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Man City trials first live VR match in London, New York and Melbourne

By Paul Nicholson

May 11 – Manchester City has taken a deep media step into the opportunities of Virtual Reality with a test of last weekend’s game against Arsenal that was broadcast to a select group of fans in London, New York and Melbourne.

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Sponsorship

Watford think global with FX partner Divisa Capital

May 11 – Premier League Watford has agreed a three-season sponsorship with Divisa Capital who will become the club’s new Official Foreign Exchange Partner. No fugure was announced for the deal.

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FIFA

Pressure on FIFA to revisit Palestine/Israel deal as progress falters

Blatter, Eini, Sexwale and Rajoub

By Andrew Warshaw

May 10 – A group of anti-Israeli activists is urging FIFA not to just bury the plight of Palestinian footballers in the occupied territories when it holds its annual congress in Mexico on Friday.

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FIFA

Infantino ‘sad’ at Platini ban but ‘positive’ about past as he plans FIFA’s ‘new era’

By Andrew Warshaw

May 10 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has expressed his sadness at Michel Platini failing to overturn his ban for breaching FIFA’s ethics code – hardly surprising given the process by which Infantino landed the top job in world football instead of his former boss.

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Football Marketing

Gazprom refuels Schalke 04 with €120m shirt deal until 2022

By Mark Baber

May 10 – Schalke 04 and Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom have agreed to an extension of their shirt sponsorship deal, which had been due to expire in 2017, until 30 June 2022 in a deal reported to be worth at least €120 million.

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Europe

Romanians suspend ambulance firm as Ekeng autopsy continues

May 10 – Romania’s interior ministry has suspended the licence of a private ambulance company that transported Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng to hospital after he collapsed during a match last Friday and died shortly afterwards.

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FIFA

Last man standing falls: Rocha loses appeal and is headed for Brooklyn court

Julio Rocha

May 10 – The last of the football officials still held in Zurich after the May 2015 raids by Swiss police and US Department of Justice officials, has finally had his extradition to the US finalised.

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Africa

Giwa plans second shot at Glass House occupation as Pinnick heads for Mexico Congress

By Mark Baber

May 10 – The Chris Giwa faction of the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF), acting in accordance with a widely held interpretation of a recent court ruling, attempted a take-over of the NFF Glass House HQ on Friday, before being asked to help police with their enquiries and then pledging to return on Monday.

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Performance

Belgium’s Eupen fulfill middle eastern promises with ascent to Pro League

By Samindra Kunti

May 10 – Qatar’s Belgian investment at Eupen has come good with the club’s ascendency to Belgium’s top flight, but only after a farcical kerfuffle of Belgian bureaucracy. 

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Performance

Dembélé and Alli head box-to-box midfielders, Bayern duo top defensive list

May 9 – Tottenham Hotspur’s Moussa Dembélé and Dele Alli come top and fourth in the CIES Football Observatory ranking of ‘box-to-box’ midfielders in Europe’s Big 5 league. The Bayern double act of Arturo Vidal and Xabi Alonso topped the rankings defensive midfielders.

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Europe

Platini forced out of UEFA and banned from running for FIFA in 2019

Michel Platini9

By Andrew Warshaw

May 8 – European football is looking for a new leader after Michel Platini announced he was stepping down as UEFA president, albeit under protest, after losing his fight to clear his name for breaching FIFA’s ethics rules.

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Europe

Greek Cup final postponed amid new fears over fan violence

By Matt Scott

May 9 – The Greek Football Cup final scheduled for Saturday was postponed by the government amid safety fears for the match.

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Federations

Kuwaiti club delegation lobbies FIFA to end suspension and save game from ‘dying’

Kuwait fans

By Andrew Warshaw

May 9 – Representatives  of Kuwaiti clubs are planning to be in Mexico City later this week to drum up support against FIFA’s decision to ban the Gulf state over government interference in sport.

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Europe

Ekeng death triggers criticism of Romanian player safety measures

By Andrew Warshaw

May 9 – Football’s world players’ union FIFPro has raised concern about the level of first-aid treatment for footballers in Romania following the tragic death of Dinamo Bucharest and Cameroon midfielder Patrick Ekeng on Friday.

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Sponsorship

Man City build with new Chinese partners in advance of July tour

May 9 – Manchester City, who have recently taken on board a $400 million investment from Chinese investors in their City Football Group ownership group, have added two new Chinese partners in advance of their July pre-season trip to the country where they will play Borussia Dortmund and local rivals Manchester United.

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