September 6 – Denmark’s bits-and-pieces team of lower-league players, drafted in because of a bitter pay dispute, went down fighting when they beaten 3-0 by Slovakia in a friendly on Wednesday.
September 5 – Spain’s La Liga is pushing ahead with its plans to take a regular season match to the US with media reports saying the first overseas game will be an all-Catalonian affair between giants FC Barcelona and Girona at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on January 27 next year.
September 5 – Europe’s elite club coaches have called on UEFA to review the use of the away-goals rule in continental competitions since scoring away from home is not as tough as it used to be. They also want the transfer window to close at the same time in all the region’s major leagues.
September 5 – German football will never follow the Spanish idea of playing a top-flight match overseas, says Bundesliga chief executive Christian Seifert (pictured).
By Andrew Warshaw
Denmark look set to go into an upcoming friendly with Slovakia and their Nations League fixture with Wales with a hugely weakened team as a result of a damaging ongoing row between players and the Danish Football Association (DBU).
By Samindra Kunti
September 3 – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has backed a British bid for the 2030 World Cup, and insists that Europe should stick to just one bid to maintain unity on the continent.
September 3 – There has been some unsavoury tit-for-tat fallout over UEFA’s decision to name Luka Modric, who captained Croatia to the runners-up slot at the World Cup, as its Player of the Year.
September 3 – Five Celtic fans were injured because of overcrowding before the so-called Old Firm derby with Rangers in Glasgow on Sunday, prompting calls for an immediate inquiry.
By Samindra Kunti
August 31 – Manchester United will face a reunion with Cristiano Ronaldo after drawing Serie A champions Juventus in the Champions League group stage. Last-season’s runners-up Liverpool were handed a tough group, paired with PSG, Napoli and Red Star Belgrade.
August 31 – Almost 20 years after the demise of the European Cup Winners’ Cup, absorbed in 1999 by the Europa League, UEFA are considering re-introducing a third European cup competition in 2021, according to Germany’s Bild newspaper.
August 30 – The English Football Association has confirmed its support for clubs to have a choice over whether to bring back standing areas at their stadiums.
August 30 – It isn’t every day that a top-flight player is banned for blasphemy but that’s what has happened in Italy where religion runs as deep as football.
November 29 – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has swept aside rumours of an impending further sanction on Paris St Germain before the end of the European transfer window on Friday.
August 28 – In a remarkable display of respect, Genoa fans watched the first 43 minutes of their home match with Empoli in silence at the weekend in honour of the 43 victims of the motorway bridge collapse in the Italian city earlier this month.
August 24 – European football’s new Nations League competition will give national teams a boost when it gets under way next month since it will do away with meaningless friendlies, says UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin.