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Sports organisations around the world are making pay cuts and offering staff temporary contracts, among other money-saving measures, as the coronavirus shutdown squeezes cashflow
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European football's governing body, Uefa, and Spain’s LaLiga have both made available their wealth of archive content on their own broadcast platforms amid the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
Events Football

Italian Football Federation (FIGC) president Gabriele Gravina has said the governing body will propose the postponement of Uefa Euro 2020 at a key meeting scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday) to allow European…
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Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund has cancelled plans to tour Asia this summer due to the coronavirus outbreak
Finance & Money Football

Uefa, European football’s governing body, has announced total revenues of €3.86bn ($4.25bn) for the 2018-19 season, up 38 per cent on the figure of €2.79bn a year earlier. T
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Japanese football authorities have suspended J.League and Levain Cup matches until mid-March, due to the coronavirus outbreak
Media Multi-Sport

Major sports federations have urged the US government to keep Saudi Arabia on its main list of the countries that do not adequately protect intellectual property as a result of the widespread piracy of…
Governance Football

Manchester City has commenced an appeals process against what the English Premier League football club claims is a “prejudicial process” pursued against it by Uefa, which has resulted in a two-season ban…
Events Football

European football’s governing body, Uefa, has signed a renewed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South American counterpart Conmebol which could lead to the resumption of intercontinental competitions b…

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Media rights increases for the Uefa Champions League in the UK, US and France have vindicated Team Marketing's decision to start its sales process early in these markets. But the agency won't be getting carried away just yet, writes Frank Dunne.
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Visa’s head of marketing for Europe, Adrian Farina, has credited Uefa’s decision to unbundle the sponsorship rights for its men’s and women’s tournaments, saying that it provided the ‘trigger’ for the bra…
Football
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The ever-growing influence of Europe’s top-five leagues is squeezing the life out of professional football in Europe’s lowlands. Callum McCarthy examines the commercial pros and cons of a merger between the Dutch Eredivisie and the Belgian Pro League.
Football
Fan Engagement

Football has embraced social media in a huge way, but will its focus on digital technology undermine grassroots participation? Frank Dunne asks if the game is in danger of eating itself and looks at what Uefa is doing to prevent this.
Governance Football

Greece’s Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, has said he is seeking the intervention of Fifa and Uefa to reform club football in the country amid the latest crisis, a bitter battle between Super League c…
Industry Moves Football

International football players’ union FIFPro has denied reports that disgraced former Uefa official Michel Platini has taken up a role with the body, despite its president Philippe Piat announcing last w…
Media Football

Commercial broadcaster RTL has acquired exclusive rights in Germany to the Uefa Europa League and the newly-created Uefa Europa Conference League for the new cycle, from 2021-22 to 2023-24
Technology Football

Uefa has said it will launch a tender process for the provision of various technology services to be deployed at certain competitions from 2021 onwards, including men’s and women’s club and national tea…
Finance & Money Football

European football’s governing body Uefa has revealed that clubs in the continent’s top divisions were profitable for the second year running, as the percentage of total revenue generated by the ‘big five’…
Media Football

Following on from format changes to Uefa’s Nations League in the 2020-21 tournament, discussions are ongoing in Germany over the broadcast home of two matches that the national team will play.
Governance Football

Michel Platini, the former Uefa president who was banned from all football activities in 2015 on corruption charges, is planning a bid to become president of FIFPro, the international players’ union, a…
Governance Football

Germany’s Rainer Koch is set to be appointed to the Uefa Executive Committee for a one-year term, while France’s Noël Le Graët has been confirmed as the only candidate for the position of European membe…
Media Football

Uefa is set to award broadcast rights to its club competitions in Austria for the 2021-22 to 2023-24 cycle, with a trio of broadcasters having submitted winning bids, SportBusiness understands
Licensing and Merchandising Football

Uefa is inviting proposals for several categories in its video game rights sector for the 2021-24 club competition cycle, including the rights for the official simulation game and esports event
Governance Football

World football’s governing body Fifa, and European counterpart Uefa, have welcomed a ruling from the Brussels Court of Appeal dismissing an appeal concerning the infringement of rules relating to third p…
Media Football

Mediapro, the Spanish production group and agency, will not pursue legal action against Uefa following the recent Uefa Champions League media rights auction in France
Governance Football

Fifa is set to take legal action to reclaim CHF2m (€1.8m/$2.0
Media Football

Online retail giant Amazon has picked up a package of exclusive Uefa Champions League rights in Germany for the new 2021-22 to 2023-24 cycle
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Uefa has invited tenders in the sports category, including the official match ball, for its men’s club competitions for the 2021-24 commercial cycle.
Media Football

Uefa has unveiled plans to centralise all media rights from the group stage onwards in a revamped Women’s Champions League from the 2021-22 season onwards.
Media Football

European football’s governing body Uefa has said it is exploring the possibility of using its OTT streaming platform to broadcast the Champions League and Europa League club competitions in certain markets.
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Dutch beer brand Heineken has extended its Uefa Champions League sponsorship, and, in a separate deal, signed as the Official Beer Partner of Euro 2020, ending Uefa’s long search for a beer brand to s…
Governance Football

Former Uefa president Michel Platini has said he is taking legal action against European football’s governing body in an effort to secure a substantial amount of back pay, along with bonus and legal f…
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Uefa and the Beijing-based Shankai Sports agency on Wednesday officially launched a sales process allowing Chinese fans to buy hospitality packages and tickets to Euro 2020 matches
Events Football

Russia has submitted a bid for Kazan to host the 2022 or 2023 edition of the Uefa Super Cup, the country’s national football association has announced.
Media Football

An invitation to submit offers has been launched in Russia for broadcast rights to the Uefa Champions League, the Europa League and the new third-tier Europa Conference League covering the 2021-22 to 2023-24…
Governance Football

European football’s governing body Uefa has launched a process to find a partner to aid its fight against match-fixing in the sport.
Events Football

European Leagues chairman Lars-Christer Olsson has said some clubs have expressed concern about the commercial viability of Uefa’s new third-tier competition, the Europa Conference League.