India’s FC Bengaluru United and Spanish LaLiga side Sevilla FC have been awarded the Best Internationalisation Strategy by the prestigious World Football Summit (WFS) Awards. The award, presented by Deloitte, was announced on September 9; the trophy will be presented during the ceremony on day one of WFS Europe at …
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Sorare, the fantasy football platform, has announced a partnership with Spain’s LaLiga to launch non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for all of its players, creating new revenue streams for LaLiga Clubs via a new category of licences. Thanks to this offering, LaLiga fans, collectors and fantasy football players will for the first …
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Miguel Angel Leal has been named CEO of LaLiga Tech, the new entity created to help the sports and entertainment industry to take the next step in its digital transformation. Previously, Leal held the positions of Enterprise Business Director at Huawei Technologies and Corporate Managing Director at telecoms specialist Teldat. …
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No extension was handed by the Spanish LaLiga for clubs to complete transfers on deadline day yesterday. The Antoine Griezmann (FC Barcelona to Atletico Madrid) and Luuk De Jong (FC Sevilla to FC Barcelona) loan transfers were submitted on time to the LaLiga Manager platform. Once submitted, documentation for each …
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In response to the denial of precautionary/interim measures by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which we consider not in accordance with the law, in substance and in who has taken the decision; and given that the request for the aforementioned measures has been rejected by the court with no …
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FIFA welcomes today’s ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejecting the Spanish LaLiga’s request to set aside the decision by FIFA to extend the international window for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers in South America by two days. The compromise decision to add two additional days …
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LaLiga yesterday submitted an appeal and requested precautionary/interim measures before the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) against the decision of the Bureau of the FIFA Council laid out in a statement on August 13, 2021, which infringes FIFA’s own statutes and regulations. LaLiga will also file a lawsuit against …
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LaLiga met this morning with the clubs affected by FIFA’s two-day extension of the CONMEBOL international match calendar in both September and October 2021, a move in clear detriment to the integrity of LaLiga and its competition. Other confederations such as UEFA and CONCACAF have not extended their match calendar …
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With regards to FIFA’s unilateral decision to extend CONMEBOL’s match calendar in September and October by two days from 9 to 11 days, ignoring viable alternatives proposed by the World Leagues Forum, LaLiga wishes to make clear that it will support Spanish clubs that decide not to release players for …
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The Spanish LaLiga returns and have confirmed kick-off times for Matchday 4 of LaLiga Santander 2021/22. The action gets underway on the evening of Friday, September 10 with a clash between Levante UD and Rayo Vallecano at 9pm CEST. Athletic Club v RCD Mallorca closes the round’s action on Monday, …
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