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FIFA: "$152m invested in the Women's World Cup 2023, including $110m as prize money" (G. Infantino)

FIFA's investment in the Women's World Cup 2023 in Australia and New Zealand will be $152m, a record sum for the competition, announced Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA, at the 73rd Congress of the body in Kigali (Rwanda) on 16/03/2023. Of that $152m, $110m will go to the players of the 32…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Sponsors - Partners, Finance, …
• Article # 283452
• Published on 17/03/23 at 12:00
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UEFA: rules on homegrown players "not compatible with free movement rules of the EU" (CJEU)

"Systems in which homegrown players include not only those trained by the club at issue, but also those ofother clubs in the same national league, are not compatible with free movement rules," said Maciej Szpunar, Advocate General at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Transfer Market, Legal, …
• Article # 283303
• Published on 16/03/23 at 16:00
©  FIFA
73rd FIFA Congress: Gianni Infantino re-elected president for four years (2023-2027) by acclamation

Gianni Infantino, president of FIFA since 26/02/2016, has been re-elected for another four-year term (2023-2027) at the body's 73rd Congress attended by 208 of the 211 member national federations in Kigali (Rwanda) on 16/03/2023. As the sole candidate in the running, he was re-elected by…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Finance, Investment - Shareholding, …
• Article # 283341
• Published on 16/03/23 at 15:00
©  WLF
Match Calendar 2025-2030: "FIFA’s decisions further crowd an already overloaded calendar" (WLF)

"FIFA’s decisions, including the expansion of the 2026 World Cup and the new versions of the Club World Cup, further crowd an already overloaded calendar and fail to consider the impact on domestic league competitiveness and player welfare," said the World Leagues Forum on 15/03/2023. This…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Game - pitch, Legal
• Article # 283304
• Published on 16/03/23 at 14:00
©  FRMF
2030 World Cup: "A Moroccan joint bid with Spain and Portugal" (Mohammed VI)

"I hereby announce before this assembly that the Kingdom of Morocco has decided, together with Spain and Portugal, to present a joint bid to host the 2030 World Cup. Unprecedented in the history of football, this joint bid will connect Africa and Europe, the North and South of the Mediterranean…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Game - pitch, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 283224
• Published on 15/03/23 at 16:30
©  DFL
Germany: a DFL proposal to the Competition Authority to end exemptions to the "50+1" rule

The board of the Deutsche Fußball Liga GmbH (the DFL's commercial structure) has unanimously agreed to propose to the Bundeskartellamt (the German Competition Authority) to end the possibility of granting exemptions to the "50+1" rule (which reserves the majority of voting rights on the board of a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 283160
• Published on 15/03/23 at 15:30
©  LaLiga
Match Calendar 2025-2030: "FIFA neglects the damage these decisions inflict on the leagues" (LaLiga)

"FIFA continues its malpractice of making unilateral decisions on the world football calendar, showing complete disregard for the importance of national championships, and the football community in general. FIFA completely neglects the economic damage these decisions inflict on leagues around the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Game - pitch, Legal
• Article # 283177
• Published on 15/03/23 at 14:30
©  FIFA
2026 World Cup: a format of 12 four-team groups instead of 16 three-team groups adopted by FIFA

"Based on a thorough review that considered sporting integrity, player welfare, team travel, commercial and sporting attractiveness, as well as team and fan experience, the FIFA Council unanimously approved the proposed amendment to the 2026 World Cup competition format from 16 groups of three to…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Stadiums, …
• Article # 283136
• Published on 15/03/23 at 11:00
©  UNFP
FIFPro: David Terrier (VP of UNFP), president of the European division of the international body

David Terrier, vice-president of the French Union of Professional Footballers (UNFP) and member of the board of FIFPro, has been appointed president of the European division of the International Federation of Professional Footballers, announced the French body on 14/03/2023. The Frenchman…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal
• Article # 283075
• Published on 15/03/23 at 10:00
©  LaLiga
LaLiga: second edition of the "LaLiga Against Racism Week" held from 14 to 21/03/2023

The second edition of the "LaLiga Against Racism Week" campagin, organised by the Spanish League in partnership with the video game publisher EA Sports, will be held from 14 to 21/03/2023, announced the body on 14/03/2023. "Putting an end to racism is one of the objectives of LaLiga. We already…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility
• Article # 283052
• Published on 14/03/23 at 18:00