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©  Dupont - Hissel
Lassana Diarra case: player seeks €65m gross (€35m net) from FIFA & the Belgian Football Association

"Lassana Diarra (FRA) is claiming €65m gross (€35m net) in compensation from FIFA and the Belgian Football Association (with interest continuing to accrue until the judgment is handed down)," announced his lawyer Martin Hissel (law firm Dupont - Hissel) on 18/08/2025. "Following unsuccessful…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Clubs, International authorities, …
• Article # 408436
• Published on 19/08/25 at 13:40
©  DFB / N. Florow
2025-26 DFB-Pokal: over €75m to be distributed in total, including €10.88m to the winning club

DFB GmbH & Co KG (a trading company and wholly-owned subsidiary of the DFB) has adopted the revenue distribution formula for the 2025-26 DFB-Pokal. The amounts are more or less identical to those for 2024-25: almost €68m will be distributed from the first round (64 clubs) to the semi-finals, plus…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Federations, Finance, …
• Article # 408428
• Published on 19/08/25 at 11:30
©  Tottenham Hotspur FC
2025-26 Premier League: Matchday 1 attendance (42,133 spectators on average per game)

Matchday 1 of the 2025-26 Premier League season drew an average attendance of 42,133 spectators per game, from Friday 15 to Monday 18/08/2025. The average stadium fill rate was 97.7%. Tottenham Hotspur FC - Burnley FC (3-0), on Saturday 16/08 (kick-off at 15:00 BST), was the match that posted…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Professional leagues, Ticketing, …
• Article # 408419
• Published on 19/08/25 at 10:40
©  DFL / imago
Germany/Refereeing: "A consistent and uniform calculation of extra time" (A. Schwenken, DFL)

"In 2024-25, we identified a fundamental criticism: clubs did not feel that extra time was applied consistently and uniformly everywhere. We thought about how to improve this considerably. It's more of a refinement than a change. The result is clear and uniform extra time. The second video…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Federations, Professional leagues, Game - pitch, …
• Article # 408335
• Published on 18/08/25 at 14:30
©  UEFA
UEFA Foundation for Children: funding "to relieve the suffering of children in Gaza"

"Stop killing children, stop killing civilians," was the text written in blue letters on a white background on the banner placed on the pitch of the Stadio Friuli in Udine (Friuli, ITA) by nine refugee children from Afghanistan, Iraq, Nigeria, Palestine and Ukraine, before kick-off of the European…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Government, International authorities, Geopolitics, …
• Article # 408314
• Published on 18/08/25 at 09:00
©  RFEF
2025-26 LALIGA EA Sports: all you need to know about the 20 clubs in the Spanish top flight

FC Barcelona, Spanish champions in 2024-25, will be putting their title back on the line from Friday 15/08/2025, when the 2025-26 season of the LALIGA EA Sports kicks off with the Girona FC - Rayo Vallecano game (kick off at 19:00 CET). The Catalan club, which seems this season again to be…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Clubs, …
• Article # 408292
• Published on 14/08/25 at 18:00
©  D.R.
Weekly News Extra (11-14/08/2025)

• The Franz Beckenbauer Foundation and the DFL Foundation have launched the "Good Friends Development Fund", endowed with €100,000 from the German league, to make sport more accessible, especially to young disabled people. • The Coca-Cola Company (beverages, USA) has become an official partner of…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Social Responsibility, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 408286
• Published on 14/08/25 at 16:30
©  C+
Premier League: no games relocated abroad, while Spain and Italy are working on it

The Premier League has no plans to relocate any of its games outside England, said Richard Masters, CEO of the English League, at the 2025-26 season presentation in Liverpool (ENG) on 13/08/2025. "The RFEF board of directors has approved the request made by FC Barcelona and Villarreal CF to…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Professional leagues, Game - pitch, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 408264
• Published on 14/08/25 at 12:00
©  Futpro
Spain: Amanda Gutiérrez to step down as president of Futpro, the Spanish women's football union

"The deadline for candidacies for the presidency of Futpro having now passed, I would like to publicly announce that I will not be running in the upcoming elections," said Amanda Gutiérrez, lawyer and president of the Spanish union of professional women football players since its creation in…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Social partners, Game - pitch, Legal, …
• Article # 408244
• Published on 14/08/25 at 11:00
©  FIFA
2026 World Cup: launch of the FIFA programme to recruit around 65,000 volunteers

"Approximately 65,000 volunteers will be called on to support the delivery of the biggest FIFA World Cup yet. FIFA today launched the application process for the volunteer programme. This once-in-a-generation community of volunteers will help bring to life a tournament uniting three countries and…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): International authorities, Employment - training, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 408217
• Published on 13/08/25 at 15:00