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FIFA: Brazilian José Maria Marin, former president of the CBF, agrees to be extradited to the USA

"José Maria Marin, former President of the Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) agreed on 27/10/2015 to be extradited to the USA," announced the Swiss Federal Office of Justice on 28/10/2015. "The former football official was arrested in Zurich along with six other FIFA officials on 27/05/2015, on…
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• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 55000
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FIFA: If Michel Platini can stand, "a lot of the candidates would withdraw" (Sheikh Ahmad, Kuwait)

"I was a supporter for Michel (Platini), I still am a supporter for Michel. I fully know that he’s innocent but I don’t know the system that will happen. He paid all the tax for this (the alleged payment) and is not hiding something, but the (FIFA) mechanism is creating a problem," said Sheikh…
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• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Legal
• Article # 54973
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2022 World Cup: Qatar amends its labour code, but does not abolish the kafala system

The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, promulgated the new law regulating the work of aliens, without, however, abolishing the kafala system, on 27/10/2015. Amendments to the law allow foreign workers to apply for an authorisation to leave the country, via the Interior Ministry. If…
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• Article # 54859
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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…
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• Category(ies): Ticketing, Finance, Stadiums, …
• Article # 54855
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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…
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• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Stadiums, Legal
• Article # 54872
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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…
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• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 54846
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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…
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• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 54863
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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…
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• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 54825
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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…
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• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal
• Article # 54747
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