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©  Lega Serie A
2018-2021 Serie A TV rights: Mediapro appeals the decision of the Court of Milan on their tender

The Chinese-Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro is appealing, on 10/05/2018, the decision of the Court of Milan of 07/05/2018 which asked Mediapro, following the appeal of the pay-TV group Sky Italia on 16/04/2018, to reformulate the tender for the domestic audiovisual rights to the Serie A over…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 119806
• Published on 11/05/18 at 14:10
©  WLF
World Leagues Forum: Steering group "vigorously opposed" to new FIFA competitions / formats

"The steering group of the World Leagues Forum have agreed that plans for extending any competitions which impact negatively upon the already congested match calendar will be vigorously opposed," stated the World Leagues Forum, after its meeting convened in Düsseldorf (GER) on 08/05/2018…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 119767
• Published on 11/05/18 at 13:09
©  UEFA
UEFA: publication of the fifth Football and Social Responsibility Report (2016-17)

"The fifth UEFA Football and Social Responsibility Report looks at UEFA's social responsibility achievements, as well as those of partner bodies, in the fields of diversity, inclusion, environment, health, peace and reconciliation, solidarity and fan dialogue," said UEFA, on 08/05/2018…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility
• Article # 119723
• Published on 09/05/18 at 17:45
©  DC
Spain: LaLiga presents itself as "One of the world leaders in the entertainment industry"

"Increasing the value of our international audiovisual rights, the number of fans around the world and their interest in our competitions, as well as generating business opportunities for LaLiga and its clubs and helping to maintain and strengthen our position as one of the world leaders in the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Sponsors - Partners, …
• Article # 119540
• Published on 07/05/18 at 15:09
©  NBA
NBA: Benjamin Morel steps down as vice-president and managing director for EMEA of the league

Benjamin Morel, 44, will step down as the vice-president and managing director of Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) of the NBA, by the end of July 2018, announced the NBA on 02/05/2018. "During the period when Benjamin Morel led the NBA in Europe and the Middle East, he has…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 119460
• Published on 04/05/18 at 16:38
©  FIFA
2018 World Cup: nine Europeans among the 13 video assistant referees selected for the competition

Three video assistant referees from Italy, two from Germany, two from Portugal, one from the Netherlands and one from Poland compose the contingent of the nine European referees selected among the 13 VAR's (list below) that have been chosen for the 2018 World Cup in Russia by the FIFA Referees…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 119270
• Published on 04/05/18 at 13:30
©  News Tank
Competitive imbalances: "The closed league is not a realistic solution" (Jacco Swart, Eredivisie)

"If we were to create our domestic leagues today, starting from a blank page, the closed league would theoretically be an economically attractive solution, like the North American professional sports organisations. But we never create anything from a blank page," said Jacco Swart, CEO of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 119007
• Published on 04/05/18 at 11:30
©  AELTC
Tennis: prize money for the 2018 edition of Wimbledon reaches €38.6m (+7.6% compared to in 2017)

The total prize money for the 2018 edition of the Wimbledon Grand Slam tennis tournament (London, UK) will be £34m (€38.6m), up 7.6% compared to in 2017 (£31.6m). "The Ladies' and Gentlemen’s Singles Champions will each receive £2.25m (€2.55m), increased from £2.2m in 2017," explained the the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Stadiums
• Article # 119410
• Published on 04/05/18 at 10:49
©  FIFA
2018 World Cup: a $2m advance from FIFA for each of the five qualified African teams

"The five African qualified teams for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia namely Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia, will each receive an advance of $2m (€1.66m) of their prize money from FIFA towards their preparations," announced CAF, on 30/04/2018. "The decision follows…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 119275
• Published on 03/05/18 at 16:10
©  LFF
Latvia: Kaspars Gorkss, former international team captain, is elected president of the LFF

Kaspars Gorkss, 36, who played 89 games for the Latvian national team between 2005 and 2017, has been elected president of the Latvian Football Federation (Latvijas Futbola federācija, LFF) at the Riga General Assembly on 27/04/2018. Gorkss obtained at total of 56 votes, versus 48 for Vadim…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 119279
• Published on 03/05/18 at 15:10