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FIFA: "Recent events have made silence impossible" (Mikaël Silvestre and other players)

"We share the exact same concerns as the millions of fans around the world. Like them, we have watched the game we love drift away from its core values under FIFA’s current leadership. Change is necessary. Power has blurred the current leadership’s ability to distinguish between its own interests…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, International authorities, Geopolitics, …
• Article # 451291
• Published on 25/08/26 at 18:00
©  European Football Clubs
EFC: 850 member clubs at start of 2026-27 season following Real Racing Club (ESP) addition

More than 80 new clubs have joined European Football Clubs since August 2025, taking the total number of clubs represented by EFC to 850 at the start of the 2026-27 season following the addition of Real Racing Club (promoted to LALIGA EA Sports), the organisation chaired by Nasser Al-Khelaïfi…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, International authorities, Governance, …
• Article # 451255
• Published on 25/08/26 at 17:00
©  ”The Rest is Politics : Leading”
FIFA: commercial company project is "even worse than the Super League" (A. Ceferin, UEFA)

"I think this plan (the commercial company project presented and subsequently abandoned by Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA) is even worse than the Super League plan. In the first case, super-important clubs wanted to do their own league, which is wrong and would destroy football. But in this…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, International authorities, Finance, …
• Article # 451224
• Published on 25/08/26 at 14:00
©  FIFA
FIFA: FIFA Forward Enterprise project abandoned, with governance implications

"The FIFA Forward Enterprise (FFE) has created divisions of a nature that, regardless of the level of support, are no longer in the interest of the objective set out in the first place. As a result, this proposal will not proceed," Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, announced on 1 August 2026…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Federations, Authorities, International authorities, …
• Article # 450039
• Published on 25/08/26 at 13:00
©  Euroleague Basketball
Euroleague Basketball: Abu Dhabi (UAE) to host first-ever SuperCup on 18-19 September 2026

The Department of Culture and Tourism - Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi, UAE) and Euroleague Basketball have expanded their partnership and announced, on 24 August 2026, the launch of the Euroleague Basketball SuperCup, whose inaugural edition will be held at Etihad Arena (18,000 capacity), on Yas…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities, International authorities, International development, …
• Article # 451193
• Published on 25/08/26 at 11:00
©  D.R.
FIFA: six Nordic football associations "have lost confidence" in Gianni Infantino

"The six Nordic football associations have lost confidence in the FIFA president (Gianni Infantino) and have serious concerns about the governance and high-level decision-making of the organisation," the Icelandic, Finnish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and Faroe Islands football associations said in…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Federations, International authorities, …
• Article # 451128
• Published on 24/08/26 at 17:00
©  Premier League
England: 13th edition of “Premier League Mornings Live” in Denver (USA) on 10 and 11 October 2026

The 13th edition of the “Premier League Mornings Live” promotional event in the United States will take place in Denver (Colorado) on 10 and 11 October 2026, the English League announced on 21 August 2026. This free “fan festival”, organised in partnership with NBC Sports (a subsidiary of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Professional leagues, Sponsors - Partners, …
• Article # 451055
• Published on 24/08/26 at 13:00
©  NFL
NFL: international strategy according to Hans Schroeder, Executive VP Media of Media Distribution

"We had a little over 800,000 viewers in Spain for our game in Madrid last year (at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on 16 November 2025). We had a similar number in Germany (at Berlin's Olympiastadion on 09 November 2025). If you compare that to the other major sports in those markets, we’re not at…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): International authorities, Professional leagues, Media, …
• Article # 451000
• Published on 24/08/26 at 11:00
©  News Tank
Weekly News Extra (17-21 August 2026)

• The Bundesliga "has achieved a significant legal victory in the fight against unfair commercial practices on the unauthorised secondary ticketing market," against the Viagogo platform. "The Higher Regional Court (OLG) of Munich found several of Viagogo’s commercial practices to be misleading and…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Essentials Clubs, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Essentials Media, …
• Article # 451003
• Published on 21/08/26 at 18:00
©  D.R.
Tennis: record prize money of $108m (€92.8m) for the 2026 US Open, up 20%

The 2026 edition of the US Open (Grand Slam) will offer record prize money of $108m (€92.8m as of 20 August 2026), up 20% from 2025 ($90m / €76.8m) and 44% over two years from 2024 ($75m / €67.6m), the organiser United States Tennis Association (USTA) announced on 20 August 2026. This marks the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Authorities, Finance, Game - pitch, …
• Article # 450999
• Published on 21/08/26 at 16:00