Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis, formerly MLS Deputy Commissioner through 2008, has been appointed to UEFA’s Executive Committee. Gazidis, who was part of MLS founding team inthe mid-1990s, is one of two ExCo representatives from the European Club Association. Juventus president Andrea Agnelli replaces Bayern Munich chairman Karl-HeinzRummenigge as the ECA’s second ever leader.
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What They're Saying: Aleksander Ceferin
“The wealthiest clubs are only getting richer and the gap between them and the rest is getting bigger. In the future, we will have to take into serious consideration the possibility of limitingclubs’ budgets for players’ wages.” — UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin telling Mladina, a weekly magazine based in his native Slovenia, the introduction of […]
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TV: Champions League final averages 3 million viewers
Saturday’s UEFA Champions League final averaged 3,003,000 viewers on Fox and Fox Deportes. The 1,762,000 viewers on Fox were up 5 percent over the 2016 Real Madrid-Atletico Madrid final,and the 1,241,000 viewers on Fox Deportes made it the most-watched Spanish-language cable sports program for the week. Fox has carried the final for all eight years […]
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UEFA president: World Cup hosting rights not up for sale
UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin continued his push against an effort to change World Cup hosting rules so China could bid in 2030. He told BBC Sport: “It’s simply time for us[Europe] to host the World Cup in 2030. I cannot say which country will place a bid from Europe, but we cannot just sell the […]