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FIFA: "(Essential) that members of the Executive Committee are elected by Congress" (J. Champagne)

"That members of the FIFA Executive Committee are elected in the future by the Congress and not by the confederations is absolutely essential! Confederations (UEFA, CAF, AFC, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL and OFC), which are not only technically not members of FIFA and are not subsidiaries of FIFA, but…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 43494
• Published on 04/06/15 at 11:05
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FIFA: Michel Platini and Thomas Bach welcome the "courageous" and "respectable" decision of Blatter

"It was a difficult decision, a courageous decision and the right decision," said Michel Platini, the president of UEFA, following the announcement of the resignation of Sepp Blatter as president of FIFA on 02/06/2015. "We highly respect this decision of President Blatter to step down and to…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 43414
• Published on 03/06/15 at 17:10
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Euro 2016: French president François Hollande presents committee to raise awareness of 11 themes

François Hollande, the president of France, launched the Committee of the 11 Tricolores (the French flag) "eleven ambassador personalities for Euro 2016 that are charged with mobilising the French in different themes," at the Stade de France on the day of the final of the Coupe de France between…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Stadiums, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 43330
• Published on 03/06/15 at 16:30
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Spain: report from the competition authority on the law for the collective sale of TV rights

The CNMC (Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia), the Spanish competition authority, made public, on 28/05/2015, its report on the royal decree-law authorising the collective marketing of the audiovisual rights for Spanish professional football competitions. The report from the CNMC…
Domain(s): Media, Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Clubs, Digital, …
• Article # 43368
• Published on 03/06/15 at 12:04
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"FIFA is fundamentally committed to change" (Domenico Scala, Audit and Compliance Committee)

"FIFA is fundamentally committed to change and are determined to address the issues that continue to undermine FIFA and football more broadly. Now is the time for FIFA to move forward. There is significant work to be done in order to regain the trust of the public and to fundamentally reform the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 43373
• Published on 03/06/15 at 11:36
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FIFA: "FIFA needs a profound overhaul" (Joseph Blatter)

"I have decided to lay down my mandate at an extraordinary elective Congress. I will continue to exercise my functions as FIFA President until that election," announced Joseph Blatter, 02/06/2015, shortly before 19:00 CET, during a press conference announced only two hours earlier, at the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 43360
• Published on 03/06/15 at 10:28
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FIFA: "I have decided to lay down my mandate at an extraordinary elective Congress" (Joseph Blatter)

"I have decided to lay down my mandate at an extraordinary elective Congress. I will continue to exercise my functions as FIFA president until that election," announced Joseph Blatter, the president of FIFA, during a press conference at the headquarters of the international federation in Zurich…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Marketing - Communication, Legal, Essentials Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 43346
• Published on 02/06/15 at 19:15
FIFA defends its general secretary, Jerome Valcke, believed to have paid $10m to Jack Warner

"In 2007, as part of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, the South African Government approved a USD 10m project to support the African diaspora in Caribbean countries as part of the World Cup legacy. The payments totalling $10m were authorised by the then chairman of the Finance Committee and executed in…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 43332
• Published on 02/06/15 at 17:49
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Switzerland: Peter Gilliéron, a member of the UEFA ExCo, is re-elected president of the association

Peter Gilliéron has been re-elected as the president of the ASF (Association Suisse de Football, the Swiss Football Association) for a term of two years at the annual meeting of delegates of the body, meeting in Berne (SUI), on 30/05/2015. Peter Gilliéron, 62 years old, was the only candidate for…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal
• Article # 43272
• Published on 02/06/15 at 14:52
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FIFA: "We will start now to bring back the reputation of FIFA" (Joseph Blatter)

"We have contacted the partners, last week. We have exchanged letters and we will start now to bring back the reputation of FIFA. We will contact our partners and we will bring them all back in the right situation. We have already planned a personal visit," stated Joseph Blatter, FIFA president…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 43210
• Published on 02/06/15 at 10:53