Pedro Proença announced his retirement from refereeing. On 3 July 2015, he was elected for the UEFA Referees Committee. Later that month, on 28 July, he was elected the new president of the Professional Football League. Pedro Proença Pedro Proença Oliveira Alves Garcia (; born 3 November 1970) is a retired Portuguese football referee. Proença has refereed a number of notable matches including the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira, Taça de Portugal finals, Taça da Liga finals, as well as the final of both the UEFA Champions League and UEFA European Championship becoming the first referee to overview both finals of the main
Nationality law of the People's Republic of China people who had resided in Gyirong County of Tibet for over two centuries, were granted Chinese nationality. The serial numbers on their naturalization certificates suggested that around 4,000 people (including the Damans) had naturalized as Chinese nationals in Mainland China until 2003. In more recent years, the Hong Kong Immigration Department's statistics indicate that 1,631 and 1,534 applications for naturalisation as a Chinese national were received in 2016 and 2017 respectively. It is worth noting that the naturalization process does not generally apply to nationals of the Republic of China (Taiwan), since their ROC nationality is already considered as Chinese