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2022-23 Ligue 1 Uber Eats: attendance for Matchday 25 (a record 65,894 fans at the Orange Vélodrome)

Matchday 25 of the 2022-23 Ligue 1 Uber Eats season drew an average of 21,016 spectators per game, from Friday 24 to Sunday 26/02/2023. The average stadium fill rate was 77.5%. Olympique de Marseille - Paris Saint-Germain (0-3), on Sunday 26/02/2023 (kick-off at 20:45 CET), posted the best…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Stadiums, …
• Article # 281316
• Published on 27/02/23 at 09:40
©  News Tank
Weekly News Extra (20-24/02/2023)

• BBC football commentator John Motson, who had a 50-year career with the British Broadcasting Corporation, died aged 77 on 23/02/2023. • Florence Hardouin, general manager of the French Football Federation, did not show up for the meeting prior to her dismissal, which she was invited to attend…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Clubs, Sponsors - Partners, …
• Article # 281267
• Published on 24/02/23 at 15:25
©  D.R.
FFF/Noël Le Graët affair: "I have decided to resign from the executive committee" (J. Sandjak)

"Faithful to the principles and values that have shaped my commitments since my youth, faithful to those who have entrusted me with the responsibility of promoting and serving, in their name, an open and emancipating football within the national representative body, I have decided today to submit…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 281260
• Published on 24/02/23 at 14:30
©  LFP
France/LFP: 11% of club licence points to be awarded based on environmental criteria from 2023-24

11% of the points (i.e. 1,100 out of 10,000) required to obtain a club licence for Ligue 1 Uber Eats and Ligue 2 BKT residents will be awarded by the Ligue de Football Professionnel on the basis of environmental criteria from the 2023-24 season onwards, according to information from the French…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Authorities
• Article # 281143
• Published on 24/02/23 at 08:40
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UK: Government policy paper entitled "A sustainable future-reforming club football governance"

"The commercial growth of English football's top division is an achievement to be celebrated. It is a force for good in promoting the UK abroad, and a product that should be protected. However, English football is currently endangered by the high and growing risk of financial failure among clubs…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Stadiums, …
• Article # 281161
• Published on 23/02/23 at 17:20
©  Comité national olympique d'Ukraine
Ukraine/a year of war: consequences of the conflict triggered by Russia on the world of sport

While Vladimir Putin and Russia waited until the end of the Winter Olympics in Beijing (CHN) on 20/02/2022 before launching the war in Ukraine four days later, on Thursday 24/02/2022, Thomas Bach (GER), president of the International Olympic Committee, accused Moscow of having violated the Olympic…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 281119
• Published on 23/02/23 at 16:35
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Women's World Cup 2023: Haiti, Portugal & Panama, the last countries to qualify via the play-offs

Haiti, Portugal and Panama are the last three countries to qualify for the Women's World Cup 2023 finals, organised by FIFA in Australia and New Zealand from 20/07 to 20/08/2023. In the last of the three play-off finals in New Zealand, Panama beat Paraguay 1-0 on 23/02/2022. In the finals…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Game - pitch, Legal
• Article # 281080
• Published on 23/02/23 at 11:30
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United Kingdom: Government confirms plans to establish an independent football regulator

The British government has confirmed its plans to establish an independent football regulator, on 22/02/2023. These "plans follow the Government accepting recommendations from the Fan-Led Review of Football Governance" (see below) commissioned by the UK Department of State for Digital, Culture…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 281044
• Published on 23/02/23 at 10:00
• Updated on23/02/23 at 16:47
©  National Olympic Committee of Ukraine
Ukraine/one year of war: "We feel deeply for the Ukrainian people" (IOC)

"24/02/2023 marks one year since Russia invaded Ukraine with the support of Belarus: one year of brutal warfare, human suffering, killing and destruction. We feel deeply for the Ukrainian people during this cruel war, whose pain and suffering are beyond imagination," wrote the IOC in a statement…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 281031
• Published on 23/02/23 at 09:20
©  LFP
LFP: Ligue 1 Uber Eats, the "first European league" to open a server on Discord (messaging platform)

The Ligue 1 Uber Eats has become "the first European league to open an official server (a topic-based channel) on Discord", a community instant messaging platform, announced the Ligue de Football Professionnel on 22/02/2023. "By launching its Discord server, the Ligue 1 wishes to bring together…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Social Networks
• Article # 281032
• Published on 23/02/23 at 08:40