Finns agree equal pay for men’s and women’s national teams
September 6 – The Finnish FA (SPL) have announced that in their new player contracts there will be equal pay for their men’s and women’s national teams.
Europe
Atletico Madrid look to create €60m campus on Metropolitano footprint
September 5 – Atletico Madrid want to develop a football campus next to their Metropolitano Stadium in a bid to expand their sporting activities.
Premier League ponders shift of summer transfer window to align with Europe
September 4 – Premier League clubs will discuss at their September 12 meeting whether to realign the close of their summer transfer window with the rest of Europe.
St Petersburg, Munich’s Allianz Arena and London’s Wembley set to host next 3 Champions League finals
September 2 – Russian city Saint Petersburg are favourites to host the 2021 Champions League final with Munich’s Allianz Arena and London’s Wembley Stadium hosting the next two editions of the European showpiece game.
UEFA steps in to cap away fan ticket prices in Champions League and Europa League
September 1 – UEFA has bowed to fan pressure and agreed with clubs to cap ticket prices for away fans in the Champions League at €70 and at €45 in the Europa League.
Rangers fans keep up their sectarian abuse, UEFA keep sanctioning them
August 30 – Glasgow Rangers appear to have still not learned their lesson when it comes to sectarian abuse after being found guilty of a second charge by UEFA.
Champions League draw: Barca, Dortmund and Inter set for battle of the giants
August 30 -Whilst there wasn’t quite a Group of Death in terms of four equally dangerous teams when the draw was made for this season’s Champions League, Group F came as close as it comes with Barcelona, Borussia Dortmund and a new-look Inter Milan, boosted by the arrival of new manager Antonio Conte, looking particularly mouth-watering.
Liverpool’s van Dijk breaks the Messi-Ronaldo duopoly
August 30 – Liverpool’s Dutch Champions League-winning defender Virgil van Dijk has been named UEFA’s Men’s Player of the Year, edging out regular award-winning duo Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo for the prestigious prize.
Champions League draw: Ajax back for more as Europe’s elite line-up for €1.95bn share out
August 29 – Ahead of today’s draw Ajax Amsterdam, Club Brugge and Slavia Prague have completed the 32-team playing field of the Champions League, a competition whose future format will decide the direction of European football.
English fan groups hit UEFA with list of ticket and venue demands
August 29 – Supporters groups of four English Premier League clubs have jointly submitted a list of demands to UEFA covering ticket allocation and venue choice following complaints surrounding last season’s Champions League and Europa League finals.
Rangers fans told to end sectarian abuse as UEFA focus centres on Europa League tie
August 28 – Scotland manager Steve Clarke Scotland hopes a UEFA ban on Glasgow Rangers will help the club eradicate racist behaviour.
Cantona to receive UEFA President’s Award for charitable work
August 28 – Former France and Manchester United forward Eric Cantona has been selected for this year’s UEFA President’s Award and will collect it at a special ceremony in Monaco tomorrow on the day of the Champions League draw.
Niersbach, Zwanziger, Schmidt and Linsi face German trial over alleged 2006 tax fraud
August 27 – Four former top football officials face trial in Germany after a Frankfurt court ruled they must answer tax evasion charges linked to the 2006 World Cup vote-buying scandal.
Tebas brands RFEF ‘prehistoric’ but argues there must be no evolution of Champions League
August 22 – Outspoken La Liga president Javier Tebas is back on the offensive in his war of words with the Spanish FA, accusing the federation led by Luis Rubiales of having a “prehistoric vision of our sport.”
English FA unveils venues for 2021 Women’s Euros
August 21 – Leigh Sports Village in Greater Manchester will replace Nottingham Forest’s City Ground as one of the nine venues for the Women’s Euro in 2021, the English FA announced on Tuesday.