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CIES WEBINAR #11: “eSports & Sport: a complex dialogue”, Wednesday 17 June 2020 @13:30 CET

Biannual CIES Football Observatory transfer value list

The extended FIFA Master experience: virtual upgrades

Francisca Crovetto receives National Sports Award in Chile

Penalties: most in Poland, fewest in Norway and England

FIFA Master Alumni - Where are they now? - Aayush Dabas

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Most productive German Bundesliga players

40 matches to say good-bye: the hard life of coaches

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CIES Highlights No 85, May 2020

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CIES WEBINAR #11: “eSports & Sport: a complex dialogue”, Wednesday 20 May 2020 @13:30 CET

Speakers:

• Alex Cabot, Sports Marketing and Partnerships Consultant & Partnerships Advisor @ Able eSports and FIFA Master Alumnus 2012

• Gareth Cortje, FIFA/CIES Executive Programme in Sports Management Alumnus 2019 @ Nelson Mandela University and Winner of the CIES Network Prize 2020 with a project on the creation of an African eSport League

• Juan Diego Garcia Squetino, Country Manager South America LVP (Professional Videogames League) @ MEDIAPRO Group and speaker @ FIFA/CIES Executive Programme in Sports Management

Moderator: Prof. Pierre Lanfranchi

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The 299th edition of the Weekly Post presents the 100 big-5 league players with the highest estimated transfer values according to the CIES Football Observatory algorithm. Kylian Mbappé tops the list ahead of four Englishmen: Raheem Sterling, Jadon Sancho, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Marcus Rashford. The young Bayern Munich prodigy Alphonso Davies enters the top 10.

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Picture: Students from the 20th edition of the FIFA Master in different parts of the world

After a well-deserved week break, the class was ready to resume the online classes which had been extended at this point until the end of the academic year, following the decision of the Swiss government to maintain the closure of all universities.

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Francisca Crovetto, a graduate from the UST/FIFA/CIES Executive Programme, has received a National Sports Award in Chile. This distinction rewards the silver medal that the young athlete - a shooting specialist (skeet) - obtained at the Pan-American Games Lima 2019 as well as her qualification for the next Olympic Games in Tokyo.

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The 300th edition of the CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post compares 35 European leagues according to the number of penalties per game whistled by referees since the 2017/18 season (2018 for summer leagues) as per data provided by our partners InStat. At the top of the table is the Polish Ekstraklasa (a penalty every 230 minutes), while at the opposite end is the Norwegian Eliteserien (every 389 minutes).

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Picture: James Panter, Research and CIES Module Officer @ De Montfort University, Leicester and Aayush Dabas at the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup in England

Aayush Dabas

Current Position: Sponsor Relations – International Cricket Council

Year of graduation: 2015 (15th Edition) 

Nationality: Indian

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