Uber Eats take a €32m bite of Ligue 1 naming rights
June 14 – France’s Professional Football League (LFP) has announced food delivery service Uber Eats as the new naming rights sponsor of Ligue 1.
Four years and counting, Warner loses his appeal but has 21 days to avoid US extradition
June 13 – Are the US authorities edging closer to snaring the man they want more than anyone else among the powerbrokers snared in the $200 million FIFAGate corruption scandal?
Pogba’s agent Raiola back in business internationally as CAS cogitates but Italian ban sticks
June 13 – Football super-agent Mino Raiola has had a three-month worldwide ban from football activity suspended by the Court of Arbitration for Sport while it processes his appeal, with a final decision to be made at the beginning of July.
Israelis keep pressure on FIFA to further sanction Palestine’s Rajoub over Messi comments
By Andrew Warshaw
June 13 – FIFA opened an investigation earlier this year into the outspoken head of the Palestinian FA, Jibril Rajoub, for breaching its ethics code according to an Israeli-based media watchdog and widely reported across Israel.
Fiat drives new 4-year deal with Italian FA
June 13 – Fiat has renewed its sponsorship with the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) for another four years.
Japan gives Copa America 2019 oldest and youngest players, Qatar the tallest and shortest
By Abdelaziz Abuhamar
June 13 – The other face of Copa America 2019 to kick-off in Brazil on Friday shows interesting stats coming from the tournament newcomers Japan and Qatar.
Infantino re-floats concept of a womens’ club World League
By Andrew Warshaw
June 12 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants to resurrect the concept of a ‘world league’ for women in order to generate additional revenue to help address the disparity in prize money compared to the men’s game.
Clubs keep pressure on UEFA to prevent Champions League becoming ‘closed’
June 12 – European clubs are reported to be urging UEFA to come up with a different proposal for the Champions League in order to avoid it becoming a mainly closed competition.
Messi, with $127m, tops world sports’ rich list. Ronaldo and Neymar follow
June 12 – Lionel Messi is now officially the world’s highest paid sport star earning $127 million in the past 12 months, according to the Forbes top 100 ranking.
Damned when you do, damned when you don’t. US criticised at home for over-whooping
June 12 – After racking up the biggest ever victory in the history of the women’s World Cup with their 13-0 crushing of Thailand, the way defending champions the United States celebrated has been heavily criticised by North American broadcasters.
France 2019 ticket sales top 1 million, but fans still slow to fill stadia
June 12 – FIFA has trumpeted selling over one million tickets for the Women’s World Cup so far, but the first round of games has seen a lot of empty seats at venues across France, raising questions about the ticketing policy for the tournament.
Nothing unlucky about that 13. US massacre Thais setting World Cup scoring record
June 12 – The US broke a World Cup record by annihilating Thailand 13-0 to begin their title defence with an emphatic statement. Alex Morgan grabbed five goals in a 90-minute massacre.
Alipay launches UEFA app opening up Euro 2020 tickets to Chinese fans
June 12 – Alipay, the world’s leading digital payment and lifestyle platform with more than 1 billion users, has activated its European partnership with a new UEFA lifestyle ‘mini-app’.
Balloon goes up on Ahmad and Tactical Steel as ES Pro revealed to be on the deals
By Paul Nicholson
June 11 – More detail surrounding the commercial deals between French equipment supply company Tactical Steel and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and its embattled president Ahmad Ahmad are emerging, with a new company, ES Pro Consulting, now being linked to the parties.
Thailand face US firepower as World Cup holders set to open France 2019 campaign
June 11 – The United States will launch their title defence at the Women’s World Cup in Reims, France, against Thailand tonight. The Americans, the most successful team in women’s football, are sky-high favourites to win the tournament.