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Premier League: launch 'Super Movers' campaign with the BBC to encourage kids to stay active

The Premier League, in conjunction with the BBC (British public broadcaster), has launched 'Super Movers', a new campaign encouraging kids to stay active and boost "physical activity throughout the school day" said the Premier League on 16/01/2018. "Being more active during the school day can help children engage more in lessons and Super Movers will help school teachers inspire their pupils to...

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UEFA: ninth Club Licensing Benchmarking Report (financial year 2016)

"The success story that is European football is apparent from the facts contained over the next 120 or so pages. Few, in any, activities come close to matching the continuous 10% year-on-year growth in revenues that European club football has generated since the turn of the century," stated UEFA in the introduction of its ninth Club Licensing Benchmarking Report in Europe, published on 17/01/2018....

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News Tank Football wishes all its subscribers and readers a Happy New Year 2018

The entire News Tank Football team offers to all of its subscribers -- and future subscribers -- its most sincere wishes for the new 2018 year. May this year be, for each of you, synonymous with success and happiness, and that this year of the FIFA World Cup (in Russia from 14/06 to 15/07/2018) also includes the realisation of your most ambitious projects. For News Tank Football, the year begins...

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MLS: average of 22,106 spectators per game in 2017 (new record), total attendance up 12.1%

MLS drew an average of 22,106 spectators per game in 2017, which is a new record for the regular season of the league, announced MLS on 22/10/2017. The average attendance was up 1.9% compared to the 2016 regular season (21,692 per game). In total, the 22 franchises hosted 8,267,534 spectators at the 372 matches of the 2017 regular season, marking a 12.1% increase in total attendance compared to...

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Ligue 1 Conforama: 1.65 million viewers for PSG - Troyes on free-TV on C8 (audience share: 7.2%)

Paris Saint-Germain - ESTAC Troyes (2-0), the closing match of the mid-week Matchday 15 of the 2017-18 Ligue 1 Conforama, and the first match of this season broadcast free-to-air on C8, the free DTT channel belonging to the Canal+ group, a subsidiary of Vivendi, drew 1.651 million viewers on average, on Wednesday 29/11/2017 (kick-off at 21:00 CET). This figure represented an audience share of...

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Soccerex: "I was willing to lead the way with the Common Goal pledge; I believe in this" (J. Mata)

"Instead of starting my own foundation, I thought that the Common Goal project with Street Football World was a better fit, and I was willing to lead the way. I believe in this project, and I am passionate about this. That's what I told Jürgen at the beginning. I like your project, and I want to be fully involved," said Juan Mata (ESP) Manchester United player, explaining his Common Goal...

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Première Ligue Convention: "Invest in the engagement or you're not driving your product" (J. Tebas)

"We put together our 360 degree plan, particularly in terms of international activities. 360 degrees is a circle, which represents the game itself, the ball. This plan is split into two sections. The first 180 degrees is dedicated to the live games themselves: the broadcasting, the stadiums, the game, and the spectacle itself. The live games are the event; we should never forget this," stated...

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LFP: "beIN Sports and Canal+ will broadcast the play-offs (23 to 28/05/2017)" (Didier Quillot)

"The groups beIN Sports and Canal+ will broadcast the promotion-relegation play-offs between Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 and between Ligue 2 and the National (French third division), under conditions to be determined," announced Didier Quillot, the CEO of the LFP, during the Think Football! 2017 event hosted by News Tank Football at the l'Université Paris-Dauphine, on 10/01/2017. Is the week of...

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FIFA: Gianni Infantino elected president at the Extraordinary Congress in Zurich on 26/02/2016

Gianni Infantino (Italy-Switzerland) was elected FIFA president for three years (2016-2019) at the end of the second round of the voting, during the Extraordinary Electoral Congress of the international federation in Zurich (Switzerland) on 26/02/2016. Gianni Infantino received 115 votes of the 207 votes cast (55.5%) in the second round of the election. Sheikh Salman garnered 88 votes (42.5%) in...

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