By Andrew Warshaw
September 22 – UEFA has begun disciplinary proceedings against Italian club Lazio for “improper conduct” by supporters during Thursday’s (September 20) Europa League tie at Tottenham Hotspur.
By David Gold
September 21 – A petition in Brazil calling for a “more democratic” choice of names for the mascot of the 2014 FIFA World Cup has attracted over 23,000 signatories.
By David Gold
September 21 – José Mourinho and Real Madrid are taking legal action against a journalist for the Madrid sports daily Marca after comments he made about the Portuguese coach this week.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 21 – UEFA is coming under pressure to investigate the latest claims of racism in European football, this time by visiting Lazio fans at Tottenham Hotspur’s North London White Hart Lane stadium during last night’s Europa League game, which ended goalless.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 21 – Sebastian Coe, the face of this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games as the London 2012 chairman, has been signed up as one of the speakers for the inaugural Doha Goals forum on December 10-12, Qatar’s latest initiative to put itself on the sporting map.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 21 – Mexico is planning to put in a bid for a record-breaking third FIFA World Cup in 2026, Mexican Football Federation (FMF) President Justino Compeán has revealed.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 20 – Egyptian fans have won a major political coup by preventing FIFA Executive Committee member Hani Abou-Reida, the country’s most powerful football official, from becoming the new Egyptian Football Association (EFA) chairman.
By Emily Goddard
September 20 – Barcelona have put their clout behind a new initiative to encourage 28 million people across Europe to quit smoking.
By David Gold
September 20 – The battle is heating up between the two Moscow stadiums competing to join the Luzhniki as a host venue of FIFA World Cup matches in 2018.
By David Gold
September 20 – United States Soccer Federation (USSF) President Sunil Gulati is aiming to have a replacement for departing women’s national team coach Pia Sundhage by the end of October.
By David Gold
September 20 – Brazilian defender Luisão has been handed a global ban from football for two months by FIFA following an incident in a pre-season friendly.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 20 – UEFA President Michel Platini has reiterated his call for the 2020 European Championship finals to be held throughout Europe instead of in one or two countries.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 20 – Goal-line technology experts are putting the final preparations to what could be a landmark development in the move to introduce scientific aids for referees after years of debate.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 19 – The husband of Amelia Gan, finance director of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) at the time it was run by Mohamed Bin Hammam, has pleaded not guilty to stealing in the latest cloak-and-dagger development in the ongoing corruption probe into Bin Hammam’s conduct.
By David Gold at Bloomberg’s European Headquarters in London
September 19 – Bloomberg Sports is launching a new football analytics tool that will project results across Europe’s top five major leagues, as well as provide a range of data on football teams.