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BBC and ITV opt against bids to televise Fifa Club World Cup in summer

4 avril 2025 à 18:30

Fifa growing concerned about visibility of tournament
Dazn has global rights and will show games on app

The BBC and ITV have declined to pursue the chance to televise this summer’s Club World Cup, leaving Fifa increasingly concerned about the visibility of its flagship new tournament in a key market.

The streaming platform Dazn agreed this year to pay $1bn for global Club World Cup rights in a deal which involved the company pledging to make all 63 matches available free-to-air on its app.

FA lobbies UK government to make ‘tailgating’ at turnstiles a criminal offence

The Guardian

Par :Exclusive by Matt Hughes

1 avril 2025 à 13:00

Governing body hopes law will be in place for Euro 2028
FA: ‘Enforcing entry points is a huge drain on resources’

The Football Association has stepped up its lobbying of the government to make forced entry into football stadiums, so-called “tailgating”, a criminal offence before the UK and Ireland host the 2028 men’s European Championship.

The policing minister Dame Diana Johnson was a guest of the FA at Wembley for last month’s Carabao Cup final, where 68 of the 91 arrests made were for attempting to enter the ground without a ticket.