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©  Formule E
Covid-19: Formula E launches an eSports tournament in partnership with UNICEF to generate funds

Formula E has launched the "ABB Formula E Race at Home Challenge", an eSports tournament using rFactor 2 simulation software, which will take place every Saturday for nine consecutive weekends from 18/04 to 13/06/2020, according to the electric single-seater racing competition on 15/04/2020. This…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, esport - gaming
• Article # 180828
• Published on 16/04/20 at 17:59
©  Élysée
Covid-19/France: a ban on "events with large audiences until mid-July 2020" (E. Macron)

"The strictest lockdown must continue until Monday 11/05/2020," announced Emmanuel Macron, President of the French Republic on 13/04/2020 in a speech concerning the measures taken to combat the Covid-19 pandemic in France (text available in French, see Twitter below). "However, public places…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Stadiums
• Article # 180822
• Published on 16/04/20 at 17:30
©  France 2
Covid-19/Cycling: start of the 2020 Tour de France in Nice shifted to 29/08, end on 20/09/2020

"Following the declarations of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron (on 13/04/2020), indicating in particular that there could be no mass gathering events in France before mid-July 2020 in order to effectively fight against the spread of the Covid-19 epidemic, the organizers of the Tour…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies
• Article # 180748
• Published on 16/04/20 at 09:55
©  RFEF
Covid-19/Spain: RFEF proposes 1-match playoffs and no relegations in the 3rd and 4th divisions

An express promotion mechanism, via playoffs over a single match, in order to guarantee the number of promotions planned at the start of the season, and no relegations, these are the proposals for non-professional Spanish football put forward by Luis Rubiales, president of the RFEF, in a letter…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal
• Article # 180671
• Published on 15/04/20 at 15:44
©  D.R.
"Is a health crisis force majeure? The answer is not clearly evident" (T. Chiron, sports lawyer)

"Is a health crisis a case of force majeure? The answer cannot be taken for granted, because it is not (legally) clearly evident. This is because up to now, all health situations have not necessarily been judged as such: Ebola, dengue fever, chikungunya virus or even H1N1 (avian flu)," explained…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Stadiums, …
• Article # 180645
• Published on 15/04/20 at 12:30
©  IOC
Covid-19/Tokyo 2020: "Several hundred million dollars of additional costs" (T. Bach, IOC)

"For us, the IOC, it is already clear that we shall be faced with several hundred million dollars of additional costs (due to the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games)," said Thomas Bach, president of the IOC, to the German daily Die Welt on 12/04/2020. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 180582
• Published on 15/04/20 at 11:10
©  BCW
Covid-19/Sport: "78% of host cities admit they will suffer financial losses in 2020" (BCW study)

"78% of host cities surveyed admit that they will suffer financial losses in 2020 due to the cancellation or postponement of sporting events in their city or region (due to Covid-19)," according to a study conducted by the communication agency BCW (Burson Cohn & Wolfe) and published on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Stadiums
• Article # 180581
• Published on 15/04/20 at 10:30
©  FIGC
Covid-19: FIGC awards the #loScudettodelCuore "to all who face the virus every day"

"The FIGC awards the #loScudettodelCuore (#TheHeartScudetto) to all who face the virus every day, putting the value of the community above themselves; the award is a special tricolour for the national emergency team battling against Coronavirus on the front line," announced the Italian Football…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 180580
• Published on 15/04/20 at 09:40
©  LFP
LFP: resumption of the 2019-20 season in June, beginning of the 2020-21 season on 22-23/08/2020

Resumption of the Ligue 1 Conforama and Domino's Ligue 2 championships on Wednesday 03/06 (scenario 1) or Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17/06/2020 (scenario 2) and beginning of the 2020-21 season on Saturday 22 (Ligue 2) and Sunday 23/08/2020 (Ligue 1), were the measures voted unanimously by the bureau…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Stadiums, …
• Article # 180557
• Published on 14/04/20 at 15:04
©  D.R.
Covid-19/England: Premier League clubs to receive advanced payments to alleviate revenue problems

Premier League clubs will receive partial advanced payments relating to the "merit payments" (based on their positioning in the league table) that they would normally receive, as well as from "facility fees", which are generated each time a match of the club in question is broadcast live on…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Stadiums
• Article # 180530
• Published on 14/04/20 at 14:04