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FIFA: positive financial results in 2013 (€52m), €1.03b in capital reserves

FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) announced a positive result of €52m ($72m) in 2013, during the publication of its annual financial report at the meeting of its executive committee on 21/03/2014 in Zurich (SUI). Total revenues in 2013 amounted to approximately €1b, up 18…
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• Category(ies): Finance
• Article # 16537
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EPFL meeting in Athens, general assembly "reaffirms the strategic role of leagues"

The EPFL (Association of European Professional Football Leagues) "reaffirm[ed] the strategic role of the leagues and their member clubs in the football family" at its second general meeting of 2013-14 in Athens (Greece) on 20 and 21/03/2014. There were many topics of discussion, including possible…
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• Article # 16535
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Brazil 2014: stadium inspection postponed due to meeting regarding operational preparations in Rio

The inspection of six Brazilian stadiums held from 20 to 26/032014 was postponed until the end of April because of "several meetings regarding the 2014 World Cup" that Jérôme Valcke, Secretary General of the FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), must attend in Rio de Janeiro…
Domain(s): Public Authorities & Regulations
• Category(ies): Stadiums
• Article # 16386
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EPFL: appointment of the CEO on the agenda of the general meeting on 21/03/2014

The appointment of the new CEO of the EPFL (European Professional Football Leagues) is on the agenda of the general meeting of the organisation, held in Athens, on 21/03/2014. The new CEO will take over from Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, in office since 06/06/2005, the date the EPFL was…
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• Category(ies): Authorities
• Article # 16329
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Brazil 2014: last operational inspections of stadiums begins on 20/03/2014

FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and the LOC (Local Organising Committee) began the final round of operational inspections on the stadiums of the 2014 World Cup (12/06 to 13/07/2014), with a first visit to Sao Paulo on 20/03/2014. Until 26/03/2014, the six stadiums that had…
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• Category(ies): Stadiums
• Article # 16327
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"If FIFA did not exist, it would have to be invented" (Jérôme Champagne, presidential candidate)

"If I run for president, it's because 2015 is a choice: either continue with this gentrification and its best competition. Or we want to correct these imbalances, and then we need a stronger, more democratic and more proactive FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association)," said Jerome…
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• Category(ies): Clubs, Finance, Legal, …
• Article # 16133
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Germany: Football federation to build training centre at Frankfurt racecourse

The DFB (German football association) will build a training and education centre for all national teams, on the grounds of the former Frankfurt am Main racecourse, the German press announced on 18/03/2014. "All the conversations we had, and all the signals sent by the leaders of the DFB leave no…
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• Category(ies): Stadiums
• Article # 16306
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Brazil 2014: flights cancelled, delayed or diverted for 16,000 passengers due to security measures

At least 16,000 passengers will have their flights cancelled, delayed or diverted to another airport during the 2014 World Cup in Brazil (from 12/06 to 13/07/2014), suggested the Brazilian newspaper O Globo on 16/03/2014. At least 805 flights will be cancelled and another 150 delayed or diverted…
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• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 16323
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Qatar 2022: $2m paid to Jack Warner, former vice-president of FIFA, by a Qatari company

Former vice-president of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), Jack Warner, and his relatives, received $2m (€1.4m) from a Qatari company, after the designation of Qatar as the host country for the 2022 World Cup, said the British daily newspaper, The Telegraph, on 17/03/2014…
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• Category(ies): Legal, Social Responsibility
• Article # 16251
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Bayern Munich: prosecutor waives right to appeal after conviction of Uli Hoeness

The Munich Prosecutor's office announced that it renounced its right to lodge an appeal against the judgment for tax fraud committed by Uli Hoeness, former president of Bayern Munich (Bundesliga) on 17/03/2014. Uli Hoeness was sentenced to three and a half years in prison "for seven serious cases…
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• Article # 16187
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