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Women's football: "the process of professionalisation is well underway" (CIES)

An analysis done on women's football "in five of the world's most developed leagues" (France, Germany, England, Sweden, and the United States) has found that "the process of professionalisation is well underway", according to the monthly report by the Football Observatory website of the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Transfer Market
• Article # 95692
• Published on 15/06/17 at 11:00
©  FIFA
VAR: Serie A TIM to use video assistance from 2017-18, additional referees to be eliminated

"FIFA has not yet communicated the decision to us, but all the signals are clear, we will start from the beginning of the 2017-18 league season," said Carlo Tavecchio, special commisioner of the Lega Serie A, following the General Assembly held in Milan (ITA) on 10/06/2017. Carlo Tavecchio (73…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal
• Article # 95571
• Published on 14/06/17 at 17:56
©  IRIS
Qatar: "In the place of Gianni Infantino, I would fly to Riyadh and Doha" (Pascal Boniface, IRIS)

"If I were in the place of Gianni Infantino (FIFA president), I would fly to Riyadh (capital of Saudi Arabia) and Doha (capital of Qatar) to try to play the role of good-offices, and show the links that sport represents at a time when politics have been launched against each other," said Pascal…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 95198
• Published on 13/06/17 at 15:32
©  UEFA
UEFA: receives 14 bids to host UEFA club competition finals in 2019

UEFA has received a total of 14 bid dossiers from ten member associations at the deadline of 06/06/2017 for the organisation of the four 2019 club competition finals: UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, UEFA Women's Champions League, and the UEFA Super Cup. 2019 will be the first year in…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Stadiums
• Article # 95300
• Published on 12/06/17 at 17:58
©  Premiership
Rugby: Newcastle Falcons - Saracens, second English Premiership rugby match in the USA on 16/09/2017

Newcastle Falcons - Saracens will be the second English Premiership rugby match involving teams of the Aviva Premiership to be played in the United States, announced Premiership Rugby on 17/05/2017. The match will take place at Philadelphia's Talen Energy Stadium (18,500 capacity), home of the MLS…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Rights Acquisitions, Agencies, Clubs, …
• Article # 95411
• Published on 12/06/17 at 13:30
©  FIFA
FIFA: qualification to the 2018 World Cup in Russia resumes for the UEFA zone on 09/06/2017

With the majority of the 2016-17 European club football season completed, the sport shifts its attention to the summer international football calendar for June 2017.In UEFA, five of the 10 group round matchdays for qualification to the 2018 World Cup in Russia have already been completed. One…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Sponsors - Partners, Stadiums
• Article # 95243
• Published on 08/06/17 at 18:30
©  EPFL
EPFL: "Any change in the future will have to be in agreement with the EPFL" (L-C. Olsson)

"We have agreed on how the international calendar should be treated. If there is any change in the future - and there are no Saturday matches now apart from the final - it will have to be in agreement with the EPFL. The current calendar is the starting point," said Lars-Christer Olsson, the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal
• Article # 95216
• Published on 08/06/17 at 17:45
©  ASMFC
UEFA country coefficient: France ranked 4th for the 2016-17 season, highest since 2003-04

"As a result of the success their clubs achieved in the two major European competitions (Champions League and Europa League), France have reached the best ranking (member association, or "country", coefficient ranking) since 2003-04," said UEFA on 06/06/2017.France (14.416 points on average per…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal
• Article # 95268
• Published on 08/06/17 at 13:30
©  Premier League
Premier League: 50,000+ tickets for the 2017 Premier League Asia Trophy were sold out in 24 hours

More than 50,000 tickets issued to the general public for the 2017 Premier League Asia Trophy at the Hong Kong Stadium (40,000 capacity), on 19 and 22 July, were sold out in just over 24 hours, announced the Premier League on 03/06/2017. Tickets were available from 300 Hong Kong dollars (€34.23…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Authorities, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 95234
• Published on 07/06/17 at 14:54
©  EPFL
EPFL: Extraordinary General Assembly to discuss cooperation and relations with UEFA, on 06/06/2017

The EPFL will hold an Extraordinary General Assembly to discuss cooperation and relations with UEFA, at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva (SUI) on Tuesday, 06/06/2017, from 11:00 to 14:00 CET, announced the European Professional Football Leagues on 02/06/2017.The European leagues (EPFL)…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal
• Article # 95043
• Published on 05/06/17 at 13:20