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©  UEFA
UEFA: €2.6bn distributed in 20 years (2004-2024) to European federations through HatTrick programme

Euro 2020 will inject €775.5m, by 2024, into the coffers of the development program HatTrick, announced UEFA on 08/08/2019. This will bring to €2.6bn the total amount distributed to the 55 national member federations of the European body since the programme's inception in 2004. "HatTrick…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 153954
• Published on 09/08/19 at 14:37
GAFA Deal Tracker: list of acquisitions, partnerships, and activities in sports

The term GAFA originally referred to four American groups in new technologies and the internet: Google (Alphabet group, internet), Amazon (e-commerce), Facebook (social network) and Apple (computing technology). By extension, the term GAFA now includes other new internet and technology groups…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 153963
• Published on 09/08/19 at 13:00
©  DFB
2006 World Cup: 3 former leaders of the German Federation accused of corruption by Swiss Justice

"The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) has filed an indictment against three former officials of the non-profit German Football Association (DFB), Horst Rudolf Schmidt, Theo Zwanziger and Wolfgang Niersbach, and against the former Swiss FIFA official Urs Linsi," announced the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 153952
• Published on 09/08/19 at 10:49
©  LaLiga
Spain: RFEF - LaLiga conflict about match time slots, distribution of TV rights in the background

Will the 2019-20 LaLiga Santander season begin as planned with the Athletic Club - FC Barcelona match, at the Estadio San Mamés in Bilbao (ESP) on Friday 16/08/2019 (kick-off at 21:00 CET)? This is one of the issues in the current legal conflict between the RFEF and LaLiga. The case has been…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Legal, …
• Article # 153932
• Published on 09/08/19 at 09:35
2019-2022 Premier League TV rights: average £3.12bn per season +9%, including £1.45bn from abroad

The sale of the domestic and international TV rights to the Premier League over the 2019-2022 cycle is expected to yield £9.35bn (€10.1bn), or an average of £3.12bn (€3.37bn) per season, for the English elite division, according to UK media. This amount is up almost 9% compared to the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 153896
• Published on 08/08/19 at 16:59
©  Lega Serie B
2019-20 Serie BKT: opening match on 23/08/2019 and a set of "boxing day" matches

The 2019-20 calendar of the Serie BKT was presented in Ascoli (ITA) on 06/08/2019 (document to download). This is the 88th edition of this competition nicknamed "the Championship of Italians", which nevertheless celebrates its 90th anniversary, since it could not be played in 1943-44 and in…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 153884
• Published on 08/08/19 at 10:50
Lega Serie A: launch of an anti-piracy campaign "#stopiracy"

Lega Serie A announces the launch of an anti-piracy campaign "#stopiracy", on 06/08/2019. "The actions that the Lega Serie A intends to take to fight against the phenomenon of piracy, and particularly against IPTV, are numerous: acceleration of IPTV blocking times for IPTV and their hosting…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 153859
• Published on 07/08/19 at 17:14
©  USSF
2019 Women's World Cup: "No suspicion of match manipulation" according to FIFA working group

"No suspicion of match manipulation at Women’s World Cup France 2019," said FIFA, while "the FIFA Women’s World Cup Integrity Task Force, which was specifically set up to monitor the competition and support FIFA in addressing any integrity-related concerns, recently concluded its successful work…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Betting
• Article # 153831
• Published on 07/08/19 at 15:25
©  DFL
Germany: video assistant referees added to the 2.Bundesliga and system made more transparent

Video assistant referees (VAR) has been used for all Bundesliga matches since 2017-18, and has now been extended to the 2.Bundesliga since the start of the 2019-20 season (Matchday 1 on 26 to 29/07/2019), stated the DFL on 05/08/2019. The club leaders of the German second division had made the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Stadiums, …
• Article # 153802
• Published on 07/08/19 at 11:50
©  World Rugby
2019 Rugby World Cup: Legends International appointed official retail partner

Legends International, the international branch of the US agency Legends, has been named the official retail partner for the 2019 Rugby World Cup, announced World Rugby on 01/08/2019. The agreement was negotiated by IMG, the marketing and media rights agency which holds the rights to World Rugby…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Merchandising - Licensing
• Article # 153797
• Published on 06/08/19 at 17:09