By David Gold
August 3 – AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani (pictured) has warned that Italian clubs need to renovate or build new stadiums to avoid falling behind France in UEFA’s coefficient rankings, after having dropped below Germany’s Bundesliga last season.
By Andrew Warshaw in Rio de Janeiro
July 31 – UEFA President Michel Platini has warned European football’s giants not to set up a breakaway league or risk being thrown out of all competitions.
By David Gold
July 28 – Atalanta and Chievo Verona will face an Italian Football Federation (FIGC) disciplinary hearing next week as part of the ongoing investigation into match fixing in the country.
By David Gold
July 25 – Hugh Dallas has settled a dispute with the Scottish Football Association (SFA) out of court over an email he sent which mocked the Pope.
By David Gold
July 22 – Fenerbahçe chairman Aziz Yıldırım has denied to a court any involvement in the match fixing scandal engulfing Turkish football and has also told the club’s fans that he would be stepping down from his post after the conclusion of the issue.
By David Gold
July 20 – Juventus have said they intend to pursue their petition to have Inter Milan’s 2006 Serie A title taken away after the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) ruled that it did not have the authority to make such a ruling.
By David Gold
July 19 – Singaporean Wilson Raj Perumal has been sentenced to two years in prison by a Finnish court for his role in a match fixing scandal in the country, while nine players have been spared jail and instead were handed suspended sentences for their part in the affair.
By David Gold
July 17 – Israeli giants Beitar Jerusalem have been sold to US businessmen Dan Adler and Adam Levine (pictured), who have pledged to stamp out racism at the club, whose fans have a history of anti-Arab chanting.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 14 – Spanish football officials are setting up a crack monitoring unit to make sure none of their clubs fall foul of UEFA’s financial fair play regulations.
By David Gold
July 8 – The future of Racing Club Strasbourg is in doubt still with a takeover bid from Sebastien Graeff running into a stumbling block as minority shareholder Dominique Pignatelli stalls on accepting the offer.
By David Gold
July 8 – Part of the roof of the stadium of FC Twente Enschede has collapsed, killing two and injuring at least a dozen.
By David Gold
July 8 – Former Middlesbrough chief executive Keith Lamb has been appointed to the Football Association’s Board of Directors.
By David Gold
July 8 – The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has been implicated in the match fixing scandal engulfing Turkish football, whilst champions Fenerbahce facing the prospect of relegation and having their title from last season stripped if found guilty of the allegations levelled at them.
By David Gold
July 8 – Racing Santander have filed for voluntary administration due to debts of €33 million (£48 million/$47 million), blaming the move on the sale of the club to businessman Ahsan Ali Syed (pictured) and his failure to make debt repayments.
By David Gold
July 7- Nicolas Anelka has dropped his claim for €150,000 (£132,000/$211,000) in damages from French sports newspaper L’Equipe, over their reporting of the confrontation the Chelsea striker had with former national team coach Raymond Domenech at the World Cup.