By Andrew Warshaw in Nyon
January 11 – UEFA President Michel Platini (pictured) today issued his strongest warning to date that clubs who recklessly overspend risk being heavily sanctioned until and unless they get their houses in order.
By Andrew Warshaw
December 23 – Michel Platini is to stay in charge of UEFA for another four years after no other candidate came forward to challenge him by last night’s deadline.
By Andrew Warshaw
December 22 – Former Manchester City chairman David Bernstein (pictured) is the surprise nomination to take over at the helm of the Football Association.
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By David Owen
December 15 – The timetable for appointing a new Chairman of the English Football Association appears likely to slip, insideworldfootball has learnt.
November 22 – French legend Zinedine Zidane has been appointed as a special advisor by Real Madrid, one of his former clubs.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 11 – Franz Beckenbauer is standing down as a member of FIFA’s Executive Committee, ruling him out of standing against Sepp Blatter for the Presidency next year.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
September 25 – Ilhan Mansiz, a member of the Turkish side that finished third at the 2002 FIFA World Cup, has claimed that he wants to compete in figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 18 – Peace appears to have broken following an unsavoury row over match-fixing allegations between UEFA and German giants Bayern Munich.
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By Andrew Warshaw in Geneva
September 7 – European clubs today urged the sport’s governing bodies to start paying out insurance premiums to cover highly prized players injured on international duty.
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By Andrew Warshaw in Geneva
September 7 – European clubs, led by Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, today called on FIFA to scrap worthless internationals and stop forcing clubs to release their players for meaningless fixtures.
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September 6 – Thomson Sport has been appointed as an Official Travel Partner of the Scottish Football Association (Scottish FA) and an Official Travel Partner of the Scotland Supporters’ Club, it was announced today.
By Andrew Warshaw in Geneva
September 6 – The man charged by European football with making sure clubs spend within their means has re-iterated they could be thrown out of European competition if they fail to balance the books.
By Andrew Warshaw in Geneva
September 6 – European clubs will hold discussions tomorrow over whether to demand insurance payments for players injured on international duty.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
September 6 – Jim Boyce, the former President of the Irish Football Association (IFA), who will soon be the UK’s most senior football politician, today urged an end to the in-fighting that is overshadowing the sport there.
September 1 - Sports kit company Umbro has signed a deal with the Football Association that will see it make the England kit for the next two World Cups.