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It’s a man’s world in France. Trailblazer Costa quits before a ball is kicked

Helena Costa

June 26 – The first woman manage of a senior male professional team, Helena Costa, has resigned before she had the chance to see Clermont Foot kick a ball under her management. Costa’s appointment caused a media frenzy when announced last month and she was set to be a progressive trailblazer – a woman appointed to manage a professional men’s team in the French second division. But the Portuguese found her position untenable due to a poor working environment.

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European and Scottish football chief David Taylor dies, aged 60

David Taylor

June 25 – David Taylor, one of Europe’s leading and most respected football administrators has passed away, aged 60. A passionate Scotsman and Scottish football supporter, Taylor joined UEFA in 2007 and variously held the positions of UEFA General Secretary and CEO of UEFA Events SA, and latterly UEFA corporate business advisor.

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Bulgarian clubs agree on TV income distribution

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By Alexander Krassimirov
June 25 – The Bulgarian league has distributed its TV rights income for the 2013-14 season showing the disparity in domestic TV deals between the big leagues of Western Europe and those in its poorer East.

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87 French professional players caught betting on French League matches

LFP France

By Mark Baber
June 24 – The French League (LFP) issued a statement yesterday announcing that 87 professional players in France will be investigated for having failed to comply with the regulations banning players from betting on LFP competitions.

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Brand Spain still strong as Supponor delivers La Liga to wider sponsor group

Billboard replacement

June 24 – Spain may have tumbled out of their World Cup defence in Brazil but broadcast viewing figures of Spanish clubs Barcelona and Real Madrid globally suggest that the appetite for their brand of football will not be diminished, and the opportunity for advertisers and sponsors similarly.

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Lufthansa lands Frankfurt deal to disrupt flight paths of Middle Eastern airlines

By Jaroslaw Adamowski
June 23 – Eintracht Frankfurt is eyeing an expanded sponsorship deal with German airline Lufthansa. The deal could generate revenues of about €5 million for the football club over the next five years.

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Poland’s Lodz picks €29 million stadium design for Widzew

Widzew Lodz fans

By Jaroslaw Adamowski
June 21 – The Lodz Municipal authorities have awarded the contract to build a new stadium for Widzew Lodz to Polish construction company PRM Mosty Lodz. The project is worth PLN 120 million (€29 million) and is scheduled to be completed within 28 months.

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Swansea City hail new Goldenway deal as biggest in the club’s history

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By Mark Baber
June 20- Swansea City has agreed a two-year extension with Hong Kong-based Goldenway Global Group as the club’s main sponsor. The deal means Goldenway’s GWFX brand logo will remain on player shirts, following the success of the initial one year partnership.

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Burrda Sport – Belgian football’s Qatar connection

By David Owen
June 19 – Anyone with an eye for such things might have noticed, as much-fancied Belgium laboured to get the better of Algeria in Belo Horizonte on Tuesday, that the kit worn by world football’s other Red Devils bore an unfamiliar logo.

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Spanish taxman drops charges against Messi in image rights case

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By Andrew Warshaw
June 19 – Lionel Messi’s excellent start to the World Cup has been given a further boost off the field with reports that charges of tax evasion against the Argentine skipper are being dropped.

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Post-Soviet Super League proposal looks dead in the water, despite what they say

Valery Gazzaev

By Mark Baber
June 18 – Recent western media reports suggesting that Russia is “not giving up on a Football Super League” in the post-Soviet space turns out to be somewhat spurious with the current state of relations between Moscow and Kiev making it even less likely than was previously the case.

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Court convicts three in English lower league match-fixing trial

money and football

June 18 – The Birmingham Crown Court match fixing trial has convicted one player from England’s Conference South and two Singaporeans of involvement in a conspiracy targeting lower league clubs. A further player was cleared while verdict is still awaited on another.

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Some joy for Portugal as telecom sponsor renews through to 2018

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By Mark Baber
June 17 – Portugal Telecom (PT) chose the day of the Portugal’s World Cup opener against Germany to announce it has renewed, for four more years, the sponsorship of the national football teams, maintaining until 2018 support for the A, B, Olympic, under-21 and under-16 teams.

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Rapid Vienna unveils €53m Allianz Stadium project

Raid Vienna new stadium

By Jaroslaw Adamowski
June 17 – Rapid Vienna has unveiled the design of its new stadium. The cost of development is estimated to be about €53 million, and will see the club change the stadium name from the Gerhard Hannapi to the Allianz stadium.

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Feyenoord top player development club ranking at Brazil 2014

June 18 – The CIES Football Observatory has published an analysis of club and national contributions to 2014 World Cup players’ development. The ranking system illuminates which clubs have done the most in creating the talent on show in Brazil.