Paul Nicholson

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SIGA Champions expanded with addition of Brazilian legends Mauro Silva and Tamires Dias

1 week ago | insideworldfootball.com | Paul Nicholson

May 28 – Mauro Silva, aWorld Cup winner with Brazil’s men team in 1994, and Tamires who has more than 100 caps for the Brazilian women’s national team, have joined the SIGA Champions programme. The champions programme is a global network of sports people committed to promoting the highest standards of integrity in sport. Silva is widely respected for his ethical conduct on and off the pitch.
Vito the vizcacha readies the draw for U20 World Cup 2025 in Chile

1 week ago | insideworldfootball.com | Paul Nicholson

May 29 – FIFA’s events have become like buses. You wait for four years for one and then suddenly you get four of them at the same time. With the Club World Cup set to kick off next month and the draws for the U17 World Cup and Arab Cup in Qatar held last week, today FIFA focus is on the draw for U20 World Cup Chile 2025. The finals will be played from September 27 to October 19 in Santiago, Valparaíso, Rancagua and Talca. The 24 teams in the draw will be placed in six groups of four teams.
DFL renews contracts for key Bundesliga commercial bosses

1 week ago | insideworldfootball.com | Paul Nicholson

May 29 – Germany’s DFL has extended the contracts of two of its key commercial executives, Peer Naubert and Bastian Zuber, until at least 2028. Peer Naubert is the managing director of Bundesliga International, and leads DFL’s international marketing including media rights for Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2.
eChampions League finalists ready for Munch showdown tonight

1 week ago | insideworldfootball.com | Paul Nicholson

By Harry Ewing in MunichMay 28 – The eChampions League – the elite EA Sports FC Pro tournament designed to mirror UEFA’s flagship club competition – reaches its crescendo tonight in Munich, as eight of Europe’s top virtual footballers prepare to battle for the 2025 title at Eisbach Studios. The event marks the culmination of a revamped format introduced this season, which saw 36 competitors whittled down to the final eight through a new league and knockout structure.
BrewDog agrees beer partner deal with West Ham and London Stadium

1 week ago | insideworldfootball.com | Paul Nicholson

May 28 – West Ham United and London Stadium have signed new multi-year deals with BrewDog, making the independent brewer the official beer partner of both the Premier League club and the stadium. The agreement will see BrewDog’s signature beers served across London Stadium from June, just in time for a packed summer schedule of concerts and athletics events. BrewDog’s alcohol-free range will also be available, broadening the offering for visitors.
Abdullah Ibhais to sue Qatar 2022 organisers and FIFA for his 3-year false imprisonment

1 week ago | insideworldfootball.com | Paul Nicholson

May 28 – Abdullah Ibhais has said that he will sue his former employer, the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy (SC), as well as FIFA after spending more than three years in a Qatari prison on trumped-up charges. In an explosive interview with Norwegian magazine Josimar, Ibhais (pictured), a former media manager for the SC, said he’d take the Qatari organising committee and the world governing body to court. “It’s for the injustice that I have faced.
Former Bayern boss Oliver Kahn eyes Girondins de Bordeaux acquisition

1 week ago | insideworldfootball.com | Paul Nicholson

May 28 – Former Bayern Munich CEO and legendary Germany goalkeeper Oliver Kahn has formally submitted a bid to acquire crisis-stricken Girondins de Bordeaux, as the six-time French champions face a pivotal bankruptcy court hearing that could determine their future. According to local newspaper Sud-Ouest, Kahn and his investment partners have lodged a ‘plan de cession’ — a formal rescue and takeover proposal — with the Commercial Court in Bordeaux.
Saudi’s SURJ Sports Investment to partner with Kings League for MENA expansion

1 week ago | insideworldfootball.com | Paul Nicholson

May 28 – Kings League, the disruptive seven-a-side football concept launched by Gerard Piqué, is expanding into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region through a new joint venture with Saudi-based SURJ Sports Investment. Dubbed Kings League MENA, the new competition will mark the seventh regional iteration of the Kings League global model and is slated to debut later this year, with Saudi Arabia confirmed as the host country for the inaugural season.
10 years on: Is FIFA better governed in 2025 than it was in 2015?

1 week ago | insideworldfootball.com | Paul Nicholson

May 28 – On the tenth anniversary of FIFAGate, FairSquare, NGOs, academics, writers, whistleblowers and football supporters’ groups have argued that “FIFA is arguably more poorly governed today than a decade ago”. On the eve of a FIFA Congress on 27 May 2015, Swiss authorities, acting on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice, arrested seven senior football officials at Zurich’s Baur au Lac hotel.
No place for Neymar in Ancelotti’s first Brazilian selection

1 week ago | insideworldfootball.com | Paul Nicholson

May 28 – Carlo Ancelotti, the first foreign manager to lead Brazil in modern history, has omitted Santos’ Neymar from his squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Ecuador in June. Neymar featured in Brazil’s last three World Cups, but following an injury blighted spell with Al Hilal in Saudi Arabia, he has struggled to get back to match fitness at Santos and on Monday, Ancelotti left him out of his first squad.