Weekly News Extra (27-31/01/2025)

• EE (energy) has extended its partnership with The Football Association as a training kit sponsor of the England national teams and as a partner of Wembley Stadium (London, ENG) for four years (2025-2028).
• Major League Soccer has renewed its partnership with the British agency IMG for the production of North American league matches as part of a multi-year agreement.
• The possibility of staging the next "Clásico" between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona, scheduled for Matchday 35 of the 2024-25 LALIGA EA Sports in May 2025, abroad will be "studied" if the two clubs agree, according to Javier Tebas, president of LALIGA.
• "As part of the '5,000 sports pitches' plan supported by the French National Sports Agency (ANS), the Fédération Française de Football and ANS have co-financed 200 five-a-side and Futsal pitches in order to meet the growing demand for local facilities," said the two bodies on 28/01/2025. The FFF and ANS have invested €5.5m and €9.8m respectively.
• Liverpool FC set an all-time Premier League attendance record with 60,420 spectators at Anfield on Saturday 25/01 when…