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Brazil 2014: Official FIFA app downloaded 22m times, setting record for sports events

The official FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) app for the 2014 World Cup is the most-downloaded mobile sports app in history, with 22m downloads since its launch on 27/11/2013, FIFA announced on 24/06/2014. 18m fans downloaded the app from 01 to 23/06/2014. 2.5bn pages were…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Agencies, Digital, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 21407
• Published on 25/06/14 at 14:59
Russia 2018: Overspending of €66.5m on seven stadiums (Russia's state Audit Chamber)

The design of seven stadiums for the 2018 World Cup in Russia was over-billed by €66.5m (3.09bn roubles), Russia's state Audit Chamber reported on 20/06/2014. The new stadiums are in Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, Kaliningrad and Rostov-on-Don; the stadium in Yekaterinburg is a…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Stadiums, …
• Article # 21348
• Published on 24/06/14 at 16:26
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Qatar 2022: Plans for second stadium unveiled; to be completed in Al-Khor in 2018

The Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (the Qatari organising committee of the 2022 World Cup) unveiled plans for Al Bayt stadium (capacity 60,000), to be located in the city of Al-Khor, on 21/06/2014. This is the second stadium to be presented, following Al-Wakrah (capacity 45,120), for…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Article # 21298
• Published on 24/06/14 at 08:59
LFP: Disciplinary proceedings opened on 87 players accused of betting

The LFP (French Professional Football League) is investigating 87 players in professional clubs (Ligue 1, Ligue 2 and the professional clubs in National) that have not complied with the ban on sports betting in LFP-organised competitions, the body announced on 23/06/2014. "In accordance with…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Social Responsibility, Marketing - Communication, Clubs, …
• Article # 21278
• Published on 23/06/14 at 17:30
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Brazil 2014: "While often maligned, football brings people together" (Noël Le Graët, FFF)

"It is very good that football, in spite of being so often maligned, brings people together. The 17m French viewers and the extraordinary excitement show that people want to be united around a common goal and that there is national pride in the good sense," said Noël Le Graët, president of the FFF…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Finance, Marketing - Communication
• Article # 21251
• Published on 23/06/14 at 15:13
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LFP: Frédéric Thiriez wants spray for free kick wall to be used in French leagues from 2014-15

"I'll ask Pascal Garibian [technical director for refereeing] to introduce the spray in the professional leagues [Ligue 1 and Ligue 2] beginning with the 2014-15 season. This is an amazing tool," said Frédéric Thiriez, president of the LFP (French Professional Football League), speaking to News…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Clubs, Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 21271
• Published on 23/06/14 at 13:10
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Brazil 2014: Attendance surpasses 1m for first 20 matches (fill rate: 97.8%)

1,013,613 spectators attended the first 20 matches of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, from 12/06/2014 to 18/06/2014, according to the totals calculated by News Tank. The 12 stadiums of the World Cup had an average occupancy rate of 97.82% from the opening match (Brazil-Croatia, 3-1, group A) in the…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Ticketing, Stadiums
• Article # 21153
• Published on 20/06/14 at 17:50
UEFA: U15 tournament held in Zaatari camp (Jordan) for World Refugee Day on 20/06/2014

Boys and girls U15 finals are organised by UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) in the Syrian refugee camp Zaatari (northern Jordan), held on the 20/06/2014 in the occasion of World Refugee Day. "Football's popularity means the game can serve as a massive social force. It has the power…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility
• Article # 21161
• Published on 20/06/14 at 12:54
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Qatar's 2022 organising committee: "We have fully co-operated" with ethics committee investigation

"We have fully co-operated in a completely open and transparent manner with FIFA’s [Fédération Internationale de Football Association] independent ethics committee investigation into the bidding process [the procedure for the awarding of the 2022 World Cup]," said the Supreme Committee for…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Legal, Marketing - Communication, Social Responsibility
• Article # 21008
• Published on 18/06/14 at 15:59
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Brazil 2014: Iran instruct players not to wear new shirts for each match

To save money, the players on Iran's national team are not to wear new shirts for each match of the 2014 World Cup (12/06 to 13/07/2014), said Ali Kafashian, president of the IFF (Iranian Football Federation), on 16/06/2014. "We have not given players a shirt for each game. Players must be frugal…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Sporting Goods & Brands
• Article # 20928
• Published on 17/06/14 at 15:34