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2026 World Cup: the Royal Moroccan Football Federation challenges new criteria introduced by FIFA

The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) has challenged FIFA's scoring system and technical criteria for the selection process for the organisers of the 2026 World Cup, according to a letter from the FRMF to FIFA on 25/03/2018 (see downloads). The scoring system, which "adds new…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Stadiums, Legal, …
• Article # 116874
• Published on 03/04/18 at 18:00
©  UEFA
Euro 2020: UEFA to select companies as sales agents for its corporate hospitality programme (UK)

"UEFA Euro 2020 will be held in twelve host cities across Europe in June and July 2020. UEFA, together with any of its subsidiaries, wishes to select a company(ies) to act as its sales agent(s) for the UEFA Euro 2020 official corporate hospitality programme in the United Kingdom. For such…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Legal, Stadiums
• Article # 116683
• Published on 03/04/18 at 16:00
©  DC
FIFA Women's World Cup 2019: "FIFA takes sustainable development very seriously" (F. Addiechi)

"An organisation as powerful as FIFA, which is responsible for the world's most popular sport, is aware of its responsibility for sustainable development, and we have been taking that responsibility very seriously for a long time, trying to be leaders in the world of sport," said Federico…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility, …
• Article # 116500
• Published on 30/03/18 at 15:30
©  FIFA
Russia 2018: no Premier League referees selected by FIFA among the 36 referees of the 2018 World Cup

"The FIFA Referees Committee has selected 36 referees and 63 assistant referees, representing 46 different countries, for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia (organised from 14/06 to 15/07/2018)," announced FIFA on 29/03/2018. The list of match officials does not include any Premier league…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 116714
• Published on 30/03/18 at 10:30
©  CFA
Cyprus: George Koumas succeeds Costakis Koutsokoumnis as president of the Football Association

George Koumas has been named the new president of the Cyprus Football Association (CFA). He will succeed Costakis Koutsokoumnis, who died on 06/03/2018, for a term that will run until 2023, according to UEFA, on 28/03/2018. "I accept the CFA presidency with selflessness and clear targets,…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 116621
• Published on 29/03/18 at 15:40
©  Lega Serie A
Lega Serie A: General Assembly on 07/05/2018 to the establish the new governance of the league

A General Assembly of the Lega Serie A is to be convened at the CONI (the Italian National Olympic Committee) headquarters in Rome on Monday 07/05/2018 (13:30 CET) in order to complete the establisment of the new governance of the Italian professional league, announced the Lega Serie A at the end…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 116578
• Published on 29/03/18 at 13:00
©  FIFA
2026 World Cup: a "fair, objective and transparent bidding process" (Gianni Infantino, FIFA)

"I have been dealing with the evaluation of bids for over 20 years, in several different capacities, and I challenge anyone to point out an organisation that conducts a bidding process as fair, objective and transparent as the one that FIFA is carrying out for the 2026 FIFA World Cup," said Gianni…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 116379
• Published on 28/03/18 at 15:30
©  D.R.
England: FA posts a turnover of £351m in 2016-17, a decrease of 5.1% compared to 2015-16

The FA (English Football Association) posted a turnover of £351.2m (€392m on 31/07/2017) during the 2016-17 fiscal year (from 01/08/2016 to 31/07/2017), announced the Football Association presenting its annual results on 21/03/2018. This figure represented a decrease of £18.5m or 5.1%, compared to…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 116195
• Published on 28/03/18 at 15:00
©  ECA
ECA: five new members of the Executive Board, including four observers (GA on 27/03/2018)

Niclas Carlnén (Malmö FF, SWE), Sergey Fursenko (Zenit St Petersburg, RUS), Raphael Landthaler (SK Rapid Vienna, AUT), Stefan Pantović (Red Star Belgrade, SER) and Vidar Halldorsson (FH Hafnarfjördur, ISL) have been elected to the ECA Executive Board at the 20th General Assembly, attended by…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Legal, …
• Article # 116470
• Published on 28/03/18 at 11:30
©  WR
Rugby World Cup 2019: expected output of €3.4bn, including €1.65bn for Japan (EY)

The 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan should generate "a total output of around ¥437.2bn (€3.4bn)" of which "¥216.6 bn (€1.65bn) of additive value to be pumped into the Japanese economy," announced World Rugby on 20/03/2018 after a study carried out by the firm EY for the international…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities
• Article # 116380
• Published on 27/03/18 at 11:40