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Copa del Rey: the final between Barça-Sevilla to be played at the Vicente Calderón, on 22/05/2016

The Estadio Vicente Calderón (Madrid, 54,900 seats) will host the final of the 2015-16 Copa del Rey between FC Barcelona (Liga BBVA) and Sevilla FC (Liga BBVA) on Sunday 22/05/2016, announced the RFEF, following a technical meeting between the Spanish Federation and the two finalist clubs on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Stadiums
• Article # 63164
• Published on 24/02/16 at 12:38
©  FIFA
FIFA: 20 questions on the governance reforms to be submitted to the Congress in Zurich on 26/02/2016

The FIFA Congress will convene in Zurich (SUI), on 26/02/2016, in order to decide on a set of reforms including: a president of FIFA that "shall aim to foster a positive image of FIFA and ensure that its missions are protected and advanced," a FIFA Executive Committee replaced by a FIFA Council of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 63045
• Published on 24/02/16 at 10:20
©  D.R.
FIFA: CAS to decide on the request to postpone the election no later than the morning of 25/02/2016

"The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered an appeal and request for urgent provisional measures filed by Prince Ali Al Hussein of Jordan against a decision taken by the FIFA Ad-hoc Electoral Committee dated 15/02/2016 in which it declined to incorporate the use of transparent voting…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63133
• Published on 23/02/16 at 18:00
©  FIFA
The election of the ninth president of FIFA, in Zurich (SUI), on 26/02/2016

Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein (Jordan), Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (Bahrain), Jérôme Champagne (France), Gianni Infantino (Switzerland / Italy) and Tokyo Sexwale (South Africa) are the five candidates in the running to replace Joseph Blatter as the president of FIFA, at the Extraordinary…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63119
• Published on 23/02/16 at 17:29
©  FIFA
FIFA: Prince Ali asks the Court of Arbitration for Sport to postpone the presidential elections

"We are seeking provisional measures before CAS to suspend the coming election on Friday 26/02/2016," announced Francis Szpiner and Renaud Semerdjian, the lawyers of Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, one of the five candidates for the FIFA presidency, on 23/02/2016. This request follows the rejection by…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63086
• Published on 23/02/16 at 14:51
©  DC
France: four candidates were interviewed for the position of CEO of the LFP on 17/02/2016

Four candidates to be the next CEO of the LFP were interviewed on 17/02/2016 at the headquarters of the headhunter firm Spencer Stuart in Paris (FRA), sources confirmed to News Tank Football on 19/02/2016. These four candidates were Christophe Bouchet, former president of Olympique de Marseille…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 62896
• Published on 23/02/16 at 09:25
©  UEFA
Michel Platini, candidate for FIFA president on 29/07/2015, announced his withdrawal on 08/01/2016

Michel Platini, UEFA president, announced his candidacy for the presidency of FIFA on 29/07/2015, ahead of the elections scheduled on 26/02/2016. But the Frenchman, provisionally suspended on 08/10/2015, was formally suspended for eight years from any activity in football by the adjudicatory…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63001
• Published on 23/02/16 at 08:34
Programmes, statements and the support of the five FIFA presidential candidates

"The Ad-hoc Electoral Committee officially declared five candidates eligible for election as FIFA president at the Extraordinary Congress of FIFA," stated the international federation, with 209 member federations, on 26/01/2016. On 26/01/2016, one month to the day before the Electoral Congress on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63003
• Published on 23/02/16 at 08:25
FIFA: two-thirds of voters necessary in the first round, simple majority of votes in the second

"For the election of the President, two-thirds of the votes of the Members present and eligible to vote are necessary in the first ballot. In the second and any other requisite ballot, a simple majority (more than 50%) of the valid votes cast is sufficient," states Article 27, Paragraph 3 of the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63005
• Published on 23/02/16 at 08:20
Election of the ninth president of FIFA, the successor to Joseph Blatter on 26/02/2016

Ali Bin Al Hussein, Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, Jérôme Champagne, Gianni Infantino and Tokyo Sexwale, these are the five candidates seeking to replace Joseph Blatter for the presidency of FIFA, during the Extraordinary Electoral Congress held in Zurich (SUI) on Friday 26/02/2016. The winner…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 63007
• Published on 23/02/16 at 08:10