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Fifa ruling shakes up compensation, development structures in US player market
The issue of solidarity payments for academies developing US soccer talent remains decidedly unsettled following a Fifa ruling in June
“Women’s football is about so much more than what happens on the pitch” | Fifa’s Sarai Bareman
SportBusiness speaks to Fifa's chief women’s football officer, Sarai Bareman, to get her reflections on the 2019 Women's World Cup in France and hear how she is hoping to leverage the momentum gained from that event to further develop women’s football around the world.
US team enters Women’s World Cup with heavy expectations, wage fight
Faced with their own lofty expectations, following last year's no-show by the US men's team and now embroiled in a legal challenge regarding pay equity, the American women's squad arrives to the 2019 Fifa Women's Cup with much on their shoulders. Randy Williams reports.
Governing bodies have plans for women’s football but is the pace of change fast enough?
Fifa and Uefa have both unveiled strategies for the long-term development of women's football. Frank Dunne examines what it would take to put female competitions on an equal footing with their male equivalents.
Le Floc’h: Fifa Women’s World Cup sponsorship rights could be unbundled in 2022
Women’s World Cup currently has two-tier sponsorship model
Global Partner tier includes sponsorship rights to all Fifa events
Florentino Pérez to lead new World Club Football Association
Real Madrid president Florentino Pérez has been appointed president of the World Club Football Association, a new body that will be a platform for dialogue between football clubs and Fifa.
Fifa hands life bans to trio of former Conmebol executives
World football’s governing body Fifa has today (Tuesday) handed life bans to three more senior former South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) executives, including Manuel Burga, who in December 2…
Asean Club Championship to launch after getting AFC and Fifa backing
A new Asean Club Championship football tournament is to launch in 2020 after being endorsed by the Asian Football Confederation and Fifa
South Korea to debut AFC’s new Women’s Club Championship
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced that South Korea will host the inaugural edition of its Women’s Club Championship.
Obstacles imply European Super League may be more blackmail than business plan
• Football Leaks investigation suggests 16 clubs sharing plans for a European Super League
• But European Club Association and Uefa show united front in the face of allegations
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Handle with flair: VAR and sponsorship
Tim Crow reflects on the use of VAR in Russia 2018 and why sponsors will be considering it in future tournaments.
EXCLUSIVE | Le Floc’h: Fifa takes stock after race against time to sign partners
Time was the greatest enemy in Fifa’s attempt to sell the full offering of sponsorship rights for the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Philippe Le Floc’h, Fifa’s chief commercial officer has told Sports Sponso…
EXCLUSIVE | Le Floc’h: “Fifa will exceed its commercial targets despite troubled period”
Fifa has told TV Sports Markets it has exceeded its commercial targets despite experiencing “the most troubled period” in its history.
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盈方有望通过销售国际足联在亚洲的转播权，赚取巨额利润
TV Sports Markets 消息，盈方代理已超出向国际足联（FIFA）担保的2018和2022年世界杯在亚洲的转播权费用。盈方仍在销售2022年世界杯的转播权，销售对象不包括最有价值的中国市场。
US Digest | Telemundo takes lead against Fox for World Cup viewers
Welcome to SportBusiness Group’s US Digest, rounding up the news and developments coming out of the world’s biggest sports market
Telemundo takes lead against Fox for World Cup viewers
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US Digest | United bid wins 2026 World Cup vote by landslide
In this week's US sports industry round-up: United bid wins 2026 World Cup vote by landslide; NBCSN to simulcast Telemundo Russia 2018 matches; and New Jersey sports betting bill is given the green light.
‘Despite the troubled period, we will exceed our commercial targets’ | Philippe Le Floc’h
Fifa chief commercial officer Philippe Le Floc’h took questions from SportBusiness on sponsorship, media and Fifa’s commercial future.
US Digest | Delaware ushers in new sports betting era
In this week's US sports industry round-up: Delaware ushers in new sports betting era; United 2026 bid outscores 'high risk' Morocco; and the New York Yankees win scheduling battle with ESPN.
Was Fifa right to expand the World Cup to 48 teams?
In December 2016 the Fifa Council decided to expand its flagship World Cup competition to include 48 participants from 2026 onwards
Tim Crow: Fifa needs to restore its sponsorship appeal, but Qatar 2022 makes a clean-up tricky
Fifa’s 2017 Financial Report, published back in December, took many people by surprise.
Phil Carling: Why Chinese brands have stepped in while the West pulls back
The sponsorship programme for the 2018 World Cup in Russia saw Fifa go to the well of multinational brands, but Fifa soon found the well had dried up
Ken Mainardis, Getty Images
The story of Getty Images and its long association with the Fifa World Cup reveals a lot about the way technology has changed professional sports photography.
Coca-Cola, guns and money: the genesis of the Fifa Partner programme
The Fifa Partner programme was born via an unlikely collaboration between a twenty-something PR man, his client – the Coca-Cola Company – and the Argentinian military junta. Th
1950-2014: A history of sponsorship at the Fifa World Cup
When Fifa organised the first World Cup in Uruguay in 1930, the event and the objectives of the federation were very different to the ones we recognise today
SportBusiness International June 2018
In this month's issue we cover the following:
MOROCCO 2026 – The North African country pushes the vision of a 'compact' World Cup
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Red Uprising | Inside Moscow’s Otkritie Arena
Greg Pitcher talks to Aecom head of sports engineering Peter Ayres, responsible for the design of Moscow's Okritie Arena, about the creation of the soon-to-be World Cup venue.
US Digest | NBA Finals tickets are cheapest in four years
In this week's US sports industry round-up: NBA Finals tickets are cheapest in four years; FC Cincinnati to join MLS in 2019; and Twin Cities 'netted $370m from Super Bowl'
The Champions League continues to deliver growth but remains under scrutiny
The Uefa Champions League is set to deliver another big increase in revenues in the next cycle, but there are still doubts it will survive beyond 2024. Frank Dunne explains why.