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Infantino pledges support to rebuild Sudan’s football culture

February 23 – Gianni Infantino’s African roadshow landed in Sudan on Monday, where the FIFA boss pledged more support for the north African country. 

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Football Marketing

Real Madrid close in on securing €150m Qiddiya sponsorship

February 23 – Real Madrid have reportedly held “advanced talks’” with Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Qiddiya over a potential lucrative ten-year €150 million sponsorship deal. 

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Finance

Mbappé, Kane and Sterling top transfer values, Messi drops €27m, Delle Ali €15m

February 23 – Kylian Mbappé may still be worth €185 million and Harry Kane alongside Raheem Sterling may still be the world’s second most valuable players at €125 million, but overall the values of players have dropped more than 10% during the pandemic, according to the latest data from KPMG Football Benchmark.

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Europe

Gravina returned as FIGC boss as Italy plans to host Euro 2020 kick-off, with fans

February 23 – Gabriele Gravina was re-elected as president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on Monday and will now lead the federation until 2024, having amassed 73.45% of the votes.

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Broadcast

K League launches dual-language OTT channel with eye on global markets

February 23 – Korea’s K League is launching a dedicated OTT platform for its top two leagues ahead of the start of the 2021 season that kicks off February 27.

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Finance

Legia Warshaw to launch $LEG fan token on Socios.com platform

February 23 – Poland’s Legia Warsaw has become the latest football club to join Socios.com’s blockchain-based fan token platform with the launch of the $LEG Fan Token.

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Performance

Marseilles line up Sampaoli to take over from Villas-Boas

February 23 – Following the acrimonious departure of  Andre Villas-Boas and protests by the fans about the club’s poor form, Olympique Marseille have struck a verbal agreement with Jorge Sampaoli (pictured) to become their new head coach until June 2023, according to local reports.

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Performance

Dog stops play. Cookie’s pitch invasion crumbles as he feels FC Zurich president’s bite

February 23 – As far as reasons go for a match being stopped in mid-stream, this one surely took the biscuit – so to speak.

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Africa

Ivory Coast backs Anouma’s bid for CAF presidency with reported €15m

February 22 – Ivorian authorities are stepping up their financial support for Jacques Anouma (pictured) in his bid to become the next Confederation of African Football (CAF) chief by pledging a staggering €15.3 million for his campaign to take over from Ahmad Ahmad, according to local reports.

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Africa

Infantino keeps up the pace and politics as he criss-crosses Africa

By Samindra Kunti

February 22 – On his pan-African tour, FIFA boss Gianni Infantino, addressing the general assembly of the Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA), in South Africa, called on African teams to step up and leave a mark on the 2026 World Cup, the first global finals to be staged in a 48-team format.

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Europe

UK government scotches report it has offered to host Euro2020

February 22 – Britain’ health secretary Matt Hancock has shot down a newspaper report which suggested the UK may be ready to host next summer’s delayed Euro 2020.

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Euro 2020

UEFA lands Qatar Airways as airline sponsor of Euro 2020

February 22 – UEFA has announced that Qatar Airways as the official airline of this summer’s Euro 2020 tournament.

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Integrity

Female leadership summit, March 8-12, releases agenda and speakers

February 22 – With two weeks to go to the Web Summit on Female Leadership in Sport, SIGA has released details of the programme content and speakers.

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Europe

Mali and RB Salzburg pair crash after altitude sickness pills land then with a doping ban

February 22 – Two Mali players with Austrian club Red Bull Salzburg have been handed three-month doping suspensions.

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esports

FIFA 21 takes a step into mainstream broadcasting with BBC deal

February 22 – Video gaming took a step into the broadcast mainstream in the UK at the weekend with the first broadcast by Britain’s public broadcaster, BBC, of the FIFA 21 Global Series European Regional Qualifiers.

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