Le fil d'actualité : News Tank Football

France: "D1 Arkema naming rights make us one of the major players post-World Cup" (G. Galinier)

"Naming rights makes us one of the major players post-World Cup. We are thus joining the FFF's legacy plan after the 2019 Women's World Cup," said Gilles Galinier, external communications director at Arkema, to News Tank Football on 10/10/2019.The French chemical and advanced materials group, and "national supporter" of the 2019 Women's World Cup, became the title partner of the French women's...

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French Football Convention: "What the ECA wants, this is what its 232 clubs want" (J-M Aulas, OL)

"In the reform of the European Cups under discussion at ECA, even the most modest countries would have access to European competitions. This is a strategy that takes into account the general interest. The ECA, this is what the 232 clubs that comprise it up want to do. Contrary to what has been said, it is the clubs that are posing the questions because it is European resources that make them...

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"Ironically US sports leagues are socialist, while European sports is a wild west" (M. Glickman, G2)

"Ironically, the U.S. sports leagues are run on a relatively socialist distribution model, while in Europe the sports business is a complete free-market wild, wild west, where in the end something like 90% of the revenue goes to probably less than 10% of the clubs in Europe. As a result, in Europe, for the most part, the rich get richer, the middle clubs stay in the middle, and the poor stay poor....

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Piracy: "beoutQ impacts the entire ecosystem of international sport" (Sophie Jordan, beIN)

"If it's not stopped quickly, beoutQ (Saudi pirate entity) will get out of control and will wipe billions of Euros off the value of global sports and entertainment. The damaging consequence of reduced funding will not be felt solely by the rights holders such as the sports leagues and federations, but there will also be reduced investment in sporting events, clubs, and the grassroots game. It is...

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Think Football 2019 agenda: women's sport, sportainment, eSports, piracy and intl. development

The 2019 Women's World Cup in France and more broadly the place of women's sport (Women as the future of sport), eSports (eSports, from virtuality to reality for sponsors, presented by Webedia), audiovisual piracy (The biggest danger to pro sports?), the personalisation of the fan experience (Fan experience and Sportainment), the rise of player brands in relation to clubs (Are players now bigger...

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Think Football 2019: Mathieu Moreuil (Premier League) to speak at the audiovisual piracy workshop

Mathieu Moreuil, director of international football relations and European affairs for the Premier League will participate in the third edition of Think Football, organised by News Tank Football at INSEEC U. Sport (Eiffel Campus, 10 rue Sextius Michel, 75015 Paris), on Thursday 07/02/2019, with Laura Georges, the former French international with 188 caps and current general secretary of the FFF,...

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2019 Women's World Cup: 2,500 volunteers selected from 13,093 candidates

"In four months' time, 2,500 volunteers will be working to ensure the smooth running of the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup France. Launched on 28/05/2018, the (volunteer) programme was a great success with 13,093 applications registered (an average of more than five candidates per position)," announced the Local Organising Committee of the Women's World Cup on 04/02/2019.The 2019 Women's World Cup is...

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Think Football 2019: "For a popular and festive Women's World Cup" (Laura Georges, FFF)

"The 2019 Women's World Cup in France must be popular and festive, and for this competition to be beautiful, we need to have our stadiums filled. For this reason, a study was conducted so that the tickets are accessible to all," explained Laura Georges, secretary general of the FFF, on 28/01/2019. The former French international with 188 caps is the ambassador for the third edition of Think...

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Think Football 2019: "An honour and an immense privilege to speak" (Fatma Samoura, FIFA)

"It is always an honour and a great privilege to speak in front of a crowd of specialists and football enthusiasts as only Think Football knows how to gather, especially as France prepares to host the best FIFA Women's World Cup of all time (from 07/06 to 07/07/2019)," stated FIFA secretary general Fatma Samoura, who will participate in the third edition of Think Football, the annually recurring...

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C.Seifert (DFL), G.Bolle (LaLiga) and D.Quillot (LFP) at Think Football 2019 in Paris on 07/02/2019

News Tank Football is pleased to announce the presence of three great leaders in world football at Think Football 2019, which will take place on Thursday 07/02/2019 in Paris (FRA), at the Eiffel campus of our university partner INSEEC U. Sport. Christian Seifert, CEO of the DFL; Gregory Bolle, head of global partnerships and marketing at LaLiga; and Didier Quillot, CEO of the LFP, will all speak...

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Fatma Samoura and Emily Shaw of FIFA present Think Football 2019 in Paris (FRA) on 07/02/2019

News Tank Football is pleased to announce the presence of two great leaders in world football at Think Football 2019, which will take place on Thursday 07/02/2019 in Paris (FRA), at the Eiffel campus of our partner INSEEC U. Sport. These two personalities will give particular insight to one of the two main themes of the one-day event, "Women as the future of sport". "Sportainment and Women's...

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Think Football 2019: the programme

*The programme and speakers are continually updated 08:30: Café NetworkWelcome: coffee, pastries and networking!09:00: WelcomeDominique Courdier, director of News Tank FootballCatherine Lespine, president of INSEEC U. Sport, welcome to the venueFatma Samoura, secretary general of FIFA09:20: Opening of Think FootballLaura Georges, former professional football player and secretary general of the...

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