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Manchester United strike first sponsorship deal with Estée Lauder

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The Premier League unit, Manchester United have announced a partnership with an American multinational cosmetics company, Estée Lauder.

In a first-of-its-kind agreement, Estée Lauder will work with the newly appointed skipper Bruno Fernandes’ side to connect with and engage the brand’s large fan base in China and the Asia Pacific area.

Estée Lauder carries on its tradition of upending the beauty sector by reaching out to new groups of sports fans who seek the highest levels of performance in all facets of life with its high-performing products.

Marcus Rashford, Luke Shaw, Alejandro Garnacho and Raphael Varane will all be part of the partnership’s debut season, which will begin in the summer of 2023. With a potential reach of more than 250 million in China solely the marketing effort will connect fans throughout social platforms by fusing the worlds of sports and beauty through innovative social storytelling about the advantages of recharging the skin.

Justin Boxford, Global Brand President, Estée Lauder, said, “The bold vision, creativity, and innovation of our trailblazing founder, Mrs. Estée Lauder, continues to inspire us to disrupt and push boundaries. We are excited to collaborate with the world’s most popular football team on this first-of-its-kind partnership, and to expand Estée Lauder’s reach to new audiences of male consumers in an unexpected and ground-breaking way.

“Estée Lauder and Manchester United are both globally recognized as best-in-class brands with incredible heritage with generations of loyal fans around the world, and a shared commitment to delivering peak performance – whether in our products or on the playing field.”

The cooperation will initially highlight Estée Lauder Advanced Night Repair Serum, a game-changer for the skincare sector and one of the best-selling, most cherished products in company history. Tripeptide-32, a special ingredient found only in Advanced Night Repair, helps enhance the skin’s natural cycle of daytime protection and nighttime repair. Advanced Night Repair functions like seven serums in one. One dropper in the morning and evening reveals moisturised, revived, and awakened skin.

Manchester United, CEO of Alliances and Partnerships, Victoria Timpson, said, “Estée Lauder is a globally renowned and trusted brand, and we are excited to be partnering with them in China and Asia Pacific. As one of the most followed sports teams in the world, we understand the importance of educating fans on a healthy lifestyle, and skincare is an integral part of that process. In the same way our athletes prepare the night before a match with regular training rituals, healthy skin also requires a consistent and effective regimen.

“Advanced Night Repair serum provides skin with the overnight preparation needed for users to wake up looking refreshed and ready to take on the day. We look forward to working with Estée Lauder in sharing the power of its Advanced Night Repair serum and encouraging our fans to start their skincare journey with us.”

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FIFA, Konami Push Partnership Button Esports World Cups

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After a gap in which FIFA was left without a major partner in the esports arena following the licensing fallout with EA Sports over the EA Sports long-running FIFA series, the world governing body has agreed a collaboration with Konami Digital Entertainment Co.

Two editions of the FIFAe World Cup will be played on the Konami platform, utilising both mobile and gaming consoles.

EA Sports and its rebranded EA FC game runs its own global championships.

“We are incredibly excited to join forces with Konami. This collaboration aligns perfectly with our mission to promote football globally and to provide a platform for players to showcase their skills,” said Romy Gai, FIFA Chief Business Officer.

Qualifying for the FIFAe World Cup began yesterday. In the first year of the tournament, 18 nations have been invited with the participants selected on factors such as their player base and the previous performances of competitors from the respective countries.

Komani, senior executive officer Koji Kobayashi said: “At Konami we have continued to take on challenges in the development of football simulation and esports. We are very pleased to be able to contribute to the promotion of eFootball in a new dimension through this collaboration with FIFAe.”

Komani does have recent previous experience in this environment having hosted eFootball tournaments, most notably the Championship 2024 Club Event this year with European clubs, as well as the eJLeague in collaboration with the JLeague.

No value was given for the two-World Cup deal and Konami isn’t licensing the FIFA brand name for its game.

