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News briefsUEFA opens bidding for women’s soccer gear rights
UEFA has initiated a tender process to secure rights for match balls and apparel exclusively for its women’s competitions throughout the 2025-2030 period. Included in this cycle are five editions of the UEFA Women’s Champions League, the 2029 Women’s European Championship and various age-group tournaments. The tender process will kick ...
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News briefsAliExpress first exclusive e-commerce partner of UEFA Euro 2024
AliExpress, the business-to-consumer online marketplace launched in 2010 by Alibaba International Digital Commerce Group, has become the first e-commerce platform as an exclusive official global sponsor of UEFA Euro 2024 in Germany. The marketplace said it invests millions of Euros in discounts, deals, and engagement during the championships. It will ...
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News briefsUEFA reports record revenues for top-tier clubs
According to UEFA’s latest report, top-tier clubs participating in UEFA competitions have achieved unprecedented revenue levels in the 2021/22 fiscal year. The European Club Finance and Investment Landscape report disclosed that these clubs collectively generated approximately €23.9 billion in revenue during this period, marking a historic high. The staggering figure ...
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News briefsUEFA approves “United for Success” 2024-2030 strategy
The UEFA executive committee met in Paris on Feb. 7 and approved the “United for Success: UEFA Strategic Vision 2024-2030,” a roadmap to guide the organization and the wider European football community for the coming years. United For Success was created in consultation with national associations and by involving key ...
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News briefsUEFA president will not stand for reelection in 2027
Aleksander Ceferin, the head of European football governing body UEFA, has announced that he would not stand for reelection in 2027 and an unprecedented fourth term at the helm of the organization. An amendment to UEFA’s statutes passed by the organization’s Congress on Feb. 8 would have ...
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News briefsEU court finds in favor of Super League
“The FIFA and UEFA rules on prior approval of interclub football competitions, such as the Super League, are contrary to EU law,” the Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled. FIFA and UEFA may not subject “any new interclub football project” to their prior approval or prohibit clubs ...
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News briefsChanges in UEFA women’s football and futsal
The UEFA’s Executive Committee has settled on an 18-club Women’s Champions League (up from 16), with three home matches, three away matches and knockout rounds. It is also establishing a second European competition for women’s clubs. These changes will be in effect for the 2025/26 season. For the women, as ...
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News briefsUEFA selects Kipsta footballs for Europa League and Europa Conference League
Kipsta, the Decathlon Group’s brand for all team sports, will provide the balls for the UEFA Europa League and the UEFA Europa Conference League from the 2024-2025 season. The agreement is valid for three years. From Portugal to Azerbaijan, from the Faroe Islands to Turkey, official match balls designed and ...
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News briefsUEFA publishes ambitious ESG strategy for Euro 2024
Less than a year from the start of UEFA Euro 2024, scheduled to take place in Germany from June 14 to July 14 next year, the governing body has published the “UEFA Euro 2024 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Strategy.” The UEFA European Championship is the third-largest sporting event worldwide, ...
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News briefsAmazon becomes a partner of UEFA Women’s
UEFA has announced that Amazon has signed a multi-year partnership to become a partner of UEFA Women’s Football. The agreement will see the e-commerce company sponsor various competitions, including UEFA Women’s Euro 2025, UEFA Women’s Champions League, Women’s Finalissima, UEFA Women’s Futsal Euro 2023, UEFA Women’s Under-19 Championships and more. ...
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News briefsUEFA is considering Champions League final in the U.S.
In an exclusive interview with Men in Blazers, a soccer-focused media company in North America, UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin said that the UEFA Champions League final could be held in the U.S. in the future as UEFA seeks to capitalize on the sport’s rising popularity in the country. The Champions ...
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News briefsCeferin re-elected as UEFA president
Aleksander Ceferin was re-elected as UEFA president by acclamation at the 47th Ordinary UEFA Congress, which was held in Lisbon on April 5. Ceferin, a 55-year-old Slovenian lawyer, will serve a further four-year term, his third as president of the continental sport governing body. Ceferin’s election did not come as ...
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News briefsUEFA announces candidates for executive committee election
UEFA has announced the list of candidatures for the positions of president and executive committee members to be elected at the 47th ordinary UEFA Congress in Lisbon on April 5, 2023. Aleksander Čeferin (Slovenia) is standing for re-election for a four-year term as UEFA president. The sole candidate for one ...
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News briefsQatari investors are reportedly targeting Manchester United
Daily Mail has revealed that a Qatar-based consortium of private investors is planning to bid for Manchester United. The group is set to make an offer by Friday, Feb. 17, the deadline set by the club’s current owners, the Glazer family. The British tabloid paper has also revealed that UEFA, ...
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News briefsNew proposal seeks to revamp the European Super League concept
A22 Sports Management, a consultancy hired by the Super League Company, has presented a 10-point “manifesto” for revamping the European Super League (ESL) concept. A22 previously backed a 12-club ESL proposal in 2021, which did not materialize due to multiple protests against it. The new proposal would be for an ...
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News briefsCeferin is set to be re-elected as UEFA president
Aleksander Ceferin, the current UEFA president, is set to be re-elected as he has emerged as the only candidate for the role, the organization has announced. Presidential elections at the European football governing body are scheduled to take place at its congress in April. Ceferin, 55, is standing for a ...
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European Commission and UEFA extend cooperation with new agreement up to 2025
The vice president of the European Commission, Margaritis Schinas, and UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin have renewed the European Commission-UEFA Arrangement for Cooperation, which first entered into force in 2014. They met on Oct. 6 at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels. According to UEFA, this latest institutional agreement, which provides ...
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News briefsUkraine joins Spain and Portugal’s bid for 2030 FIFA World Cup
Spain and Portugal have added Ukraine to their joint bid to co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup. The news, unveiled by The Times, was confirmed by the presidents of the three countries’ football federations at a joint press conference at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on Oct. 5. The Spanish ...
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News briefsUEFA might include the U.S. in future Supercup
The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), according to Palco23 and other sources, is toying with the idea of establishing a new, more international Supercup in 2024 – one that would pit the top team of U.S. Major League Soccer against the top teams of the Champions League, Liga Europa ...
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ArticleFanatics inks new deals with UEFA and ICC
Sports merchandise giant Fanatics has signed deals with UEFA and the International Cricket Council (ICC). UEFA and Fanatics have announced a long-term e-commerce, event retail and licensing deal, which the football governing body has described as “one of the most comprehensive sports merchandising partnerships in European football.” The national team ...
