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2018 World Cup: nine Europeans among the 13 video assistant referees selected for the competition

Three video assistant referees from Italy, two from Germany, two from Portugal, one from the Netherlands and one from Poland compose the contingent of the nine European referees selected among the 13 VAR's (list below) that have been chosen for the 2018 World Cup in Russia by the FIFA Referees…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 119270
• Published on 04/05/18 at 13:30
©  News Tank
Competitive imbalances: "The closed league is not a realistic solution" (Jacco Swart, Eredivisie)

"If we were to create our domestic leagues today, starting from a blank page, the closed league would theoretically be an economically attractive solution, like the North American professional sports organisations. But we never create anything from a blank page," said Jacco Swart, CEO of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 119007
• Published on 04/05/18 at 11:30
©  AELTC
Tennis: prize money for the 2018 edition of Wimbledon reaches €38.6m (+7.6% compared to in 2017)

The total prize money for the 2018 edition of the Wimbledon Grand Slam tennis tournament (London, UK) will be £34m (€38.6m), up 7.6% compared to in 2017 (£31.6m). "The Ladies' and Gentlemen’s Singles Champions will each receive £2.25m (€2.55m), increased from £2.2m in 2017," explained the the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Authorities, Stadiums
• Article # 119410
• Published on 04/05/18 at 10:49
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2018 World Cup: a $2m advance from FIFA for each of the five qualified African teams

"The five African qualified teams for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia namely Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Senegal and Tunisia, will each receive an advance of $2m (€1.66m) of their prize money from FIFA towards their preparations," announced CAF, on 30/04/2018. "The decision follows…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 119275
• Published on 03/05/18 at 16:10
©  LFF
Latvia: Kaspars Gorkss, former international team captain, is elected president of the LFF

Kaspars Gorkss, 36, who played 89 games for the Latvian national team between 2005 and 2017, has been elected president of the Latvian Football Federation (Latvijas Futbola federācija, LFF) at the Riga General Assembly on 27/04/2018. Gorkss obtained at total of 56 votes, versus 48 for Vadim…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 119279
• Published on 03/05/18 at 15:10
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FIFA: Ethics Committee bans Marco Polo Del Nero, president of the CBF, from football for life

"The adjudicatory chamber of the independent Ethics Committee has banned Mr Marco Polo Del Nero, President of the Brazilian FA (CBF), for life from all football-related activities (administrative, sports or any other) at both national and international level," announced FIFA on 27/04/2018…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 119123
• Published on 02/05/18 at 14:40
©  DFB
eSports: the DFB disassociates from violent video games in order to focus on "e-Soccer"

"The DFB highlights a clear demarcation in eSports games and intends to focus solely on sports-related video games, and to prevent misleading interpretations of the term eSports, it will be referred to as e-Soccer," announced the German Football Association on 20/04/2018.  "The German…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Digital, Authorities, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 119008
• Published on 30/04/18 at 12:34
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FIFA: Confederations to be consulted on a new 24-team Club World Cup project

Gianni Infantino, the president of FIFA, is expected to meet the presidents and general secretaries of the six confederations (UEFA, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, AFC and OFC) to discuss a project involving a group of investors ready to inject $25bn (€20.4bn) over the 2021-2033 period for the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Clubs, Finance, …
• Article # 118808
• Published on 30/04/18 at 11:10
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European cups: "UEFA's solidarity payments contribute to competitive imbalance" (L-C. Olsson)

"UEFA's solidarity payments system needs to be revised, because today it benefits the biggest clubs in the domestic leagues and therefore contributes to the competitive imbalance of national competitions. The system does not benefit those who need it most," said Lars-Christer Olsson, president of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 118861
• Published on 30/04/18 at 10:39
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2018-2021 Serie A TV rights: Mediapro will not pay the financial guarantees, due to Sky legal appeal

"The legal situation created by Sky to defend their privileged position in the Italian market prevents the Lega Serie A from guaranteeing to Mediapro the full and unfettered control of the audiovisual rights bought in the package. Mediapro will prove the financial guarantees to the Lega when it…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations, Media
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Digital, …
• Article # 118994
• Published on 27/04/18 at 14:58