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New owners impose CSKA Sofia salary cuts as coach attacked by former owner

alexandar tomov

By Alexander Krassimirov
July 25 – Troubled Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia, who are under new ownership, have announced that there will be a salary cap for players and staff, reducing salaries to below last season’s levels. Alexander Tomov (pictured), said that the highest wages of the top players will be about 15,000 leva (€7,500) per month. He said he will be talking to new head coach Stoycho Mladenov in the next few days.

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Critics sceptical of measures to resolve Nigerian club crisis

Bolaji Abdullahi

By Mark Baber
July 23 – A week after an emergency meeting between the Nigerian Minister of Sports, Bolaji Abdullahi (pictured) and board members of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), the League Management Company (LMC) and Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL), doubts are being expressed about the feasibility of the measures promised by the Sports Minister, which included paying players the money they are owed and instituting a minimum wage.

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Putin signs anti-hooligan measures into law

Russian fans

By Mark Baber
May 23 – Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law Tuesday legislation that increases the sanctions which can be applied to convicted hooligans at sports events. The so-called Fan Law will come into effect on January 19, 2014.

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AFDP provides youth support for Tajik initiatives

AFDP and Prince Ali

July 23 – The Asian Football Development Project (AFDP), chaired by FIFA vice-president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein (pictured), is stepping up its support of the grass-roots game in less established footballing nations by targeting Tajikistan, with special emphasis on advancing girls’ football.

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Gamers ready for Interactive Gold Cup final live at Cowboys Stadium tonight

Interactive Gold Cup

July 23 – Tonight’s double header semi-finals of CONCACAF’s Gold Cup at the Cowboys Stadium in Dallas, will be split between matches by the final of the CONCACAF Interactive Gold Cup 2013 (CIGC13), played out live on the big screen in the stadium by gamers using Playstation 3 consoles.

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Nigerians ban teams, players and officials over ‘goal-fest’ disgrace

balls

By Andrew Warshaw
July 23 – Players and officials of four Nigerian clubs involved in two promotion play-off games that produced farcical 79-0 and 67-0 scorelines have been thrown out for life by the Nigerian Football Federation (NFF).

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Juve tops payout table as UEFA distributes bumper €1.1bn

UEFA Champions League

By Andrew Warshaw
July 24 – The financial importance of playing in the cash-rich Champions League for Europe’s top clubs has been starkly underlined yet again by the latest figures from UEFA which show that €904.6 million was distributed among the 32 teams competing in the competition from the group stage onwards last season. The payments cover participation, TV pool and performance-related revenue.

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Shaikh Salman steps up to the plate with FIFA-style Ethics initiative

Shaikh Salman

By Paul Nicholson
July 23 – The Asian Football Confederation has announced plans to create its own Ethics Committee that it expects will be operational by January 2014. An initiative of new AFC president Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, he said he hoped that the committee will help fight AFC corruption at all levels.

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Palestine ups the stakes and offers to host 2017 FIFA Congress

By Andrew Warshaw
July 23 – Palestine has made another bold move to make its political presence felt in Middle East football by putting its name forward to host the FIFA Congress in 2017.

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FIFA warns Uganda of suspension if FUFA loses legal status

Ugandan fans

By Mark Baber
July 23 – FIFA has warned the Uganda Football Association (FUFA) against government interference which could lead to a worldwide football ban for the country.

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Manchester United to become a ‘football club’ again, Glazers in for long term

Manchester United - a football club

By Mark Baber
July 23 – Manchester United are looking to restore the words ‘Football Club’ to the club badge – a move which makes great business sense, as millions of fans will be looking to update their merchandise. But the stated motive behind the change is to emphasise Manchester United is a football club and “not a business”.

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English Premier League out in the cold over opposition to Winter 2022

premier league2

By Andrew Warshaw
July 23 – The English Premier League’s opposition to a winter World Cup in Qatar is looking increasingly isolated after the head of the European Club Association, which represents over 200 clubs across the Continent, re-iterated his organisation’s support for switching the 2022 tournament from the searing heat of the summer.

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FIFA lifts international ban as Cameroon acts to ‘normalise’

Fecafoot HQ

By Andrew Warshaw
July 23 – FIFA has lifted Cameroon’s suspension from world football, allowing the Indomitable Lions to play a key World Cup qualifier against Libya. FIFA imposed the ban on July 4, preventing Cameroon from taking part in all football activity after ruling that the government had interfered in the Cameroon Football Federation’s (Fecafoot) elections in June, breaching FIFA rules obliging member associations to manage their affairs independently.

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Portuguese cash crisis forces unpaid players to ask union for money

Joaquim Evangelista

By Gareth Messenger
July 23 – Delays in wage payments by cash-strapped football clubs in Portugal have forced dozens of players to ask their union for money, according to the head of the country’s players’ association.

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Germany may bid for Euro 2024 if they are cut out of 2020

Wolfgang Niersbach

By Mark Baber
July 22 – German Football Federation (DFB) president Wolfgang Niersbach says Germany are considering a bid to host the European Championships in 2024 and doesn’t rule out a personal bid for the UEFA presidency if it becomes vacant.