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©  UEFA
Covid-19/European Cups: qualification for UEFA competitions should be "based on sporting merit"

UEFA insists that admission to its club competitions should always be "based on sporting merit", but stressed that "health of players, spectators and all those involved in football as well as the public at large must remain the primary concern at this time," said the European body following a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Stadiums, Legal, …
• Article # 181510
• Published on 24/04/20 at 09:40
©  UEFA
Covid-19/UEFA: €70m in advance payments from Euro 2020 profits to be given to 676 European clubs

€70m in immediate payments to 676 clubs belonging to UEFA's 55 national member associations as part of the Euro 2020 profit-sharing scheme (postponed until 2021), was announced by UEFA's executive committee during a videoconference on 23/04/2020. The decision was made " in light of the current…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 181467
• Published on 23/04/20 at 16:50
©  FA
Women's Euro: UEFA postpones 2021 tournament to be held in England by 1 year (from 06 to 31/07/2022)

"The UEFA executive committee today confirmed that the postponed UEFA Women's Euro 2021 will be played in England from 06/07 to 31/07/2022. It is planned to use the same venues (see list below) that were originally proposed to host the event," announced the European body following a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Stadiums, Legal, …
• Article # 181432
• Published on 23/04/20 at 15:30
©  KNVB
Covid-19/Netherlands: matches banned until 01/09/2020, 2019-20 season likely to be terminated

"It was an important day for professional football, with clarification from the government on the Coronavirus situation. It was decided that major events will remain banned until 01/09/2020. Until that date, no professional football matches will be played, even behind closed doors (as they are…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Stadiums
• Article # 181354
• Published on 23/04/20 at 12:30
Premier League: beIN Sports requests blocking of possible Newcastle United takeover by Saudi fund

Yousef Al-Obaidly, CEO of the Qatari pay-TV group beIN Media Group, has written to Richard Masters, chief executive of the Premier League, and the 20 club presidents of the English league, asking them to block the possible takeover of Newcastle United FC (Premier League) by the Public Investment…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 181353
• Published on 23/04/20 at 11:40
©  World Athletics
World Athletics: a task force to prevent health risks at events for the general public

"World Athletics has joined forces with the International Institute for Race Medicine (IIRM) to set up a medical taskforce to provide endurance events that include mass gatherings with guidelines for outbreak prevention," said the body on 17/04/2020. "The Outbreak Prevention Taskforce will hold…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility, Stadiums
• Article # 181235
• Published on 23/04/20 at 11:00
©  LFP - Première Ligue - UCPF - UNECATEF - UNFP - SNAAF
Covid-19: LFP and employers' and employees' unions mobilise to help the French football industry

"All committed to our industry! is the motto of the LFP and the main employers' and employees' unions in French professional football (Première Ligue, UCPF, UNECATEF, UNFP and SNAAF), who issued a joint statement on 21/04/2020, while the professional Ligue 1 Conforama and Domino's Ligue 2…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Legal, …
• Article # 181233
• Published on 23/04/20 at 10:20
©  Premier League
Premier League: charity eSports tournament on FIFA featuring a player from each club (21-25/04/2020)

The Premier League is holding a knockout eSports tournament for charity the "ePremier League Invitational" on the FIFA 20 (EA Sports) video game, which brings together all 20 of the league's clubs, each represented (without exception) by a player from their professional team, from 21 to…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, esport - gaming
• Article # 181281
• Published on 22/04/20 at 17:10
©  gouv
Italy: "If Serie A resumes, we'll consider free-to-air matches" (V. Spadafora, Minister for Sport)

"If the championship (Serie A TIM) resumes, this time we will seriously consider this opportunity to broadcast the matches free-to-air to guarantee all Italians the opportunity to watch games, precisely because of the social function football has. When I tried to do this in the period of maximum…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 181283
• Published on 22/04/20 at 15:20
©  LTT Sports
Covid-19: "A new 'Return to Play' strategy will be essential" (LTT Sports report)

"As of early April 2020, there is still no clarity on how long this situation (referring to the Covid-19 crisis) will last. However, the industry is suffering significant economic losses, and is looking for ways to restart action. Doing that will require a great deal of planning, and a new Return…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 180777
• Published on 22/04/20 at 11:10