Public Authorities & Regulations: archives May, 2018 (page 3/5)

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eSports: Royal Belgian Football Association creates the "Belgian eDevils", the Belgium eFoot team

The Royal Belgian Football Association (URBSFA) have created the "Belgian eDevils", Belgium's official eFoot team, formed at the end of a national team tournament on the FIFA 18 video game from the American publisher EA Sports, on 06/05/2018. A selection tournament, played by 16 players at the…
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• Category(ies): Authorities, esport - gaming
• Article # 120433
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Spain: Luis Rubiales elected president of the RFEF (80 votes versus 56 for Juan Luis Larrea)

Luis Manuel Rubiales Béjar has been elected president of the Spanish Football Federation (Real Federacion Espanola de Futbol, RFEF) after the body's general assembly held on Thursday 17/05/2018. His term will run until 2020. Luis Rubiales obtained more than 58.3% of the votes cast (80 votes…
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• Category(ies): Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 120460
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England: composition and progression of turnover of The FA (English Football Association)

The FA (English Football Association) posted a turnover of £351.2m (€392m on 31/07/2017) in the 2016-17 fiscal year (from 01/08/2016 to 31/07/2017), announced The Football Association on 21/03/2018. This represents a decrease of £18.5m (5.1%) compared to the 2015-16 fiscal year (£369.675m/€438m at…
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• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 120334
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Russia 2018: "Began our journey nine years ago, today we're ready to welcome the world" (A. Sorokin)

"We are very happy and very honoured to host this conference here in the capital of France. It is now 20 years since the wonderful story of France '98, and that great moment of French football. So France remains a great inspiration for us as hosts of this summer's tournament. We are thrilled to…
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• Category(ies): Ticketing, Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility, …
• Article # 120377
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United States: Supreme Court abolishes the ban sports betting in 46 of 50 states

The US Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the state of New Jersey, and has abolished the sports betting ban still in force in 46 of the 50 US states, on 14/05/2018. New Jersey had been waging a legal battle for many years (see details below) to abolish this ban. The Supreme Court found that…
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• Category(ies): Authorities, Legal, Betting, …
• Article # 120333
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DFB: German Football Federation launches a Chatbot in time for the 75th DFB-Pokal final

The DFB has launched a Chatbot (computer programme that can reply to messages) in partnership with Tokabot (start-up company) in time for the 75th DFB-Pokal final, FC Bayern Munich - Eintracht Frankfurt at the Olympiastadion in Berlin (GER) on 19/05/2018 (kick-off at 20:00 CET), according to the…
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• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 120319
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UEFA: Executive Committee to appoint the host cities of the 2020 European finals on 24/05/2018

The appointment of the organisers of the 2020 interclub finals (Champions League, Europa League, Women's Champions League and Super Cup) is one of the main items on the agenda of the UEFA Executive Committee meeting, in Kiev (UKR), on Thursday 24/05/2018, two days before the 2018 Champions League…
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• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 120183
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Sport Executive Club: "French football offers the most investor opportunities" (J-M Mickeler, DNCG)

"There are some good brands in Ligue 1 that would benefit from seeing new investors coming in, with new ways to develop, and today there are very few opportunities (to acquire clubs) in England, there are very few in Germany, very few in Spain and Italy, so among the five major leagues, the French…
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• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal
• Article # 120098
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Chinese Super League: China's first professional sports league to launch its Twitter account

The Ping An Chinese Super League (CSL) has launched an official account on the social network Twitter (@cslfootball) on 11/05/2018. This is the first Chinese professional sports league to create an account on Twitter. The Chinese Super League will publish each week, in Mandarin and English…
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• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Authorities, …
• Article # 120296
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2018 World Cup: One month away from the opening match, Russia - Saudi Arabia, Thursday 14/06/2018

Russia - Saudi Arabia (Group A) will be the first of 64 matches of the 21st World Cup at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow (RUS) on Thursday 14/06/2018 (kick-off at 18:00 local time, 17:00 CET). This World Cup will be the first to use video assistant referees, in accordance with the decision of…
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• Article # 120038
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