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Fast-expanding Kings League eyes US launch by 2026
Gulf Today
|June 15, 2025
The Gerard Pique-founded Kings League said on Saturday that it aims to launch its seven-a-side soccer format in the United States by 2026, adding to the list of nations where the online-orientated competition already has a footprint.
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At a briefing in Paris, Kings League CEO Djamel Agaoua told reporters that a U.S. Kings League could be launched around the end of this year and start of the next.
"We feel ready to attack the big animal, which is the U.S. market ... we start on the East Coast for operational reasons," said Agaoua.
Various new buzzy soccer formats, with smaller teams and shorter games than traditional 90-minute football, have sprung up round Europe and elsewhere in recent years, attracting a host of online influencers and former professionals.
Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition June 15, 2025 de Gulf Today.
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