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©  DFL
Germany: DFL "first football league with investments in innovative and promising companies"

"The DFL wants to be the first football league to create a portfolio of investments in innovative and promising companies in the media, technology and sports industries," said the German Professional Football League, announcing it has taken "approximately 10% in the Israeli start-up Track160", on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 131194
• Published on 16/10/18 at 13:00
©  FIGC
FIGC: new, "highly innovative" logos and a new "visual identity" for Italian women's football

"The FIGC continues the process of implementing female football, by giving the division its own visual identity with a highly innovative logo," announced the Italian Federation on 12/10/2018. "It's a modern brand, whose sinuous lines evoke the C and F of the words 'Calcio' (football…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication
• Article # 131128
• Published on 16/10/18 at 10:20
©  FIFA TV
FIFA: Marco Van Basten (NED) to step down as chief technical development officer on 31/10/2018

The Dutchman Marco Van Basten is to step down as FIFA's chief technical development officer on 31/10/2018 (the day of his 54th birthday), in order to "to spend more time in the Netherlands with his family," announced the international federation on 12/10/2018. Van Basten, former Dutch…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 131008
• Published on 15/10/18 at 14:29
©  UEFA
FIFA: Michel Platini files lawsuit against "X", in France, for "slanderous defamation"

"Michel Platini has filed a lawsuit against 'X' for 'slanderous defamation' and 'criminal conspiracy to commit the offense of slanderous defamation.'" The complaint officially arrived on 14/09/2018 on the Deputy Prosecutor's Office of the Paris Tribunal," reported the French daily Le Monde on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 131012
• Published on 15/10/18 at 12:29
©  FIBA
Olympics: death of the Swiss Patrick Baumann (51 years old), IOC member and FIBA secretary general

"It is with the greatest sorrow and shock that the International Olympic Committee has learned of the death of Mr Patrick Baumann, IOC Member in Switzerland, in Buenos Aires (ARG). He was 51," announced the International Olympic Committee on 14/10/2018. "Despite receiving immediate medical…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 131051
• Published on 15/10/18 at 10:59
©  CIO
IOC: election of 9 new members in Buenos Aires, 3 re-elected members including the Emir of Qatar

The International Olympic Committee (IOC), meeting for its session in Buenos Aires (ARG), has elected nine new members and has re-elected three others whose eight-year term expired on 09/10/2018. Four members whose terms expire become honorary members of the IOC. The nine new members (see…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 130973
• Published on 12/10/18 at 17:39
©  D.R.
Spain: Mazda (car manufacturer) extends as an official partner of LaLiga until 2019-20

Mazda, a Japanese automobile manufacturer, has extended its partnership with LaLiga for two seasons (2018-2020), according to Spanish league on 11/10/2018. The brand has been the "official vehicle" of LaLiga since the 2015-16 season after an agreement signed on 19/08/2015. Mazda has the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners
• Category(ies): Authorities, Marketing - Communication, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 130979
• Published on 12/10/18 at 15:19
©  Leaders
Leaders: the sport business conference to be relocated from Stamford Bridge to Twickenham in 2019

The 2019 edition of the Leaders Sport Business Summit will be staged at Twickenham in London (ENG), home of the Rugby Football Union (RFU), announced Leaders, the organising company of the sports business event, on 11/10/2018. The 2018 edition took place at Stamford Bridge (41,663 capacity)…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations, Sponsors & Partners, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Media Audiences, …
• Article # 130953
• Published on 12/10/18 at 12:29
©  Mali Foot
Development: ex-Malian player Fatou Camara to head FIFA's West Africa office in Dakar (SEN)

FIFA has recently opened three offices in Africa, based in South Africa, Ethiopia and Senegal. Fatou Camara (MLI), former international footballer, has been appointed to head the West Africa office, based in Dakar (SEN), according to CAF on 07/10/2018. "Fatou Camara, born 16/10/1978 in Bamako…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 130870
• Published on 11/10/18 at 18:10
©  n/a
Leaders 2018: "LaLiga, like the NFL, wants to grow sportainment'" (S. Lancestremere, Microsoft)

"We started with Real Madrid, and we were already working with Mediapro, so this (partnership with LaLiga) was the next logical step. So after working with those two entities in Spain, and also our big partnership with the NFL, our director basically talked directly with Javier Tebas, and the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Agencies, …
• Article # 130839
• Published on 11/10/18 at 17:00