By Andrew Warshaw
September 27 – The spat over alleged overspending by Russia’s wealthiest club Zenit St Petersburg has gone all the way to the top with Russian President Vladimir Putin wading into the debate.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 26 – Ukrainian coach Oleg Blokhin is to take over at Dynamo Kiev, the club where he became one of the world’s top strikers in the 1970s and 1980s.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 26 – One of the most novel ways of detecting match-fixing is being implemented in Bulgaria with players and coaches of first division club Lokomotiv Plovdiv being ordered to take lie detector tests after a surprise defeat.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 26 – Russian national team captain Igor Denisov and Aleksandr Kerzhakov are expected to return to Zenit St Petersburg first team this coming weekend after a spat over wages saw them dropped to the reserves, according to club sources.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 26 – FIFA is being urged by Kosovan-born players not to renege on a pledge to offer the Balkan state partial acceptance into the international set-up.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 25 – The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football’s (CONCACAF) newly created Integrity Committee, formed to clean up the confederation of months of blood-letting, has held its first meeting in New York City charged with getting to grips with the misdemeanours of the past.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 25 – Roma have been awarded a 3-0 walkover win over Cagliari for the Serie A match postponed at the weekend due to safety issues.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 25 – Russian national team captain Igor Denisov has lashed out at the extravagant salaries paid to new signings Hulk and Axel Witsel at his club Zenit St Petersburg in the latest spat over Russia’s role as the cash-rich new player on the global transfer stage.
By David Gold
September 24 – Valencia President Manuel Llorente has reaffirmed the club’s commitment to building a new stadium despite being plagued by a new set of problems in the construction of the ground.
By David Gold
September 24 – Barcelona could leave their famous Nou Camp home after the club’s members approved a referendum on the future of the stadium.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 23 – Former England captain John Terry sensationally announced his retirement from international football tonight at the age of 31 – just as another hearing into allegations of racism against him is about to begin.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 23 – Former Barbados Chief Justice Sir David Simmons has been appointed to chair the newly formed Integrity Committee of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) in an attempt to improve the organisation’s credibility after 18 scandal-tainted months.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 22 – UEFA has begun disciplinary proceedings against Italian club Lazio for “improper conduct” by supporters during Thursday’s (September 20) Europa League tie at Tottenham Hotspur.
By David Gold
September 21 – José Mourinho and Real Madrid are taking legal action against a journalist for the Madrid sports daily Marca after comments he made about the Portuguese coach this week.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 21 – UEFA is coming under pressure to investigate the latest claims of racism in European football, this time by visiting Lazio fans at Tottenham Hotspur’s North London White Hart Lane stadium during last night’s Europa League game, which ended goalless.