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2015 Rugby World Cup: "Commercial value is up 50% compared to 2011" (B. Gosper, World Rugby)

"The commercial value of the 2015 Rugby World Cup is up 50% compared to the 2011 competition (held in New Zealand from 09/09 to 23/10/2011). That includes money from sponsors, broadcast revenue - of which the main part is TV rights - and hospitality. All of these areas have done fantastically…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Finance, Stadiums, …
• Article # 54855
• Published on 29/10/15 at 15:16
©  UEFA
Exclusive FIFA: "I have the sense of being a Middle Age knight in front of a castle" (Michel Platini)

"Even if I cannot go out campaigning, I fully consider myself a candidate. Today, I have the sense of being a Middle Age knight in front of a castle. I am trying to get in to bring football back, but instead I’m having boiling oil poured on my head," stated Michel Platini to News Tank Football on…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Stadiums, Legal
• Article # 54872
• Published on 29/10/15 at 10:30
©  SFL
EPFL: Claudius Schäfer, CEO of the Swiss Football League, becomes a new board member

Claudius Schäfer (43 years old), CEO of SFL, the Swiss Professional Football League, was unanimously elected as a board member of the EPFL during the general assembly of the body in Warsaw (POL) on 23/10/2015.Claudius Schäfer succeeds Idmond Isoz, the competition director of the SFL, who retired…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 54846
• Published on 29/10/15 at 10:10
©  EPFL
EPFL: 2014-15 Annual Report

The EPFL released its 2014-15 Annual Report on 27/10/2015. In accordance with the lines of work of the association of European Professional Football Leagues, the document details the actions of the body in football (competition schedules, transfers, youth sector), but also in commercial and legal…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 54853
• Published on 29/10/15 at 09:30
©  FIFA
FIFA: "At the beginning it was only a personal attack. It was Platini against me" (Joseph Blatter)

"At the beginning it was only a personal attack. It was Platini against me. But then it became politics. And when it is in politics, it is not any longer Platini against me. It is then those, who have lost the World Cup. England against Russia. They lost the World Cup. And the USA lost the World…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 54863
• Published on 28/10/15 at 18:25
©  DC
FIFA: seven registered presidential candidates, however David Nakhid's (TRI) application is rejected

"FIFA’s member associations have proposed, in due time and form, seven candidates for the presidential election to take place at the FIFA Extraordinary Congress, in Zurich on 26/02/2016," announced FIFA, on 28/10/2015, two days after the deadline for submission of applications, on 26/10/2015. "The…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 54825
• Published on 28/10/15 at 15:20
©  EPFL
EPFL: the KPFL (Kazakhstan) becomes the 32nd member of the professional leagues association

The KPFL, the Professional Football League of Kazakhstan, has became the 32nd member of the EPFL, at the first general meeting of the professional leagues association of the 2015-16 season, in Warsaw (POL), on 23/10/2015. Chaired by Olzhas Abrayev with its headquarters in Astana, the capital of…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal
• Article # 54747
• Published on 28/10/15 at 10:40
©  Farrer & Co
"For UK governing bodies, funding is contingent on complying with best-practices" (Farrer & Co)

"Their (public and private sport funding agencies) message to (sports) governing bodies is, in broad terms, 'If we're going to hand over the cheque, we need you to comply with these various best-practice requirements around governance'," stated Tom Bruce, an associate at Farrer & Co, to News Tank…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Social Responsibility, Legal
• Article # 53117
• Published on 28/10/15 at 09:59
©  LaLiga
Qatar: opening of the "Laliga Lounge" in Doha, a café-restaurant dedicated to the Liga BBVA

LaLiga will open the "LaLiga Lounge", a café-restaurant dedicated to the Liga BBVA, in Doha (QAT), before the end of the 2015-16 season, announced the Spanish professional football league on 26/10/2015. LaLiga have partnered with the Qatari company Alnajjah (founded in 2015), who will run the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 54739
• Published on 28/10/15 at 09:30
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MLS: 2015 regular season ends with new record attendance, play-offs begin on 28/10/2015

The 2015 MLS regular season ended on Sunday 25/10/2015. The North American soccer league achieved a new record attendance for regular seasons matches: 21,574 spectators per match in 2015.The play-off series of the North American league now begins, with 12 of the 20 franchises having qualified. The…
Domain(s): Clubs, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Clubs, Authorities
• Article # 54760
• Published on 27/10/15 at 18:40