Filter by domain
Filter by year
Filter by month
©  D.R.
Italy: "€1bn lost in four years due to piracy" (L. De Siervo, Lega Serie A)

"We are talking about €1bn lost in four years due to piracy. In the year the pandemic started, we also lost €1.5bn. This is a world where the much maligned club presidents have lost vital resources, without help from the government," said Luigi De Siervo, CEO of Lega Serie A, on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Authorities, Media
• Article # 256290
• Published on 24/06/22 at 14:40
©  URBSFA
Belgium: Paul Van den Bulck elected as chairman of the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA)

The RBFA board has unanimously elected Paul Van den Bulck as chairman for a two-year term, announced the Royal Belgian Football Association on 21/06/2022. Paul Van den Bulck, 57, a lawyer in Brussels (BEL) and Paris (FRA), is the first independent chairman of the Association. He had joined the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 256291
• Published on 24/06/22 at 14:10
©  D.R.
Golf: "You can't compete with a foreign monarchy" (Jay Monahan, PGA Tour)

"If this is an arms race and if the only weapons here are dollar bills, the PGA Tour can't compete with a foreign monarchy (Saudi Arabia) that is spending billions of dollars in an attempt to buy the game of golf. We welcome good, healthy competition. The LIV Saudi Golf League is not that. It's an…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Game - pitch
• Article # 256205
• Published on 24/06/22 at 11:00
©  D.R.
FFF: texts voted for by the federal assembly on 18/06/2022 concerning the LFP

• Creation of a commercial company, • Statutes of the commercial company, • Reform of the governance of the LFP. These are the themes of the three texts (documents available to download) adopted by the FFF federal assembly held in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes, FRA) on Saturday 18/06/2022 and which…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal
• Article # 256212
• Published on 24/06/22 at 10:20
©  FIFA
Qatar 2022: 1.2 million tickets sold five months before the start of the XXII World Cup

1.2 million tickets for the 2022 World Cup which will start on Monday 21/11/2022 in Qatar have already been sold at the end of the second sales phase (05 - 28/04/2022), according to Hassan Al-Thawadi, secretary general of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the entity in charge of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Game - pitch, Legal, …
• Article # 256074
• Published on 23/06/22 at 10:20
©  Sporsora
Sporsora: Raymond Bauriaud (FFFB) elected president by the new board of directors

Raymond Bauriaud, director of communications and marketing for the French Basketball Federation (FFBB), has been elected president of Sporsora for three years following the vote held at the elective general assembly at the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympic Organising Committee, announced the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 256033
• Published on 22/06/22 at 17:15
©  D.R.
Tokyo 2020: a total expenditure of JPY1,423.8bn (€9.94bn) for the Olympic and Paralympic Games

"Thanks to the efforts made to increase revenues and continuously review expenditures, Tokyo 2020 achieved a balanced budget of JPY640.4bn ($5.8bn/€4.47bn)" with the IOC's contribution of JPY86.8bn ($800m/€600m), revenues of JPY56.9bn ($500m/€397m) from the TOP sponsorship programme and local…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal
• Article # 255972
• Published on 22/06/22 at 14:40
©  DFB
Germany/DFB: 2.21 million licensed players in 2021-22, the most since 2017-18

2.21 million players played football in Germany during the 2021-22 season (as of 30/05/2022) in organised matches, an increase of 21.5% on the previous season and the most since 2017-18, according to the DFB on 20/06/2022. "There were 2.02 million active boys and men, compared to just under…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Game - pitch
• Article # 255903
• Published on 22/06/22 at 10:20
©  FIFA
CSR: Qatar 2022, the first World Cup to obtain the ISO 20121 sustainability certification

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar has obtained ISO 20121 certification, "the international standard that sets requirements for developing and implementing an effective management system to deliver a sustainable event," announced the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy, the body in charge of…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities, Legal, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 255856
• Published on 21/06/22 at 16:40
©  D.R.
Lega Serie A: "We need to define our business model, a fund isn't a solution in itself" (L. Casini)

"We need to define the project and the business model that the League (Lega Serie A) wants to pursue, then we can turn to funds, if it is deemed useful. A fund is not a solution in itself, it is a tool," said Lorenzo Casini, Lega Serie A president, in an interview with La Gazzetta dello Sport on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Stadiums, Finance, Media, …
• Article # 255816
• Published on 21/06/22 at 14:50