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France: resignation of Noël Le Graët, president of the French Football Federation since 18/06/2011

Noël Le Graët, born on 25/12/1941 and president of the Fédération Française de Football (FFF) since 18/06/2011, announced his resignation at the opening of the FFF executive committee meeting held at the authority's headquarters on Tuesday 28/02/2023, according to media reports. The FFF…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 281487
• Published on 28/02/23 at 11:10
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FFF: decisive ExCo for Noël Le Graët & the governance of French football (10:00 CET, 28/02/2023)

"I really hope that he (Noël Le Graët) will put the interest of the Federation before his personal interest. We will see tomorrow (Tuesday 28/02/2023) what happens, but I am hopeful. He is a good person who has realised that the Federation could, in the light of what is happening at the moment, be…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 281457
• Published on 28/02/23 at 09:40
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2022-23 Bundesliga: attendance for Matchday 22 (45,879 spectators on average per game)

Matchday 22 of the 2022-23 Bundesliga season drew an average of 45,879 spectators per game, from Friday 24 to Sunday 26/02/2023. The average stadium fill rate was 91.9%. FC Bayern Munich - 1. FC Union Berlin (3-0), closing game of the matchday (kick-off at 17:30 CET), was the match that posted…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Stadiums
• Article # 281361
• Published on 27/02/23 at 12:30
©  LFP
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
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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
©  Department for Culture, Media & Sport
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