By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
October 20 – Football would be “in danger” if other teams follow the example of Swiss club Sion and go to the civil courts to try and resolve footballing disputes, FIFA warned here today.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
October 20 – Almost five months after being elected for a final term as FIFA President pledging zero tolerance, it’s D-Day for Sepp Blatter who now has to put his money where his mouth is – if you will excuse the unfortunate choice of phrase.
By David Gold
October 20 – The Czech Republic is planning to bid for the European under 21 championship in 2015 rather than the European Championships in 2020, insideworldfootball has learnt.
By David Gold
October 19 – The Football People Action Weeks is currently underway, featuring activities for fans, community groups, players, clubs and local authorities to help unite the football community against discrimination and celebrate diversity.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 19 – UEFA boss Michel Platini (pictured right) took the unusual step of appearing in a Swiss court today over why UEFA has not yet implemented a ruling to reinstate Sion in the Europa League.
By David Gold
October 19 – A delegation from China, including the Chinese Football Association (CFA) chief Wei Di, is in Japan to try to learn from its neighbours’ success on the football field.
By David Gold
October 19 – Highlights from this week’s Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League semi-finals will be available to watch on a new YouTube channel, it has been announced.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 19 – Chuck Blazer, the FIFA official who blew the whistle on the biggest bribery scandal in the organisation’s history, has launched a strongly worded rebuttal of a full-scale attack on him by former colleague Jack Warner, describing it as “garbage” and “an amazing work of fiction”.
By David Gold
October 18 – Argentine Football Association (AFA) President Julio Grondona has won a record ninth term in office following an Extraordinary Congress of the organisation.
By David Gold
October 18 – The Club World Cup, which sees the winners of the European Champions League and the Copa Libertadores compete against teams around the world who have won their respective continental club competitions, is set to be hosted by Morocco in 2013 and 2014, insideworldfootball can reveal.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 18 – UEFA are drawing up emergency plans to include both Sion and Celtic in the Europa League group stages if they lose the ongoing dispute with the Swiss club.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 17 – Four days before FIFA President Sepp Blatter unveils his eagerly awaited anti-corruption proposals, the organisation’s head of security Chris Eaton repeated today that amnesties would be offered to match-fixing whistleblowers as part of the plan.
By David Gold
October 17 – John Greig (pictured far right) and John McClelland (centre) have both resigned as directors of Scottish Premier League (SPL) champions Glasgow Rangers, in protest at alleged exclusion from the running of the club.
By David Gold
October 17 – The Indonesian Football League is in turmoil despite narrowly avoiding a ban from all Asian competitions when its new season got underway this weekend, with a new threat to issue a two-year suspension over its head.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 17 – Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has promised to unleash fresh details of vindictiveness and corruption within the hierarchy of football’s world governing body.