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Nike: financial breakdown (in $bn)

Euro 2016: "1000 arrests, 600 persons in custody and 56 convictions" (B. Cazeneuve, Interior)

"Since the beginning of the competition, the police have conducted more than 1,000 arrests, resulting in 600 persons being placed into police custody, and 56 convictions. 34 prefectural orders of deportation were made, particularly with regards to the hooligans responsible for the violence in…

Council of Europe: 14 countries sign the Convention on stadia safety, on 03/07/2016

"The Council of Europe Convention on an integrated safety, security and service approach at football matches and other sports events was signed by fourteen states... (see list below) at a ceremony held at the Stade de France in the presence of several European ministers," said the Council of…

Première Ligue Convention: "We must enhance the attractiveness of our product" (Didier Quillot, LFP)

"We must enhance the attractiveness of our product, our spectacle, and to achieve this we must improve in five areas, which are the pitches, the games, the stands (stadium infrastructure and attendance), the refereeing and the audiovisual production," stated Didier Quillot, the CEO of the LFP, to…

LaLiga: J. Tebas to receive international broadcasters at the Spanish Embassy in Paris on 03/07/2016

Javier Tebas, president of LaLiga, will receive international broadcasters at the Spanish Embassy in France, in Paris, Sunday, 03/07/2016 at 17:00 CET, on the sidelines of the Euro 2016, announced the Spanish League on 28/06/2016. Javier Tebas will be accompanied by Ramon de Miguel, Spanish…

Euro 2016: quarter-finalist teams have received €13.5m - €14.5m in prize money, +€4m for semi-finals

UEFA will distribute a total of €301m to the 24 participating teams in Euro 2016. This represents "a substantial increase", said UEFA on 11/12/2016, recalling that €196m had been distributed for Euro 2012 in Poland / Ukraine and €184m for Euro 2008 in Austria / Switzerland.However, if this figure…

Euro 2016: tribute to the victims of the bombings in Istanbul in the fan zones 30/06/2016 (20 h 30)

"In agreement with the EURO 2016 SAS, Alain Juppé, the Mayor of Bordeaux and president of the Euro 2016 committee for host cities and Jean-François Martins, assistant to the Mayor of Paris and vice-president of the Euro 2016 committee for host cities, decided on behalf of the host cities of the…

FIFA: a normalisation committee appointed to manage the Argentine Football Association

"The bureau of the FIFA Council has today, 24/06/2016, decided to appoint a normalisation committee for the Argentine Football Association (AFA) in accordance with Art. 8 Par. 2 of the FIFA Statutes," said the international federation, on 24/06/2016. The committee will be in charge of running the…

World Football Forum 2016, in Paris (FRA) on 07 and 08/07/2016: programme and list of speakers

Ma Guoli, vice-chairman of Le Sports (LeEco group), Peter Hutton, CEO of Eurosport, Guy-Laurent Epstein, marketing director of UEFA, and Mushtaq Al Waeli, executive director for strategic and institutional development of the QFA, will be among the key speakers of the World Football Forum 2016 in…

Première Ligue Convention: "It's imperative to have the will to work together" (C.Seifert, DFL)

"In France, even if you do not seem convinced, you have a very good championship, with good, young players, football is in your DNA, you are neither China nor the United States, and it is a matter of time before for your return to the top. It's imperative to have the will to work together. A…