CAF refuses to account for missing $16m of expenses
October 21 – African football has been hit by further scandal after auditors looking at the books of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) discovered missing expense claims.
October 21 – African football has been hit by further scandal after auditors looking at the books of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) discovered missing expense claims.
October 21 – No Barcelona, Manchester United, Liverpool, AC Milan or Arsenal, not even Atletico Madrid. The Club World Cup is without five of the biggest and most supported clubs in the world. But it does now have Lionel Messi… and his five-season-old club Inter Miami who have been give a wild card entry into the tournament.
October 21 – The inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup has reached the semi-final stage with two Mexico vs USA match-ups and the final and third place match to be played at a centralised venue in May 2025.
October 21 – Mohamed Al Fayed who owned Fulham, and the luxury department store, Harrods, has been accused of sexually assaulting the former captain of the women’s team, Ronnie Gibbons.
October 21 – Bulgaria’s Spartak Varna have signed two new sponsorship deals despite the financial instability surrounding the club after former owner Pavlin Nikolov decided to step down and stop funding the team.
October 18 – Atletico Madrid say they will not sell tickets to season ticket holders for their next five away matches, a measure the club has taken on top of recent sanctions imposed by UEFA and the Spanish FA (RFEF).
October 18 – The U21 European Championship play-offs have been drawn at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, with six teams battling for the last three slots at next summer’s finals in Slovakia.
October 18 – Juventus have signed a sleeve sponsorship deal with wealth management group Azimut in a partnership that will make its debut in the Nerazzurri’s Serie A match versus Lazio on Saturday.
October 18 – Premier League managers were united in their praise for Thomas Tuchel after the German’s appointment as head coach of the England national team but stressed the need for elite-level opportunities for English coaches.
October 18 – Former French international midfield star Paul Pogba has hit back at his critics by insisting he is not a drugs cheat after his original four-year ban was reduced to 18 months earlier this month by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
October 18 – Major League Soccer (MLS) commissioner, Don Garber in London speaking at The Summit, Leaders Week this week, hyped up the 10-year, $2.5 billion-plus agreement with Apple that is about to conclude its second season.
October 17 – On Tuesday the NWSL (National Women’s Soccer League) unveiled the latest expansion team in downtown Boston as BOS Nation FC were officially launched.
October 18 – Music and football have always been interconnected. Think the Beatles and Liverpool FC and more recently, Oasis and Manchester City. Now British super-group Coldplay and Barcelona FC are getting in tune with each other in time for the El Clasico on October 26.
October 18 – Bulgaria’s Levski Sofia has signed a sleeve sponsorship deal with dairy producer Lacrima, one of the largest Bulgarian companies producing dairy products.
October 17 – Outspoken LaLiga president Javier Tebas has called on Gianni Infantino to call off his pet project, the expanded Club World Cup, arguing that “it is not necessary for the players, nor for the clubs, nor for FIFA, and all it does is cause disorganisation.”