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AS Roma has confirmed it is in preliminary talks with potential investors over a possible sale of the Italian Serie A club. Club shares rose 16
Marketing Football

Major League Soccer team Chicago Fire has unveiled a comprehensive brand refresh, which includes a new logo and a tweak of its name, ahead of a move to Soldier Field in 2020
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Sports brand Puma’s strategy of tying up major European football clubs to kit supplier agreements has generated a substantial new deal with Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund.
Business Football

Philadelphia Union minority owner Richie Graham has formed an investment firm focused on the growth and long-term development of soccer in the United States
Media Football

UK public-service broadcaster the BBC has acquired rights to this weekend’s final of the Copa Libertadores, the South American Football Confederation’s (Conmebol’s) leading club competition. T
Governance Football

The Chinese Football Association has instructed Chinese clubs to halt player contract talks as it prepares to introduce new regulations, including a salary cap, next month
Business Football

New York Cosmos will play in the third-tier National Independent Soccer Association in 2020, the famed soccer club announced.
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Major League Soccer expansion team Nashville SC has named the East Nashville-based Fat Bottom Brewing Co. as its official craft beer partner. As part of the deal, Fat Bottom Brewing Co
Media Football

Ahmad Ahmad, the president of the Confederation of African Football (Caf), has refused a request from the Lagardère Sports agency to address the recent termination of the two parties’ agreement at the or…

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Spanish football giants Real Madrid have grown digital revenues over 30 per cent over the course of five-year partnership with Microsoft, creating a digital marketing platform that allows the club to engage with, and learn from, it's 450 million-strong global fanbase.
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The Bundesliga's esports property is seen as a valuable tool with which to engage a younger fanbase and expand the reach of the league and its commercial partners. Story by Bob Williams.
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Governance

As Bayern Munich have all but elected a new club president, Bob Williams takes a look at how the club's executive board is set to change in the coming seasons.
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The Bundesliga’s head of APAC Kevin Sim is deep in talks with potential media-rights partners for the cycle from 2020-21. Kevin McCullagh talks to him about his expectations for the market.
Governance Football

Gaetano Miccichè, the president of Italy’s top football league, Lega Serie A, resigned yesterday (Tuesday) after a month-long investigation into the circumstances surrounding his election on March 19 la…
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

London Stadium has signed a deal with telecommunications giants 02 and networking hardware company Cisco to make high speed WiFi available to those attending events at the venue
Marketing Football

The English Football Association has extended its marketing partnership with Lagardère Sports.
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Premier League club Norwich City has entered an agreement with Finnish marketing agency i2 ltd in a bid to further expand its presence across the country
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Middle Eastern logistics firm GWC has signed as the first Official National Supporter of the 2019 Fifa Club World Cup in Qatar. The company will deliver logistics and supply chain services for the event
Finance & Money Football

Premier League champion Manchester City has released its financial statement from the 2018-19 season, announcing record turnover of £535.
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers has added bitcoin lottery Crypto Millions Lotto to its sponsorship portfolio
Media Football

UK telco BT is planning to raise the price of its sports channels after the renewal of broadcast rights to Uefa club competitions contract for the 2021-24 cycle, it has been reported
Media Football

Spanish agency and production group Mediapro has become the latest media company to announce it will not pursue rights to the Supercopa club football competition, following its switch to Saudi Arabia
Events Football

The Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) of the Qatar 2022 Fifa World Cup has moved to address some of the accommodation issues surrounding the event by agreeing to charter two cruise ships for…
Events Football

Football Federation Australia (FFA) chairman Chris Nikou has stated that a joint bid with New Zealand for the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup “makes sense” with under a month to go before a bid book needs…
Fan Engagement Football

DAZN Media, a wing of the DAZN sports OTT platform, is creating a social media content campaign for German Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund, aimed at fans in Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia
Finance & Money Football

English Premier League club Manchester United's first-quarter financial results showed a drop in broadcast income due to failure to qualify for the Uefa Champions League, offset by an increase in sponsorship…
Events Football

Major League Soccer's All-Star Game will reportedly switch its format next year, with the league's leading players facing their counterparts from Mexico's Liga MX at Banc of California Stadium in Los …
Events Football

Major League Soccer expansion team Nashville SC will face Atlanta United in its inaugural MLS game at Nissan Stadium on February 29, 2020, in what is likely be the start of a new regional rivalry between…
Media Football

World football’s governing body Fifa has launched an invitation to tender process for the centralised broadcast rights to all matches in the second round of qualifying, as well as the third-round play-offs, o…
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Swedish workwear and profile clothing manufacturer Company Line has agreed a four-year deal with Svensk Elitfotboll, operating body of the top two divisions of domestic football
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

French football club Lille OSC's stadium is set to be renamed after the venue-owners, the European Metropolis of Lille (MEL), launched a tender for the naming rights
Governance Football

The war of words between the leaders of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) and LaLiga has continued, with the latter’s president, Javier Tebas, shrugging off a call for him to resign.
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Scottish Premiership club Hearts has signed a three-year extension to its main kit deal with sports brand Umbro
Sponsorship & Marketing Football

Italian Serie A football club Juventus has agreed a three-year extension to its deal with Chinese tyre manufacturer Linglong
Media Football

The Lagardère Sports agency, official marketing partner of the Polish Football Association (PZPN), has agreed a deal with Onefootball for the digital platform to offer live streaming of Polish Cup fixtures.
Governance Football

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.
Industry Moves Football

Former adidas chief executive Herbert Hainer has been confirmed as the new president of Bayern Munich after he secured an overwhelming majority of votes at the Bundesliga club's Annual General Meeting