Uefa
Čeferin open to single-legged Champions League ties
Uefa president Aleksander Čeferin has revealed that he would be open to single-legged knockout ties in future Champions League and Europa League seasons after football’s European governing body introduced th…
Uefa proposes Super Cup as pilot spectator event
Uefa is considering using next month’s Super Cup as a pilot match to test the feasibility of fans being allowed back into stadiums in European football competitions.
No charge for Heineken’s Europa League switch from Amstel to Heineken 0.0%
Heineken’s decision to switch its Europa League rights from its Amstel brand to the non-alcohol brand Heineken 0.0% was done without a monetary change to the original contract, SportBusiness has learned.
Round-Up: Fifa ethics committee clears Infantino, CAF delays qualifiers, China LPGA Tour restarts, and more
Fifa president Gianni Infantino has been cleared by the organisation's ethics committee of any breach of its code in relation to his meetings with Swiss attorney-general Michael Lauber
BT Sport picks up rights to remainder of Women’s Champions League
UK pay-television broadcaster BT Sport will cover the final stages of this season’s Uefa Women’s Champions League, which will feature English club Arsenal.
Ceferin says Uefa’s Final 8 model won’t be repeated
Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin has said it would be “impossible” for football’s European governing body to replicate the final eight model currently being used for the Champions League and Europa Leagu…
Round-Up: ATP Cup talks continue, English football schedule unveiled, FanCode gets MLB rights, and more
Tennis Australia is keen on hosting the second edition of the ATP Cup next year in Perth, Brisbane and Sydney, and is in talks with the Association of Tennis Professionals about doing so
Mediapro nets Champions League host broadcast role, ZDF to show final with German team
Barcelona-based rights and production agency Mediapro will produce the host broadcast signal for the truncated latter stages of this season’s Uefa Champions League in Portugal.
Uefa turns to Sky Deutschland for ‘Final 8’ crowd noise
Uefa has commissioned German pay-television broadcaster Sky Deutschland to produce the crowd noise sound effects for this month’s Champions League and Europa League ‘Final 8’ tournaments.
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Heineken switches Europa League rights from Amstel to Heineken 0.0%
Non-alcoholic beer brand Heineken 0.0% has become the subject of the largest single sponsorship deal for a brand of its type as a sponsor of the Uefa Europa League
Der Spiegel claims to have found new emails in Manchester City FFP probe
German magazine Der Spiegel has revealed what it claims to be new internal emails from Manchester City executives relating to the Financial Fair Play case that was ruled upon by the Court of Arbitration…
CBS acquired additional Uefa Champions League rights in discount deal
CBS Sports secured its additional English-language rights to the Uefa Champions League in the United States at a discounted rate, SportBusiness understands.
Uefa relaunches tender for club collectibles, combines with national competition rights
Uefa has relaunched the tender for the licensing rights in the “collectibles” category for its club competitions from 2021-24 and will now combine the process with the tender for collectible rights for…
Matthew Glendinning | Reports of FFP’s demise after City ruling are exaggerated
Matthew Glendinning, editor of SportBusiness Sponsorship, believes Uefa’s Financial Fair Play rules will survive even after the Court of Arbitration for sport overturned the governing body's competition ban on Manchester City.
CAS overturns Manchester City’s Champions League ban, ‘remains committed’ to FFP
Uefa has said it remains committed to its Financial Fair Play (FFP) system after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today (Monday) overturned Manchester City’s ban from the Champions League and r…
Champions League and Europa League finals to go ahead behind closed doors
Uefa has announced that the “final eight” tournaments of its Champions League and Europa League competitions are set to go ahead behind closed doors in August.
CBS acquires Uefa Champions League rights two years early after Turner opts out
CBS has picked up the English-language rights to the Uefa Champions League in the United States two years early after current rights-holder Turner Sports called time on its deal
Rise of the Red Devils drives new Belgian FA partnership strategy
SportBusiness looks at the new commercial strategy of Royal Belgian Football Association, after seeing Belgium's national football team rise from #66 in Fifa’s ranking to the top of the world.