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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 ...
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ArticleWomen’s football in Europe to grow sixfold in commercial value by 2033
UEFA has launched a new report highlighting the potential for growth in the European women’s club and league game over the next decade. According to the report titled The Business Case for Women’s Football, women’s football could see a six-fold increase in its commercial value over the next decade, reaching ...
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UEFA and CONMEBOL announce new intercontinental events
UEFA and CONMEBOL (Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol), the governing body of South American football, have announced a series of new events involving women’s football, futsal and youth teams. The youth team of Club Atlético Peñarol from Uruguay, i.e. the winners of the 2022 CONMEBOL U-20 Copa Libertadores, will face S.L. ...
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News briefsTikTok is the official entertainment platform of UEFA Women’s EURO 2022
TikTok will partner with UEFA as a global sponsor and official entertainment platform for the UEFA Women’s Euro 2022. The tournament is scheduled to take place in England from July 6-31. The agreement will see TikTok launch several dedicated activations on the platform. Additionally, UEFA will launch an official Women’s ...
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UEFA announces exclusion of Russian national teams and clubs from upcoming competitions
Portugal will replace Russia at the Women’s EURO 2022 final tournament, scheduled to take place in England on July 6-31. Portugal is the opponent that Russia defeated in the play-offs. In addition, Russia will have no affiliated clubs participating in UEFA club competitions in the 2022/23 season. UEFA has also ...
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UEFA and UNECE sign Memorandum of Understanding on sustainability
UEFA and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that aims to show how football and hosting UEFA events can support cities to become more sustainable. UNECE is one of the five regional commissions of the United Nations and works to promote ...
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Intersport extends its partnership with the French Football Federation
Intersport has extended its contract with the French Football Federation (FFF) as merchandising distribution partner. The agreement, which was first signed in 2017, has been extended until the 2024 UEFA European Football Championship.
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Russia appeals FIFA and UEFA bans in CAS
The Russian Football Federation (Rossijski Futbolny Sojus) has appealed the suspensions of Russian national teams and clubs from all FIFA and UEFA competitions over the invasion of Ukraine. The federation is asking the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to lift the suspensions to allow Russia to take part in ...
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ArticleThe sports world reacts to the invasion of Ukraine
We’ve already reported on consequences taken by Nike, Adidas, Keen, Haglöfs and Mammut following Russia’s aggression against Ukraine last week, but there’s much more going on in the sports world. Here is an excerpt of the latest happenings: The International Biathlon Union IBU excludes biathlon teams from Russia and ...
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FIFA and UEFA suspend Russian clubs and national teams from all competitions
FIFA and UEFA have jointly decided that all Russian teams, whether national or club, will be suspended from participation in FIFA and UEFA competitions until further notice. These decisions were taken on Feb. 28 by the Bureau of the FIFA Council and the Executive Committee of UEFA, the highest decision-making ...
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ArticleUEFA proposes an Intercontinental Nations League
FIFA and UEFA are both trying to expand the range of football mega-events that they are offering to the public. After the failure of its Super League project in April, the European organization is reacting to FIFA’s new plans to double the frequency of its World Cup by signing a ...
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UEFA and AntChain announce blockchain-led agreement
UEFA and AntChain announced a new five-year global agreement on the eve of the UEFA Euro 2020 championship. The football tournament has just started after its pandemic-related postponement from last year. Under the terms of the deal, AntChain will act as the official blockchain partner of the delayed tournament. More ...
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European Super League project unleashes strong reactions
The announcement made on April 18 by a group of 12 leading European football clubs about the creation of a break-away European Super League has sparked a range of negative reactions from governing bodies, players, fans and even some top political leaders. Both French President Emmanuel Macron and U.K. Prime ...
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