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UEFA MIP Alumnus Bruno Cheyrou was recently been named as PSG Ladies' Sporting Director in November last year. Bruno's remit is to optimise PSG Ladies' competitiveness and instill a clearer organisational structure at the club. In addition to this, Bruno leads on the recruitment of players to coaches to the club. Last season PSG Ladies finished in third place outside of the Women's Champions League places. Bruno has helped to improve PSG Ladies' fortunes this season as they are equal on points with Montpellier Ladies with a game in hand. In the Coupe de France Feminine PSG have reached the Quarter-Finals [...]

It was great to see MIP Alumni Christian Karembeu, Nuno Gomes and Eric Abidal take part in the successful Match for Solidarity game in Geneva. There was also additional MIP representation in the form current students in the form of Gaizka Mendieta and Youri Djorkaeff.The match which was watched by over 23,000 fans was full of quality and saw Luis Figo's team finish 4-3 winners against Ronaldinho's team with goals coming courtesy of Raul, Robert Pires, Michel Salgado and of course, our own Nuno Gomes. This star-studded affair which saw the teams managed by the legendary figures of Carlo Ancelotti and  Didier [...]

Christian Karembeu has signed the 'Athens Principle' on behalf of Olympiacos FC where he is currently strategic advisor. This principle was devised by Nottingham Forest owner and shipping magnate Evangelos Marinakis and is backed by Harvard University. The initiative's primary aim is to promote the right to take part in sport. It has a code of practice which includes 12 principles which all clubs are urged to follow and "Encourages people to take up sport without discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, language, religion, political or other opinion, or national or social origin”. The 'Athens Principle' has now received high-profile backing from within the sports [...]

UEFA MIP Alumni committee member Jason Roberts MBE was named as the CONCACAF Director of Development in November 2017.  In his new role, Jason will focus on managing and strengthening the Confederation’s core development programs including grassroots, coaching education, and professional football development initiatives. Jason has now relocated to Miami where the CONCACAF HQ is based.  As part of CONCACAF's expansion Jason will lead on two focus areas - Professional Football Development and Technical Development. His role within Professional Football Development will see him manage club licensing implementation, league development initiatives and its benchmarking programme. Whilst his lead role in the Technical [...]