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FIFA: Council to study the "feasibility" of a 48-team World Cup in 2022 on 15/03/2019

"Feasibility study on the increase of the number of teams from 32 to 48 in the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022," is item number 8 on the agenda of meeting no.9 of the FIFA council (document available to download) scheduled in Miami (Florida, USA), on Friday 15/03/2019. The XXII World Cup, was…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 142027
• Published on 11/03/19 at 11:15
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Exclusive PSG-Man U: "Video support fixes some problems, but it will never solve everything" (M. Platini)

"I have said it for years: video support fixes some problems, but it will never solve all everything and especially not all the interpretations of the referee," said Michel Platini, former French international (72 caps, 41 goals between 1976 and 1987) and former UEFA president (2007-2015) in an…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 141976
• Published on 08/03/19 at 16:59
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UEFA: investigation into Manchester City for "potential breaches of Financial Fair Play regulations"

"The investigatory chamber of the independent UEFA Club Financial Control Body has today opened a formal investigation into Manchester City FC (Premier League) for potential breaches of Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations," announced the European Confederation on 07/03/2019. "The…
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• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 141948
• Published on 08/03/19 at 15:16
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France: Ligue 1 Conforama and Domino's Ligue 2 dedicate matchday to promotion of women's football

"We are very happy to be able to combine one of our Ligue 1 Conforama and Domino's Ligue matchdays with the promotion of women's football. On the sidelines of the Women's Rights Day scheduled for 08/03/2019, this initiative makes even more sense with the organization of the 2019 Women's World Cup…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility
• Article # 141919
• Published on 08/03/19 at 11:51
"Piracy costs us €400m/year in Spain and €600m/year internationally" (Javier Tebas)

"We estimate that piracy costs us nearly €400m a year in Spain alone, and nearly €600m a year internationally," indicated Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, at Sportel Asia, Macao (special administrative region of China), on 06/03/2019. "We are the owners of content so we need to protect it…
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• Category(ies): Clubs, Agencies, Finance, …
• Article # 141908
• Published on 08/03/19 at 10:47
Broadcasting: "Demand and supply aren't meeting right now" (Adam Silver, NBA)

"We're being paid a lot of money to gate our content now from ABC and ESPN (Disney group), then from TNT (Turner group), but what's happening is that demand and supply aren't meeting right now," said Adam Silver, NBA commissioner, at the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics conference in Boston…
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• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Authorities, Agencies, …
• Article # 141702
• Published on 07/03/19 at 16:00
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Think Football 2019: Women's Sport and Sportainment, Two Growth Engines (07/02/2019)

The 2019 Women's World Cup in France and more broadly the place of women's sport (Women as the future of sport), eSports (eSports, from virtuality to reality for sponsors, presented by Webedia), audiovisual piracy (The biggest danger to pro sports?), the personalisation of the fan experience (Fan…
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• Category(ies): Ticketing, Social Responsibility, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 141774
• Published on 07/03/19 at 10:00
©  Julien Guichard
Think Football 2019: Women's Sport and Sportainment, Two Growth Engines (07/02/2019)

The 2019 Women's World Cup in France and more broadly the place of women's sport (Women as the future of sport), eSports (eSports, from virtuality to reality for sponsors, presented by Webedia), audiovisual piracy (The biggest danger to pro sports?), the personalisation of the fan experience (Fan…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Social Responsibility, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 141753
• Published on 07/03/19 at 09:35
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FIFA: "Confident about proposing the use of VAR in France at the Women's World Cup" (Z. Boban)

"We are confident about proposing the use of VAR in France to the FIFA Council, as we are very positive about its implementation," said Zvonimir Boban, deputy secretary general of FIFA in charge of football matters, on 04/03/2019. "The chairman of FIFA’s Referees Committee (Pierluigi Collina…
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• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Stadiums
• Article # 141757
• Published on 06/03/19 at 17:45
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Italy: "I think we will open an office abroad" (Gaetano Miccichè, Lega Serie A)

"Are we going to open an office abroad? I think so. The panorama or map of potential fans, sponsors, investors and other aspects does not stop at Italy or Europe. There are distant countries that have already shown their passion for the world of 'Calcio' (Italian football). (A world) where there…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Stadiums, …
• Article # 141679
• Published on 06/03/19 at 10:35