Football
The Numbers Game: Big Data and the Business of Sport | Shaping communications – Case Study 13: Tackling season ticket churn at Leicester City
English football club Leicester City took a data-driven approach to season ticket sales for the 2015/16 Premier League season, with a specific focus on improving communication with groups identified as at risk of not renewing.
CAS upholds Platini’s Fifa ban
Uefa president Michel Platini has lost his appeal to overturn his 90-day provisional suspension from taking part in football-related activity, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has today (Friday) ruled that world football’s governing body Fifa must not seek to extend the current measures.
Barcelona loses out in trademark case
Spanish LaLiga champion Barcelona has lost out in a bid to secure a trademark for the shield-shaped outline of its club crest after European Union (EU) judges ruled today (Thursday) that it was not distinctive enough to be linked solely to the Catalan football club.
Football League chairman to stand down
The Football League, which operates the three divisions below the English Premier League, has announced that chairman Greg Clarke will step down at the end of the current 2015-16 season.
Concacaf to lead by committee after raft of presidential indictments
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has opted to go against its own statutes and not appoint an interim president, with its three previous leaders now indicted in the Fifa bribery case.
Board Games
Digital billboard replacement (DBR) – technology that enables a television viewer’s location or interest to dictate the brands they see on advertising hoardings in the stadium – has been hyped for decades, but has yet to reach the mass market. Has one tech company finally made a breakthrough?
MLS outlines expansion plan as Beckham group claims Miami stadium deal
North America’s Major League Soccer (MLS) has outlined plans to expand the number of teams in the competition to 28, while officials have welcomed an announcement from David Beckham’s business group regarding the securing of a stadium site in Miami for its proposed expansion franchise.
FBI sharpens focus on Blatter investigation
The FBI in the US is investigating the alleged role played by Sepp Blatter, the president of football’s global governing body Fifa, in a bribery scandal featuring sports marketing company ISL, according to UK public-service broadcaster the BBC.
The Leader: Robert Elstone
Robert Elstone, CEO, Everton FC, writes exclusively for SportBusiness International on managing international expansion while looking after local fans
ECA dismisses Fifa’s reforms package
Fifa’s proposed reforms package has been rubbished by the European Club Association (ECA) representative body, which said today (Friday) that its members are “not prepared to be further ignored” by football’s global governing body.
Sixteen more charged in football corruption probe
Sixteen people from the world of football were charged by US prosecutors yesterday (Thursday) with participating in alleged bribery schemes surrounding marketing and media-rights deals in Latin and Central America.
Fifa strives to become ‘modern, trusted and professional’ as reforms outlined
Fifa’s Executive Committee has today (Thursday) unanimously approved the set of proposals put forward by the Reform Committee led by Francois Carrard (pictured), the former director general of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as the potential expansion of the World Cup from 32 to 40 teams was discussed.
Two more Fifa officials detained in Zurich
Two officials from Fifa, football’s global governing body, were arrested this (Thursday) morning following pre-dawn raids at the Baur au Lac hotel in Zurich, Switzerland.
Football leagues unite to form new global body
The world’s leading football leagues have agreed to form a new global organisation that is designed to work with Fifa on issues affecting professional football.
Chelsea submits planning application for Stamford Bridge redevelopment
English Premier League champion Chelsea has taken a major step forward in its efforts to resolve its stadium issues by submitting a full planning application for the complete redevelopment of its Stamford Bridge home.
Chinese consortium secures stake in City Football Group
A consortium of high-profile Chinese investors has acquired a stake of just over 13 per cent in City Football Group (CFG), the parent company of English Premier League football club Manchester City, it was announced this (Tuesday) morning.
Calcio’s Revolution: The Fall and Rise of Italian Football
Italian football’s golden era of the 1980s and early 1990s is a distant memory, but after falling from the summit, there are now signs that it is on its way back up.
Vorsprung durch football
Exclusive interview with Christian Seifert, president of German football's DFL, on Fifa’s dysfunctional football family, maintaining the Bundesliga's social functions in a competitive global market, and why he’s using clichéd stereotypes about Germans to succeed in China.