Weekly News Extra (29/01-02/02/2024)

• The French Senate is to launch a fact-finding mission into the Ligue de Football Professionnel commercial company set up with investment fund CVC Capital Partners in 2023, while the French National Financial Prosecutor's Office (PNF) is also looking into the deal following a complaint lodged by the AC (anti-corruption) association.
• Turkish public broadcaster TRT has been awarded exclusive broadcasting rights to all three UEFA club competitions for the 2024-2027 cycle in Turkey.
• Manchester United FC (Premier League) has sold over 100,000 tickets for its women's team (Barclays Women's Super League) matches for the 2023-24 season, as of 01/02/2024. Never before has the club reached this threshold so quickly in a single season.
• The jersey of French rookie Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs) occupies fourth place in the ranking of the best-selling NBA jerseys in the world halfway through the 2023-24 season.

These are some of the news items that did not make it into an article this week, but which are nevertheless, worthy of your attention.

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