In a bid to close the financial gap between AFC and its major rivals, the Club is launching an exciting new initiative which will generate new revenue streams from a wider, global fan base.

Manchester City have more financial muscle than any other club in world football – according to the Soccerex Football Finance 100.

Play for Change, the charity working across the globe to provide opportunities for children from disadvantaged communities to play, learn and develop, is launching its Kick It programme in Miami, a youth programme using soccer as a catalyst for social change. Supported by Miami Football Club, the programme aims to expand opportunities for children and young people to learn new skills, get active and play in a safe environment.

The Spanish football club Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa, currently playing in the country’s second division, has been taken over by Aspire Academy and thereby becomes the latest professional football club to be backed by Qatar's national sports academy.

MI Associates have been working with Football NSW (FNSW) to develop technical guidelines to provide planning information to their Associations and Clubs and other facility owners, to assist with the future development of facilities.

Buenos Aires, Argentina – May 20, 2013 – STATS LLC, the global leader in sports information and technology, announced today that Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield will use the firm's innovative SportVU player tracking technology that produces high-end football data in real-time for the most in-depth level of scouting and coaching analysis.

Borussia Dortmund started their Japanese website on Wednesday. It’s the second official foreign-language website provided by the current German league and cup champion in addition to the English version. From now on, Borussia Dortmund’s fast-growing fan base in the Far East will be able to receive all the latest news and information on the team and this season’s competitions on www.bvb.jp.

Soccerex are pleased to confirm they will be hosting a commercially focussed Club Workshop at this year’s Global Convention, 26-30 November, Rio de Janeiro. Bringing together football clubs from around the world, this invite-only workshop has been designed to provide Rights Holders with content dedicated to club business and administration.

SAN FRANCISCO, California – October 10, 2011 – Ustream (www.ustream.tv), the leader in live online video, today announced a partnership with Sport Club Corinthians Paulista, enabling the interactive video platform to stream 24/7 worldwide coverage of the wildly popular TV Corinthians (CVT) Network.

Couchmans LLP, the market-leading specialist sports law firm, acted for Liverpool FC Chairman Martin Broughton in relation to the recent sale of the Club to New England Sports Ventures (‘NESV’).

Frankfurt/Main, Germany, 17 June 2010 – Infront Sports & Media is fully focused on preparations for the 2010/11 Bundesliga season, opening a new regional office in Düsseldorf to support the marketing partners of the event.

Ernesto Paolillo (Managing Director, FC Internazionale Milano) will join Ivan Gazidis (CEO, Arsenal FC) to tackle the topical issue of football finance within the European game. Both speakers are highly respected in their fields and will speak with authority on how their clubs are financed and the impact UEFA’s financial fair play initiative will have on the football industry.

The 140 European football club members of the ECA (European Club Association) signed today a Declaration reasserting their commitment to include anti-racist and anti-discrimination clauses in new contracts with football players. This Declaration follows an invitation by FC Barcelona to promote such a clause.