Weekly News Extra (14-18/08/2023)

• The Lega Serie A has launched an awareness campaign against audiovisual piracy entitled "#Stopiracy - La pirateria uccide il calcio" (#Stopiracy - Piracy kills football) on the occasion of the first two matchdays of the 2023-24 Serie A TIM.
• Club Atlético de Madrid (LaLiga EA Sports) have begun the 2023-24 season with a record 58,623 season ticket holders.
• FIFA has launched a call for tenders for the broadcasting, in Australia, of the 2026 World Cup and the Women's World Cup 2027
• Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) has renewed its partnership with StadiumGO to facilitate carpooling to the Groupama Stadium (Décines-Charpieu, Rhône) on matchdays in 2023-24.
• Following the murder of a Greek supporter in Athens ahead of the 2023-24 Champions League 3^rd qualifying round match between Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) and AEK Athens (Greece), Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced the dissolution of all football club supporters' associations on 16/08/2023.

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