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©  RFEF
Covid-19: Royal Spanish Football Federation opens a €500m line of credit for professional clubs

A €500m line of credit (repayable over four or five years) for clubs in the first two divisions (LaLiga Santander and LaLiga SmartBank) with an invitation to LaLiga and the clubs to participate in the effort, a €4m advance (repayable over two years without interest) to enable semi-professional…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Stadiums, Finance, …
• Article # 178880
• Published on 26/03/20 at 11:16
©  NWSL
Covid-19/USA: National Women's Soccer League scheduled to start on 18/04/2020 has been postponed

The beginning of the 2020 National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) regular season, originally scheduled to start on 18/04/2020, "will be delayed," announced the US Women's football league via Twitter, on 20/03/2020. "As we continue to follow the guidelines released by the Centers for Disease…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 178830
• Published on 26/03/20 at 09:39
©  J. league
Covid-19/Japan: no championship matches (J. League) at least until 03/05/2020

The J-League, the Japanese Football League, is postponing the matches of its first three divisions (Meiji Yasuda J1 League, Meiji Yasuda J2 League, and Meiji Yasuda J3 League), due to the Covid-19 pandemic, at least until 03/05/2020 (which corresponds to the postponement of Matchdays 7 to 12 of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs
• Article # 178808
• Published on 25/03/20 at 17:15
Covid-19: "We are working to be the first sport back on TV" (Darren Childs, Premiership Rugby)

"We are all working to try and hopefully be the first sport back on television, whether that is in a closed stadium or an open stadium. Our number one priority is to find a way to play. We want to get this season finished, and if that means playing over the summer, then we will do that, as long as…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs
• Article # 178776
• Published on 25/03/20 at 15:59
©  DFL
Covid-19/Germany: DFL advises a prolonged suspension of the leagues, TV rights tender postponed

"The executive committee of the Deutsche Fußball Liga will recommend to the ordinary assembly a further suspension of match operations in the Bundesliga and 2.Bundesliga until at least 30/04/2020," announced the DFL on 24/03/2020. In preparation for this ordinary assembly, the executive…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Agencies, …
• Article # 178754
• Published on 25/03/20 at 11:44
©  EFL
Covid-19: English Football League pledges £50m to help second, third and fourth division clubs

The English Football League, which is in charge of the Sky Bet Championship, Sky Bet League One and Sky Bet League Two, will provide a £50m (€54m) "short-term relief package" for the clubs of the three championships, announced the body on 18/03/2020. "The FA, Premier League, EFL and women's…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Social Responsibility
• Article # 178707
• Published on 25/03/20 at 09:40
©  UEFA
Covid-19: Euro 2020 to be rescheduled for 2021 to make way for domestic leagues and European Cups

Italy - Turkey, the opening match of the next Euro was scheduled to take place at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome (ITA) on Friday 12/06/2020: this match will now be played 52 weeks later, on Friday 11/06/2021. UEFA decided to postpone Euro 2020 by one year (from 11/06 to 11/07 2021), on 17/03/2020, in…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Authorities, …
• Article # 178456
• Published on 24/03/20 at 17:59
Covid-19: postponement of European Rugby Cup finals scheduled at the Orange Vélodrome in May 2020

"Following a conference call on Monday 23/03/2020, the EPCR board can reconfirm the suspension of this season's Heineken Champions Cup and Challenge Cup tournaments and has furthermore decided to postpone the semi-final matches, as well as the 2020 Marseille finals, which were due to be played on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Stadiums
• Article # 178693
• Published on 24/03/20 at 17:29
©  Tokyo 2020
Covid-19/Tokyo 2020: IOC and Japan postpone the Olympic Games until "no later than summer 2021"

Thomas Bach (GER), president of the IOC and Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, have reached the conclusion that the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games "must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums, …
• Article # 178686
• Published on 24/03/20 at 16:15
©  UEFA
Covid-19/UEFA: European Cup finals officially postponed, no new dates decided

The 2020 Champions League final at Istanbul's Atatürk Olympic Stadium (TUR) is no longer scheduled on Saturday 30/05/2020. UEFA has officially postponed the match "as a result of the Covid-19 crisis in Europe," on 23/03/2020. The same decision has been taken regarding the Europa League final…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Stadiums
• Article # 178674
• Published on 24/03/20 at 15:46