Since FIFA’s fallout with EA Sports (in 2020, $158.9 million of the governing body’s $266.5 million in total revenue for the year came from licensing rights, $100 million reckoned to be from EA Sports), FIFA has promised that it would be creating its own bigger and better video game with the belief that use of its FIFA name would blow allcomers – like EA FC and Konami – out the water.

It hasn’t so far and EA Sports and its new EA FC game have gone from strength to strength, proving that actually in the esports world, FIFA’s name doesn’t have a huge value, it is actually all about the game.

FIFA had wanted a significant increase on the reported $100 million a year EA was paying them for use of their name. EA took the view that they were overvaluing their license and FIFA brand name – it was their game and their ball and they took it away.

FIFA is now back in the esports game with a significant video gamemaker in Konami and with a branded FIFA efootball World Cup. But not yet with a branded efootball game that can compete with the efootball gold standard of EA FC, and unlikely anywhere near the $100 million per year they were receiving from EA.

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UEFA Puts Further 50,000 Euro2025 Tickets On Sale After First Release Sold Out 

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More than 137,000 tickets to the Women’s Euro 2025 finals in Switzerland have been sold in the first week of going on sale, prompting UEFA to release another 50,000 yesterday.

UEFA said that all tickets in the18 matches of the first release have been sold. The additional tickets released cover all 31 matches.

In total 720,000 tickets will be available for the finals. UEFA is holding back 120,000 for sale to supporters of the 16 participating national teams. These will be released following the December 16 draw at the Swiss Tech Convention Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Fans can purchase up to ten tickets per match from CHF25 for category 2 tickets. Category 1 tickets cost CHF40 for the group stage and quarter finals, rising to CHF for the semi-finals and CHF90 for the final.

An official ticket resale platform will be available from spring 2025. Ticket holders travelling within Switzerland will have free public transport. Their tickets will be valid on matchday for a second-class round trip between any Swiss locality and the match venue.

At the ticket launch on October 1 at the iconic Jungfraujoch in the Bernese Alps, 3,454m above sea level, Aleksander Čeferin, UEFA president, said: “This tournament goes beyond showcasing Europe’s top talent – it embodies UEFA’s deep commitment to elevating the sport and expanding its reach across the continent. We are eager to see the passion it will ignite in host cities and beyond, as it offers a powerful platform to inspire the next generation of fans and players. This is more than a sporting event – it celebrates progress and immense potential in women’s football.”

The Swiss have taglined the tournament the ‘Summit of emotions’. Getting a ticket looks like being a mountain climb in itself.

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New Stadium Name Emerges For Atletico Madrid As Saudi Airline Takeover 

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The Metropolitano Stadium, home to Spanish giants and 11-time La Liga Champions, Atletico Madrid has changed its name.

For the remainder of this season and until the end of the 2032-33 season, the venue will be known as the Riyadh Air Metropolitan.

In August 2023, Riyadh Air became the front-of-shirt sponsor for Atleti and the expansion of this partnership has made a substantial impact to balancing the club’s books.

Reports from the Spanish capital value the deal at between €250-300 million ($274 million to $328.8 million) in total, or €27.7-33.3 million a year. While the deal is one of the most lucrative in world sport, it still pales in the face of La Liga rivals, FC Barcelona, who receive a reported $76.8 million per year from the popular music streaming service, Spotify, however, that deal is only for four years.

Reports have been gaining traction that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) sovereign wealth group is interested in the purchase of Atletico Madrid, which makes the Riyadh Airlines agreement a seamless play. The airline is wholly funded by PIF though it has yet to start flying, with operations slated to start in 2025.

With one of the highest wage bills in football currently estimated to be €136.4 million for the current season, Atletico, who sit fourth in La Liga and 23rd in the new Champions League Swiss, need this injection of cash to remain competitive.

The 70,460 capacity Metropolitano is one of the most iconic stadiums in world football and hosted the 2019 Champions League Final between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur, however, it has been hit with a partial 3-game closure after crowd trouble during the recent Madrid derby.

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