March 20 – Former Turkey captain Arda Turan has been found guilty of tax fraud in Spain and sentenced to a one-year prison sentence suspended for two years.
March 15 – French sports minister Amelie Oudea-Castera, who is spearheading the organisation of this summer’s Paris Olympics, has been placed under investigation for defamation.
March 14 – The controversial European Super League (ESL) breakaway project has faced a crucial legal setback after the European Union’s trademark authority prevented it from registering its name since it is already owned by Denmark’s top-tier Superliga.
March 13 – AC Milan’s offices were raided by police on Tuesday as part of an investigation by Italian prosecutors into the sale of the Serie A giants.
March 7 – Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has denied any wrongdoing after Spanish state prosecutors sensationally accused the decorated Italian of two counts of tax fraud and are seeking a prison sentence of four years and nine months.
March 5 – Chelsea and Australia star Sam Kerr will face a criminal trial next year for alleged racially aggravated harassment of a police officer.
February 28 – A Spanish court has dismissed legal action by Real Madrid and Athletic Bilbao against LaLiga over a €1.9 billion investment deal to finance scores of clubs.
February 23 – Convicted sex offender Dani Alves is to appeal against his four-and-a-half sentence.
February 22 – Former Brazilian international Dani Alves, one of the most decorated footballers in history, has been sentenced to four and a half years in jail after being found guilty of sexually assaulting a woman in an Barcelona nightclub on New Years Eve in 2022.
February 22 – The Canadian Soccer Players’ Association, which represents the national women’s team, has filed a $40 million lawsuit against 15 current and former board members of Canada Soccer alleging “negligence and breach of fiduciary duty.”
February 14 – Paris city hall is taking legal action after sections of Paris Saint-Germain fans targeted the local mayor Anne Hidalgo with sexist insults and homophobic chants during a French league match.
February 9 – Barcelona are taking Zenit St. Petersburg to sport’s highest court in pursuit of a €490,000 bonus payment it says it missed out on when the Russian club was banned from the Champions League following the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
February 9 – Cardiff City have reached an out-of-court settlement with an agent over the release of documents and messages about the transfer of the late Emiliano Sala.
February 5 – The long-anticipated trial of former Brazilian star Dani Alves got under way today in Barcelona as he faced accusations of raping a woman in a local nightclub.
January 26 – A Spanish judge on Thursday proposed that disgraced former national federation chief Luis Rubiales be tried over the kiss he forced on Women’s World Cup star Jenni Hermoso without her consent.