Football

 Frank Dunne, chief sports writer for the SportBusiness Group looks at the impact Britain’s decision to leave the EU will have on England’s most lucrative sports property

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football’s (Concacaf) new president, Victor Montagliani, will deliver a keynote address at the 2016 Leaders Sport Business Summit.

The presidents of the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) have stated a new national team tournament that encompasses both regions could be created after the two bodies successfully collaborated to organise this year’s Copa America Centenario.

World football’s governing body Fifa has installed a normalisation committee at the Argentinian Football Association (AFA) to bring its administration into order and prepare it for presidential elections.

The UK’s decision to leave the European Union will not have a detrimental impact on the English Premier League, a spokesman for the top tier of football in the country insists.

Eredivisie club FC Twente has been successful in its appeal against a decision by the Dutch Football Association (KNVB) to relegate the team to the country's second-tier Jupiler League over financial irregularities.

The IMG agency has sealed a wide-ranging licensing deal with Juventus, the newly-crowned champion of Serie A, the top division of Italian football.

Adidas said today (Thursday) that it expects sales of football-related products to hit a record €2.5bn ($2.2bn) this year as the sportswear giant reaps the rewards of a revamped strategy in relation to the sport.

Goal-line technology company GoalControl has filed a complaint to Germany’s Federal Cartel Office, the Bundeskartellamt, over the choice of European football’s governing body Uefa to utilise GLT systems from rival Hawk-Eye for its ongoing Euro 2016 tournament.

German Bundesliga football club Bayern Munich has moved to further enhance its global brand by opening a new office in Shanghai, China.

Chinese company Link International Sports has completed a takeover of Spanish Liga football club Granada.

Uefa, European football’s governing body, has issued Russia with a suspended disqualification from its ongoing Euro 2016 national team tournament in France, stating that the team could be thrown out of the competition if their supporters cause any further trouble inside stadia.

Spanish Liga football club Barcelona has agreed to pay a fine of €5.5m ($6.13m) to the Spanish authorities to settle a long-running tax fraud case relating to the 2013 signing of Brazilian superstar Neymar.

The Chinese business sector has furthered its investment in football after it was confirmed today (Tuesday) that LED signage manufacturer and operator the Ledman Group has completed a takeover of Australian A-League club Newcastle Jets.

Fifa has today (Monday) said that professional services firm KPMG has elected to step down as its auditor after more than a decade of service, with world football’s governing body stating that it “welcomes” the chance to work with a new partner.

European football’s governing body Uefa has said it will assess security measures in the wake of the violent clashes that have marred the opening of Euro 2016, and has threatened the Russian Football Union (RFS) and English Football Association (FA) with expulsion from the national team tournament in France should incidents continue.