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Spain: A.M. Villar Llona, president of the Federation, suspended for a reviewable period of one year

"The executive committee of the Consejo Superior de Deportes (Spanish High Council for Sports), under the presidency of José Ramón Lete, unanimously approved the decision of precautionary and provisional suspension of Ángel María Villar (president of the Spanish federation) and Juan Padrón…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 98700
• Published on 26/07/17 at 16:20
©  D.R.
CAF: Fouzi Lekjaa (MAR) appointed 3rd vice-president, standing committees reduced from 19 to 11

"Fouzi Lekjaa, a member of the CAF executive committee, was appointed CAF 3rd vice-president. The latter, also president of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, retains the post of president of the finance committee," announced the African Confederation on 21/07/2017. "At the end of the CAF…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 98628
• Published on 26/07/17 at 14:10
©  DFB
Germany: 2016 Financial Report of the German Football Federation (DFB, document in German)

The DFB recorded a turnover of €290.2m (16.1%) in 2016 (from 01/01 to 31/12/2016), compared to €250m in 2015, according to the German Football Federation in its 2016 financial report published on 24/07/2017. "The foreseeable increase in earnings in all divisions is attributable to the special…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Legal, Sponsors - Partners
• Article # 98579
• Published on 26/07/17 at 09:59
©  Leaders
Leaders Beijing: "The global scale requires adapting to the local market" (Robert Klein, Bundesliga)

"We have been in China for a long time, and our partnership with China's national TV channel CCTV is more than 25 years old, and for a long time we have been content with this partnership. But the Chinese media landscape has changed drastically over the last five years, so we have had to evolve…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 98621
• Published on 25/07/17 at 16:14
©  D.R.
Spain: disciplinary proceedings open against the president of the RFEF who is likely to be suspended

Spain's administrative court of sport unanimously decided to initiate disciplinary proceedings against Angel Maria Villar Llona, president of the Spanish Federation (RFEF), on 24/07/2017. This procedure could result in the suspension of the officer, arrested on 18/07/2017 and placed in detention…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 98594
• Published on 25/07/17 at 12:20
©  Deloitte
Deloitte: European football represented a market size of €24.6bn in 2015-16 (+13%)

"Driven by continued growth in broadcast rights values in the European football's biggest leagues, and the impact of UEFA Euro 2016, total European football market revenues reached almost €25bn in 2015-16, a 13% increase on 2014-15 (€21.8bn)," said the July 2017 edition of the "Annual Review of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 98576
• Published on 25/07/17 at 11:39
©  CAF
CAF: AFCON increases to 24 teams and moved to June-July from the 2019 edition in Cameroon

"Increasing the Africa Cup of Nations to 24 teams as of the 2019 edition, and the tournament will now be held in the months of June and July. The competition will, however, remain a biennial event (every two years), odd years and exclusively held on African soil with African national teams," was…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 98477
• Published on 24/07/17 at 17:48
©  LFP
Leaders Beijing: "Convince Chinese media that Ligue 1 is a good product" (M. Ficot, LFP)

"This year we opened our first office abroad, here in Beijing, with the political support of the FFF. I have to admit that this has been a difficult process because the members of the LFP executive office - the club presidents - want to earn more money for their clubs and players, but they do not…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Media Audiences, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 98546
• Published on 24/07/17 at 16:34
©  CAF
CAF: "I am a happy man today. A contented manager. An overwhelmed president." (Ahmad Ahmad)

"I am a happy man today. A contented manager. An overwhelmed president. Yes! Happy, contented, and overwhelmed by all I have seen, heard, and retained. Our great football family has done an unbelievable demonstration of its intellectual, technical, and strategic capabilities. The voices I heard…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Marketing - Communication, …
• Article # 98534
• Published on 24/07/17 at 13:30
©  RFEF
Spain: Angel Maria Villar Llona, president of RFEF, placed in detention for financial malpractices

Angel Maria Villar Llona, president of the Spanish federation (RFEF) since 29/06/1988, has been placed in detention without bail, together with his son, Gorka Villar, said the Spanish prosecutor on 20/07/2017. The two are charged with "misappropriation of funds, breach of trust and / or fraud…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 98509
• Published on 24/07/17 at 10:29