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French Football Convention: "Must invest in an international OTT platform" (J-H Eyraud, Marseille)

"We need to launch this digital transformation of the French League, as LaLiga has done, and I think that French football must invest in an international OTT platform, like the NFL League Pass, and sometimes you have to be able to sacrifice short-term revenues to develop more important ones in the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 120706
• Published on 23/05/18 at 16:00
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World Rugby: 44 council members, with 13 new representatives including 11 women

The expanded World Rugby council has welcomed 13 new representatives of the federations and associations, of which 11 are women, including Deborah Griffin (co-founder of England's Rugby Football Union for Women), according to the the international federation on 17/05/2018. "This brings the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities, Social Responsibility
• Article # 120635
• Published on 22/05/18 at 18:04
©  D.R.
News Tank Football: Olivier Hellard new general manager in charge of business development

Olivier Hellard (FRA) has joined News Tank Football as general manager in charge of business development, from 17/05/2018. Olivier Hellard, 57 years old, began his career working with advertising agencies (Havas Group, Publicis, FCB). He joined L'Équipe (French sports daily) in 1995 as…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Digital, Legal, …
• Article # 120606
• Published on 22/05/18 at 17:34
©  DFL
DFL: Christopher Holschier to be appointed head of corporate communications on 01/09/2018

Christopher Holschier (GER) will join the corporate and brand communications board of the DFL on 01/06/2018 and then will be appointed as head of corporate communications effective on 01/09/2018, according to the German Football League on 15/05/2018. "The 36-year-old head of corporate…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility
• Article # 120536
• Published on 22/05/18 at 12:09
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French Pro Football Convention: third edition in Cannes (FRA) on Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23/05/2018

The third edition of the French Professional Football Convention, which brings together directors from French professional clubs, is being held at the Grand Hyatt Martinez Hotel in Cannes (FRA) on Tuesday 22 and Wednesday 23/05/2018. "This year, we wanted to focus the Convention around the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 120463
• Published on 21/05/18 at 18:04
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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…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities, esport - gaming
• Article # 120433
• Published on 21/05/18 at 14:25
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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…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 120460
• Published on 21/05/18 at 10:50
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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…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 120334
• Published on 21/05/18 at 09:19
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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…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility, …
• Article # 120377
• Published on 18/05/18 at 15:44
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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…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities, Legal, Betting, …
• Article # 120333
• Published on 18/05/18 at 13:20