'll continue to try to resolve them. We (will meet) with the players from 01/03 to 03/03/2015 in Washington, D.C. at the offices of the 'Federal Mediation and Concilliation…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Social Responsibility, Legal
• Article # 35513
• Published on 04/03/15 at 15:41
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AFCON 2023: Guinea would not be able to host AFCON 2023 in June, according to its sports minister

"We cannot accommodate the Nations Cup in June, it is the rainy season," said Domani Doré, the Guinean sports minister, referring to AFCON (African Cup of Nations) 2023, which Guinea will host, on 03/01/2015. AFCON 2023 was originally to be held in January 2023, but Jérôme Valcke, the secretary…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 35606
• Published on 04/03/15 at 12:10
World Cup: Michael van Praag, a candidate for the presidency of FIFA, would expand to 40 teams

Changing the format of the World Cup from 32 participating nations to 40 from the 2026 edition is one of the proposals presented by Michael van Praag, the president of the KNVB (the Royal Football Association of the Netherlands) and a candidate in the FIFA presidency, in Amsterdam (NED) on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 35525
• Published on 03/03/15 at 14:44
FIFA: Michael van Praag, presidential candidate, presents his programme, "Football for Everyone"

Michael van Praag, a candidate for the presidency of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) presented his programme entitled "Football for Everyone" at a press conference in Amsterdam (NED) on 02/03/2015.
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 35524
• Published on 03/03/15 at 13:23
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Qatar 2022: "Eliminating the Round of 16 is a good option (to shorten World Cup)" (A. Rettig, DFL)

"I think eliminating the first World Cup knockout round (Round of 16) is a good option; instead of the top two group stage finishers advancing, only the group winner (would advance). We could move directly to playing the quarter-finals," stated Andreas Rettig, the COO of the DFL (Deutsche Fußball…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Stadiums
• Article # 35468
• Published on 03/03/15 at 09:45
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UEFA: election of president & 7 members of the Executive Committee at Vienna Congress on 24/03/2015

The election of the president and seven members of the executive committee of UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) are on the agenda -- which was published on 27/02/2015 -- for the European body's 39th Congress, which will be hosted in Vienna (AUT) on 24/03/2015. Michel Platini, who has…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 35445
• Published on 02/03/15 at 19:09