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Fifa declares mission accomplished at Caf, but which mission?
Fifa's six-month takeover of the Confederation of African Football was promised to result in better governance and financial controls. Callum McCarthy investigates whether CAF can be trusted to deliver on those promises without supervision.
CAS pro/rel ruling raises questions over Fifa’s reluctance to force initiative in US
For many years now, the issue of introducing promotion and relegation into the structure of US soccer has been one of contention. Bob Williams explores what is happening at the moment.
Will Fifa’s cap on commissions curb agent ‘excesses’?
Fifa’s proposals to cap agent commissions has set it on a collision course with some of the most powerful agents in world football. In this explainer, Ben Cronin outlines the reasoning behind the reforms and the legal arguments for and against them.
A 2021 Club World Cup can deliver on both Chinese and Fifa ambitions
Why Fifa has chosen to host the 2021 Club World Cup in China, and how the competition is a step forward towards China's football ambitions. Zhang Dan reports.
Fifa working on ‘Marshall plan’ for football
Fifa is working on a major financial support plan for football organisations around the world, according to Reuters
Swiss Federal Court rejects Al-Khelaifi corruption indictment
BeIN Media Group chairman and Paris Saint-Germain president, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, has been boosted in his legal battle with Swiss authorities with the news that the country’s Federal Criminal Court has a…
Centralisation of archive allowed Fifa to offer matches free says commercial chief Thomas
Fifa’s chief commercial officer Simon Thomas has said the decision by the governing body to take its audiovisual archive services in-house has enabled it to offer more than 30 historic matches free of c…
Sports organisations act as coronavirus financial impact bites
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
“Our share of voice during the Women’s World Cup was extraordinary,” Adrian Farina, head of marketing, Visa, Europe
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…
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
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
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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.