Weekly News Extra (11-15/12/2023)

• UEFA is reportedly considering a change to its statutes to allow Aleksander Ceferin, its president until 2027, to be eligible for a fourth term until 2031, according to the Financial Times. The Slovenian was first elected in 2019 and is currently serving his third term, which would be his last under the body's current regulations.
•  The RFEF has "provisionally " awarded the supply of VAR services for its competitions to the Spanish audiovisual group Mediapro over the 2024-2028 period
• The fixed portion of the rent paid by Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) to the City of Marseille to operate the Orange Velodrome will increase from €6.5m to €8m in 2024.
•  UEFA celebrated the 75^th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by displaying the hashtag #HUMANRIGHTS75 and the tagline "Freedom, Equality, and Justice For All" during all European Cup matches from 14 to 16/12/2023.
• Kylian Mbappé (FRA) has become an ambassador for the German electronics company Loewe (TV, audio).

These are some of the news items that did not make it into an article this week, but…