Coronavirus: Serie A considers options if time runs out to complete league season
March 11 – What happens if the Serie A season in Italy can’t be completed as a result of Covid-19?
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Coronavirus: LaLiga to be played behind closed doors for ‘at least’ the next two weeks
March 10 – LaLiga has issued a statement saying that all matches will be played behind closed doors for at least the next two weeks.
Serie A suspended until April 3 as Covid-19 grips Italy
March 10 – Italian top-flight football has finally bowed to pressure from the government with the whole of Serie A called off until April 3 because of Covid-19.
Better for who? Ceferin says England would be better off without League Cup
March 10 – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has advised English football authorities to scrap the League Cup competition, which has been in existence since 1960, to avoid fixture congestion.
Coronavirus: Italian sports minister fury at ‘irresponsible’ Serie A for playing on
March 9 – Italy’s sports minister has accused Serie A of being “irresponsible” for ignoring his calls for matches to be permanently called off because of coronavirus.
Cordeiro frustrated as US Women reject pay offer and FIFA imbalance comes into focus
March 9 – American governing body US Soccer claims that it offered the US women’s national team equal pay for matches under its control, but Carlos Cordeiro’s letter, released on the eve of International Women’s Day, has vexed the players.
Ronaldinho remains in Paraguayan jail as police probe widens
March 9 – Ronaldinho’s Paraguayan nightmare is not at an end yet. On Sunday, the local prosecutor said that the former player will remain in jail as the investigation widens to investigate potential other crimes.
AC Milan fire Boban after he describes ownership as ‘disrespectful’
March 9 – Less than a year after quitting FIFA, where he had served as personal adviser to Gianni Infantino in his role as deputy general secretary, to join AC Milan, Zvonimir Boban has been sacked as the club’s chief football officer following an unsavoury spat with CEO Ivan Gazidis.
Agnelli puts money and privilege above sporting integrity in call for CL protections
By Andrew Warshaw
March 6 – After a relatively quiet few months in the delicate debate over how European club football should be organised in the future, Juventus president Andrea Agnelli has re-stoked the flames of controversy by again making the case for the most prestigious clubs to be commercially prioritised.
LaLiga loses court appeal over staging league match in US match, but vows to fight on
By Paul Nicholson
March 6 – LaLiga has responded swiftly to a Madrid court ruling today that dismissed the league’s appeal against the RFEF’s decision not to authorise the Miami match between Girona and Barcelona that was going to be played January 26.
Coronavirus: Premier League bans handshakes, closed doors contingency in discussion
March 6 – The English Premier League has taken the radical step of banning traditional pre-match handshakes by players in order to help prevent the spread of Covid-19, starting this weekend and until further notice.
Flamengo title wins drive Brazilian giant to record $200m+ revenue
March 6 – Flamengo, boosted by winning their national and continental crowns, are set to report a record revenue of 959 million reias ($208 million) in 2019, according to an internal club report that will be submitted to an auditor.
OM back in front of UEFA’s financial police over suspected FFP rule breaks
March 6 – Marseille are the latest high-profile European club to potentially face UEFA sanctions after being suspected of breaking Financial Fair Play rules.
Coronavirus: Inter’s Zhang says public health more important than fan cash
May 6 – Inter Milan’s Chinese president Steven Zhang says he stands by his attack on Serie A president Paolo Dal Pino whom he branded a “clown” over the league’s rescheduling of fixtures as a result of Covid-19.
Djibouti and Mauritania pledge to help each other take on Africa’s big guns
March 6 – Djibouti and Mauritania will enhance their cooperation after the FAs of both countries signed a partnership on Thursday.