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CAF: Zanzibar becomes the 55th member of the Confederation of African Football

Zanzibar ha been unanimously admitted as the 55th member of the Confederation of African Football, during the 39th Ordinary General Assembly of the CAF, in Addis Ababa (ETH), on 16/03/2017. CAF now counts 56 members (see list below), but the Ligue de la Réunion, also attached to the FFF, does not…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 89443
• Published on 20/03/17 at 19:09
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FFF: Noël Le Graët, president since 18/06/2011, re-elected for the 2017-2020 period (57.4% votes)

Noël Le Graët, president of the FFF since 18/06/2011, has been re-elected for the period from 2017 to 2020, during the Federal Assembly of French Football in Paris (FRA, on Saturday, 18/03/2017. The list of Noël Le Graët received 57.4% of the votes (19,038 votes), against 41.9% for the list of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 89504
• Published on 20/03/17 at 09:55
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FIFA TMS: England the country which spent the most on international transfers in 2016 (€1.3bn)

England was the highest spending country in terms of international transfers (a player moving from one national association to another), with $1.373bn (€1.304bn on 31/12/2016) spent in 2016, according to the FIFA TMS in publishing its 2017 Global Transfer Market report, on 27/01/2017. England…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Transfer Market
• Article # 86361
• Published on 17/03/17 at 17:04
©  FMF
CAF: Ahmad Ahmad (MAD) elected president, defeating Issa Hayatou (CMR), in office since 1988

Ahmad Ahmad, 57 years, president of the Football Federation of Madagascar, has been elected president of CAF, at the General Assembly of the African confederation held in Addis Ababa (ETH) on 16/03/2017. He obtained 34 votes against 20 for the Cameroonian Issa Hayatou, 70 years, who held this…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 89382
• Published on 17/03/17 at 09:40
©  DFL
DFL Sports Enterprises: Patrick Krian named director in charge of sponsorship and licensing

The German Patrick Krian, 41 years old, has been named director in charge of sponsorship and licensing of DFL Sports Enterprises, announced the DFL on 15/03/2017. He will take office on 01/04/2017 in the subsidiary which markets the media and commercial rights of the German Professional Football…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Authorities, …
• Article # 89366
• Published on 16/03/17 at 18:00
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China: the government wants to "curb irrational investment" in football

"To curb irrational investment, we need rules to reduce the cost of transfers and reasonably restrict excessively high income players," said, through its spokesman, the State General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China, on 05/01/2017. This announcement follows the recent…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 84701
• Published on 16/03/17 at 17:47
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UEFA: governance and elections to the agenda of the 41st congress in Helsinki (FIN), the 05/04/2017

"Amendments to UEFA Statutes - Good Governance reforms" is one of the main items on the agenda of the 41st Ordinary UEFA Congress, organised at the Messukeskus Congress Centre in Helsinki (FIN), on Wednesday, 05/04/2017. Other items on the agenda include the election of eight members to the UEFA…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 89156
• Published on 16/03/17 at 17:42
©  LaLiga
LaLiga Santander: opening of the first "LaLiga Lounge" in Doha (Qatar) before the end of 2017

LaLiga will open, before the end of 2017, "LaLiga Lounge", a coffee shop dedicated to LaLiga Santander, in Doha (Qatar), announced the Spanish League on 11/03/2017. The hotel will be located within the Hotel Park in Doha, a leisure complex owned by Katara Hospitality, a developer, owner ,and…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 89203
• Published on 15/03/17 at 14:19
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Matchday 29 of Ligue 1 and Ligue 2: LFP and FDJ to pay €32,000 for women's football projects

The initiative "Buts Pour Elles" ("Goals For Women"), co-organised by the LFP and its betting/gaming partner FDJ, has raised €32,000 to promote women's football in clubs, indicated the French Professional Football League and the FDJ on 14/03/2017. As part of this initiative, the LFP will pay €500…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 89159
• Published on 15/03/17 at 09:50
FIFA TMS: record number of international transfers (14,591) and spending ($ 4.79bn) in 2016

14,591 international transfers were recorded by FIFA TMS in 2016, an increase of 7.3% compared to 2015 (13,601), said the subsidiary company of FIFA in publishing its Global Transfer Market Report 2017, published on 27/01/2017. These movements of players from one national federation to another…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 85937
• Published on 14/03/17 at 18:17