Weekly News Extra (12-16/05/2025)

• "Women's football and women in football are crucially important. It's growing as well, and exponentially, and we are targeting that as well to have $1bn revenue just with the Women's World Cup to reinvest in the women's game," said Gianni Infantino, FIFA president, at the Saudi-American Investment Forum in Riyadh.
• Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona (LALIGA EA Sports) from 2003 to 2010 and since 2021, intends to stand for re-election in 2026, he told Catalan radio station RAC1.
• RC Lens (Ligue 1 McDonald's) have signed an agreement with events solutions provider Weezevents, which will equip the Stade Bollaert-Delelis with cashless payment services.
• The Everpass Media platform (set up by the NFL and RedBird Capital Partners) has acquired the rights from DAZN to broadcast the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 in the United States in bars, restaurants, hotels and other commercial venues.

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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