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©  D.R.
IFAB: "The fate of football should no longer be the preserve of a handful of officials" (M. Platini)

"The fate of football should no longer be the preserve of a handful of elected officials. Defend the spirit of the game. Defend our football!," wrote Michel Platini, the former French international and former president of UEFA (2007 -2015) in a letter sent to FIFPro on 03/03/2019, the day after…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 141555
• Published on 05/03/19 at 10:55
©  LaLiga
LaLiga: partnership with The Walt Disney Company and launch of a joint communication campaign

LaLiga and the American media and entertainment conglomerate The Walt Disney Company have signed a collaboration agreement through which the two entities will deploy a joint communication campaign entitled #JuegaConValores (#PlayingWithValues), announced the Spanish League on 25/02/2019. The…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 141154
• Published on 05/03/19 at 09:40
©  IFAB
Laws of the Game: IFAB expresses its satisfaction with VAR a year after its authorisation

"Partly as a result of its success in the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, VAR is now an accepted part of football and has brought greater fairness to the game without any significant interruption with reviews on average taking just over a minute once every three games," stated IFAB after its 133rd…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 141521
• Published on 04/03/19 at 17:50
©  Première Ligue
2019 Pro Football Club Convention: MLS and women's football on the agenda in Monaco (27-28/05/2019)

"The fourth (French) Professional Football Club Convention will welcome MLS leaders who will reveal the impact of football in American society and celebrate the development of women's football and the place of women in the development of our sport just days before the beginning of the Women's…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 141220
• Published on 04/03/19 at 15:54
©  LaLiga
Spain: professional football generates 185,000 jobs and €4.1bn in tax revenue to the State (LaLiga)

"The professional football industry generates 185,000 jobs, €4.1bn in taxes and a turnover equal to 1.37% of Spain's GDP," announced LaLiga in presenting "an independent report called the 'Financial, Fiscal and Social Impact of Professional Football in Spain" (to download) conducted by the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 141367
• Published on 04/03/19 at 15:15
©  DFB
Germany: 3.Liga posts an average of 8,076 spectators per game, and Kaiserslautern a record 22,239

The 3.Liga (German third division) drew 2,002,809 spectators after 248 matches with an average of 8,076 per game, according to the German Football Association (DFB), organiser of this professional competition (20 clubs) that was created in 2008 to bridge the gap between the 2.Bundesliga and the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Ticketing, Clubs, …
• Article # 141388
• Published on 04/03/19 at 11:40
©  FIFA
Women's World Cup 2019: official posters for the nine host cities of the competition

The nine host cities of the 2019 Women's World Cup (Grenoble, Le Havre, Lyon, Montpellier, Nice, Paris, Reims, Rennes and Valenciennes) presented the nine official posters of the competition 100 days before the opening match between France and South Korea (at the Parc des Princes, in Paris, on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 141281
• Published on 01/03/19 at 10:55
©  D.R.
Turkey: Yildirim Demirören resigns as president of the Federation, vice-president appointed interim

Yildirim Demirören, president of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), has announced his resignation during a meeting of the TFF board of directors on 28/02/2019. His company, Demirören Group, which also has a strong presence in the media sector, has just obtained, in a joint venture with…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 141343
• Published on 01/03/19 at 10:20
©  Julien Guichard
Ligue 1 Conforama: "38 matches have been postponed or re-scheduled" (Didier Quillot, LFP)

"There is no end to the postponement of matches... Since the beginning of the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) crisis, there have been 49 requests for a postponement or delay. 38 Ligue 1 Conforama matches have been postponed or re-scheduled (20 postponed on the same weekend and 18 re-scheduled, for a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 141173
• Published on 28/02/19 at 15:45
©  LaLiga
LaLiga: launch of a mini-programme (sub-app) on the Chinese instant messaging platform WeChat

LaLiga has become the first league in Europe to create a "mini-programme" (sub-application) on WeChat (Chinese instant messaging platform), according to the Spanish league 19/02/2019. "The mini-programme is designed to be a central location for Chinese fans to grow their knowledge of Spanish…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 141007
• Published on 26/02/19 at 13:00