BT and Sky battle becomes a pub brawl

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Premier League

Published on Monday, 15 April 2013 11:30

By Mark Baber
April 15 - The battle between Sky and BT, which has seen TV revenues for football reach record levels, continues with BT now significantly undercutting the prices Sky charges to pubs, using Sky's own platform.

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Malaga clears its debt but its CL fairy tale ends as a horror story

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Champions League

Published on Monday, 15 April 2013 09:32

By Chloé A. Añón Pasleau
April 15 - "It was always difficult to imagine that UEFA would allow a team that they have punished to reach the final," said  Málaga's manager Manuel Pellegrini in his post-match press conference after Málaga´s controversial 3-2 Champions League quarter-final defeat to Borussia Dortmund.

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FIFA investigator Garcia blacklisted by Russian government

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News

Published on Sunday, 14 April 2013 18:33

By Paul Nicholson
April 14 – FIFA's chief investigator Michael Garcia has been declared persona non grata and put on a 'black list' by the Russian government. He is one of 18 US citizens on the list who will be denied any entry to Russia.Garcia, who is central to the FIFA investigations into allegations of corruption, has yet to report any findings but is known to be looking into the ISL case and the 2022 Qatar World Cup award.

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Infantino says UEFA is not the block slowing FIFA's reform process

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Europe

Published on Friday, 12 April 2013 11:20

By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
April 12 - Claims that UEFA are deliberately stalling FIFA's reform process, designed to make football's corridors of power more transparent and accountable, have been dismissed by UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino. FIFA advisors have laid the blame for many of the original reform proposals being blocked squarely at the feet of UEFA, not least integrity checks for senior officials.

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Exclusive: First 20 clubs get FIFA injured player payments

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FIFA

Published on Thursday, 11 April 2013 20:40

By David Owen
April 12 – FIFA's player insurance scheme has cranked into action, with payments totalling $18.4 million made to around 20 clubs in the latter part of 2012. The Club Protection Programme (CPP) is designed to compensate clubs when their players are injured on international duty. 

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GLT decision applauded, Spanish will follow and hint at offside technology next

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Europe

Published on Friday, 12 April 2013 12:41

By Andrew Warshaw
April 12 - The English Premier League's decision to introduce goalline technology in time for next season has been lauded by most of football's participants, not least the fans.

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La Liga pushes towards centralisation of TV rights sales

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Europe

Published on Friday, 12 April 2013 13:42

By Gareth Messenger
April 12 - The chief executive of La Liga, Francisco Roca, believes clubs in Spain will agree to sell their television rights colectively within the next three years as they look to slim down the gap in commercial sales revenues between their clubs, and also in comparison with international competition like the Premier League and the sales-revamped Bundesliga.

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EBU deal is first fruit of UEFA's centralised national team rights sales

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Europe

Published on Friday, 12 April 2013 13:08

By Paul Nicholson
April 12 - The first TV deal by CAA Eleven, the newly formed rights company representing UEFA's national federations for their World Cup and European Championship qualifiers has been announced with the European Broadcast Union (EBU).

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