Le fil d'actualité : News Tank Football

France-Morocco: "A taster of the revival of relationship between the two States" (J-B. Guégan)

"Relations between Morocco and France have warmed up recently after a few months of tension. The proof is that a state visit by Emmanuel Macron to Morocco is on the horizon in 2023. The match will therefore be a good taster of the revival of the bilateral relationship between the two States," said Jean-Baptiste Guégan, an expert and author on the geopolitics of sport, to News Tank Football on...

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FC Viktoria Berlin: "Giving visibility to women's football in Berlin and Germany" (Lisa Währer)

"Berlin, the capital of Germany, also wants to be the 'sports capital of Germany', but the fact is that we don't have any women's teams from the city in the Flyeralarm Frauen-Bundesliga. The ambitious goal of FC Viktoria Berlin is to give visibility to women's football, women's sport, in Berlin and in Germany," said Lisa Währer, co-founder and managing director of FC Viktoria Berlin (German...

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Think Football: "We'd like $440m added to a fund for Qatar 2022 workers" (L. Schulmann, Amnesty)

"FIFA will generate $6bn in profits during the World Cup. We would like to see a sum of $440m added to a compensation fund for workers and victims of the organisation of this World Cup. An amount that corresponds to what all the teams will receive," said Lola Schulmann, advocacy officer at Amnesty International France, during Think Football 2022, an event organised annually by News Tank Football,...

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Think Football 2022: "The role of ultras in clubs" - 14:15 CET, at the FFF headquarters (04/10/2022)

"At the level of each professional club, there must be the involvement of the approved supporters' associations in the management of the clubs to define the orientations of these clubs and to define together, for example, the security conditions in stadiums as well as in relation to travel," said Marie-George Buffet, former French Minister for Sports (within Lionel Jospin's government, from...

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Think Football 2022: "Developments for French football" - theme for the afternoon on 04/10/2022

"Developments for French football" will be the main theme during the afternoon at Think Football 2022, which will take place in the auditorium at the French Football Federation headquarters in Paris (FRA) on Tuesday 04/10/2022. The event will be held entirely in French.The sixth edition of this annual event organised by News Tank Football will be an opportunity to look back at several...

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Think Football 2022: World Cup in Qatar, the main theme for the morning on Tuesday 04/10/2022

"Qatar 2022: a game-changing World Cup!" is the main theme during the morning at Think Football 2022, taking place in the auditorium at the French Football Federation headquarters in Paris (FRA) on Tuesday 04/10/2022.The sixth edition of the annual event organised by News Tank Football, which will be held entirely in French, will be an opportunity to discuss the challenges of the 2022 World Cup,...

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News Tank Football: Victor Bertin departs to become head of economic transformation at the CNOSF

Victor Bertin, analyst and writer at News Tank Football/News Tank Sport since March 2016, has left our strategic information agency to take up the position of head of economic transformation at the CNOSF, on 25/07/2022.Initially in charge of media content within our platform for ecosystem leaders, Victor then oversaw the new Sport offer (for the French market) launched in particular in view of the...

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Saudi Arabia / Women's football: "A first Women's League with 16 teams and 430 players" (L. Bahaian)

"One of the most exciting things that happened in November 2021 is that we had 16 teams playing under the Federation. It was a very good number for the start of the first women’s league in the SAFF’s history. 430 players played in total," said Lamia Bahaian, board member and head of women’s football at the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF), to News Tank on 01/04/2022.Saudi Arabia...

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Saudi Arabia/women's sport: "Sport has really built me as a woman" (Laure Boulleau, ex-footballer)

"The values of sport are infinite. You learn a lot by playing a team sport: self-confidence, respect for others, respect for the rules, living together, etc. I've had injuries, you also learn not to give up. Sport has really built me as a woman," said Laure Boulleau (FRA), on 31/03/2022. The former international footballer (65 caps with the French national team), now a consultant for Canal+, took...

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Cycling: "Our health protocol served as a model for other bodies" (D. Lappartient, UCI)

"When the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, we had to rebuild a calendar, to set up a health protocol and to relocate the Road World Championships. Our health protocol served as a model for other bodies," said David Lappartient (FRA), president of UCI, to News Tank on 07/12/2021. "We also had to secure the institution's financial sustainability. We were able to rely on short-time working arrangements...

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NWSL/sexual abuse: "Our priority was to re-establish a dialogue with players" (S. Sauvage, OL Reign)

"We had to get organised very quickly. Our priority was to re-establish a dialogue with the NWSLPA (the association representing the players of the NWSL, the National Women's Soccer League)," said Sophie Sauvage, representative of OL Reign, an American women's football franchise owned by Olympique Lyonnais (Ligue 1 Uber Eats / D1 Arkema), to News Tank Football on 19/10/2021.The American League is...

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Bundesliga: Comedy Central (TV), sleeve sponsor of 1.FC Union Berlin for the DFB-Pokal and UECL

Comedy Central, a German free-TV channel belonging to the american multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate ViacomCBS, has become a partner of 1. FC Union Berlin (Bundesliga) for the 2021-22 season, announced the club on 05/08/2021. As part of the agreement, Comedy Central will become the club's sleeve sponsor for the DFB-Pokal and the Europa Conference League."Comedy Central and...

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