Weekly News Extra (22-26/08/2022)

• adidas and UEFA have presented the official footballs to be used in the group stages of the men's and women's Champions League in 2022-23.
• The Irish OTT platform InStatTV has acquired the exclusive worldwide (Spain and international) broadcasting rights to the Primera RFEF (Spanish third division) until 2024-25.
• The Russian oil company Lukoil, sponsor of Spartak Moscow (Tinkoff Russian Premier Liga), has bought the club and its stadium, the Otkrytie Bank Arena.
• Feyenoord Rotterdam (Eredivisie) has teamed up with Israeli company WSC Sports to automatically create video content and match highlights for its social networks and digital platforms.
• Arrigo Sacchi (double winner of the European Champion Clubs' Cup, the precursor for the UEFA Champions League, with AC Milan in 1989 and 1990 and a finalist with Italy in the 1994 World Cup), has been selected as the winner of the 2022 UEFA President's Award.
• WhaleFin (crypto) has activated its partnership with Club Atlético de Madrid (LaLiga Santander) to launch a collection of 1,001 football boots as NFTs on the Stepn mobile app…