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LC2 agency boss Lagnide says CAF trying to cancel $20m TV debt makes no sense

By Osasu Obayiuwana

August 6 – Christian Lagnide, the CEO of Sports Marketing firm LC2, currently in a near $20 million debt dispute with the Confederation of African Football (CAF), says his company is not in violation of its previous TV rights contract with the continental football governing body. 

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FIFA

Swiss indict former German FA bosses over suspected 2006 World Cup vote buying

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By Andrew Warshaw

August 6 – Almost three years after opening an investigation, Swiss prosecutors have indicted three of German football’s most prominent former administrators over suspect payments linked to the 2006 World Cup which the country hosted.

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FIFA

Infantino says expanded 2023 WWC will likely see prize money beat £60m earmarked

August 6 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said the world governing body will look to exceed its promise to double the prize money for the 2023 Women’s World Cup to $60 million. However, he issued the caveat that the tournament needed to be marketed.

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Football Marketing

GVC brands pass football sponsorship inventory to Bet Regret campaign

August 6 – Gaming and betting giant GVC Holdings is donating club sponsorship assets from 42 to its UK clubs to GambleAware’s ‘Bet Regret’ campaign.

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Finance

Man Utd plug defensive gap with record breaking £80m Maguire

August 6 – Harry Maguire has become the world’s most expensive defender after signing for Manchester United from Premier League rivals Leicester City for £80 million.

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Africa

CHAN qualifier surprises as Lesotho beat South Africa and Togo end 11-year drought

August 6 – South Africa’s hastily assembled squad has been dumped out of the African Nations Championship qualifiers after a 3-0 defeat to Lesotho on Sunday saw them lose 6-2 on aggregate.

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Football Marketing

Leasing.com takes title sponsorship of EFL Trophy in 3-year deal

August 6 – The English Football League has announced Leasing.com as the title sponsor of the EFL trophy, its cup competition that sees League One and League Two clubs compete with Premier League U-21 teams.

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Concacaf

Concacaf unveils opening Nations League match-ups. Cuba to face Canada in Cayman

August 6 – Concacaf have released the schedule and venues for the first round group stage matches in the 2019-2020 Concacaf Nations League that will see 34 matches for Leagues A, B and C played in the September 2019 international window. 

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Europe

Chemnitzer sack striker Frahn for displaying neo-Nazi ‘sympathy’

August 6 – German third tier side Chemnitzer have sacked their captain Daniel Frahn (pictured) for “openly displaying sympathy” for a neo-Nazi hooligan group.

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Football Marketing

Bullish eToro trades up with Everton and Aston Villa deals

August 6 – Trading platform eToro has added Everton and Aston Villa to its sponsorship roster, taking the number of Premier League teams it has deals with to six, including Crystal Palace, Leicester City, Southampton and Spurs.

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Broadcast

Warner’s Trinidad claim reopens old wounds of FIFA’s dodgy Caribbean TV dealing

FIFA TV camera

By Paul Nicholson

August 5 – The court filing in Trinidad by Jack Warner claiming that the Trinidad and Tobago FA owes him TT$15,761,003 ($2.3 million) has sparked the re-opening of an old claim by Selby Browne and his CSTN broadcast company over Caribbean TV rights – rights that Warner sold to the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) for $4.25 million.

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Africa

Lagardere banks on bumper $400m beIN deal to make up bulk of CAF guarantee

By Osasu Obayiuwana

August 5 – beIN Sports, the international pay-tv broadcaster, financed by the government of Qatar, is officially the number one financial partner of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

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Europe

PSG open with Super Cup win in China; Bayern stumble as Dortmund put down marker

August 5 – Paris-Saint Germain retained the French Super Cup and Borussia Dortmund surprised Bayern Munich 2-0 in the German equivalent as both France and Germany gear up for next week’s big league kick offs.

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Africa

Samoura takes charge at CAF with promises of ‘stability, serenity…and transparency’

August 5 – FIFA’s secretary general Fatma Samoura has officially started her reforming mission at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) despite strong opposition from within sections of African football’s hierarchy.

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South America

Conmebol hits Messi with 3-month ban for ‘corrupt’ allegations

August 5 – Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months after claiming the Copa America was “corrupt”.

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