Exclusive: Rio lab to learn its fate early next month

Doping control

By David Owen
August 16 – The UFRJ Rio de Janeiro doping control laboratory should find out early next month if it faces possible revocation of its accreditation, insideworldfootball has learnt. Under the International Standard for Laboratories (ISL), a facility whose accreditation has been revoked is ineligible to perform testing of doping control samples for any testing authority.

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John Yan: 赛事直播多频时代 A multi-screen age for football in China

赛事直播多频时代

关于欧洲的顶级足球联赛,中国球迷的幸运程度,要在欧洲球迷之上——只要你有足够多时间和足够大的兴趣,你可以看到绝大部分顶级欧洲足球职业赛事。

8月18日,一个全新的免费体育赛事频道,将出现在央视的频道矩阵当中,名为”5+”,意指CCTV5之外的又一个体育频道。央视体育中心主任江和平在介绍”5+”时,用”全赛事全高清全天候全开路”进行概括,”全开路”就说明了这个频道的免费性质。

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Exclusive: Boyce promises best refs for biggest games and no new tech

Jim Boyce

By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
August 16 – British FIFA vice-president Jim Boyce says he is “shocked and honoured” to be awarded one of the most important roles within the game – head of FIFA’s referees committee – and says he will do all he can to make sure the best officials are used in major competitions in order to avoid any hint of corruption or dirty tricks. Boyce recently ran the FIFA under-20 World Cup organising committee in Turkey and is understood to have impressed FIFA with his organisational skills.

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Salman backs a ‘magnificent’ Qatar 2022 but steers clear of Winter talk

Shaikh Salman

By Paul Nicholson
August 16 – Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has added his voice to the Qatar 2022 debate saying that he is confident that Qatar will host a “magnificent” World Cup, though a statement issued via the AFC media office stops short of entering the Winter vs Summer discussion, saying he is confident that FIFA will make the best decision for all.

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Scudamore demands Summer 2022 stays fixed, or find a new host

Peter Scudamore

By Andrew Warshaw
August 16 – Premier League chief Richard Scudamore is back on the offensive over the 2022 World Cup, this time suggesting it should be moved from Qatar rather than be staged in winter. The Premier League are gradually losing the argument of sticking with a June-July tournament even though switching to winter would break with tradition and should have been thought through properly two and half years ago when the vote took place,

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BT Sport sign Man City for content and Virgin for distribution

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By Paul Nicholson
August 16 – On the eve of the opening day of England’s Premier League season, broadcast newcomer BT Sport and Manchester City have announced a three-year content partnership. The deal will include BT Sport broadcasting exclusive weekly interviews from key members of the playing and coaching staff, and access to behind-the-scenes content, on average expected to be three hours per week.

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Mihir Bose: Watch out for the long game that Greg Dyke is playing

Greg Dyke has never been afraid to take on the big battalions. His fights with Rupert Murdoch first over the rights to televise the newly formed Premier League and then over Sky’s attempt to buy Manchester United are legendary. And, as has been well recorded, he famously took on Tony Blair, and particularly his PR guru Alistair Campbell, over the dossier about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. This ultimately cost him his BBC job but the way he waged that war showed his lust for battle.

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Brazil loses in Switzerland and at the bank as World Cup turmoil returns

Aldo Rebelo

By Mark Baber
August 15 – As Brazil suffered a shock defeat to Switzerland on Wednesday, the country has also been hit with off-pitch woes as the Confederacao Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) has reportedly suffered losses in a bank collapse. At the same time the Brazilian Sports Minister has said work on the World Cup stadiums needs to speed up and it is has been revealed hotel costs for World Cup fans will be double those of Johannesburg in 2010.

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FTBpro land LMA content partnership delivering managers to fan-journalists

FTBpro

By Mark Baber
August 15 – FTBpro, the fan-generated football media brand, is the new Online Media Partner of the League Managers Association (LMA). FTBpro, which has seen $7.7m invested by its largest shareholders Battery Ventures and Gemini Israel Ventures, will benefit from exclusive interviews with top current Premier League managers as well online training sessions for site users.

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