Women in Football report finds gender discrimination still dominates workplace
October 8 – A report by Women In Football has found that 66% of women have experienced gender discrimination in football.
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Flemmings gets 6-match ban for ‘B*** Boy’ slur that led to SD Loyal walk-off
October 7 – Junior Flemmings, a Jamaican midfielder with second-tier US club Phoenix Rising, has been banned for six games for using a homophobic slur that led to opponents San Diego Loyal walking off in protest and the match being called off.
Landon Donovan walks his USL team off for second week running after discriminatory slur
October 1 – Former US international star Landon Donovan, who has moved into coaching with San Diego Loyal, forfeited the club’s second-tier match on Wednesday in protest against an alleged homophobic slur against at one of his players.
Tax trouble: Neymar chased for €34.5m outstanding in Spain
October 1 – Brazilian superstar Neymar owes more unpaid tax than any other individual on a Spanish authorities’ blacklist, with debts of €34.6 million according to official documentation.
Swiss justice vs Infantino: FIFA defensive over being kept ‘in the dark’
September 28 – With the pressure mounting, Gianni Infantino has reportedly again asked the Swiss prosecutor who opened an investigation against him to explain exactly why he is being targeted.
Trial of Al-Khelaifi and Valcke closes with judgement due end October
September 25 – The verdict in the high-profile trial involving former FIFA number two Jerome Valcke and Paris Saint-Germain president and beIN Media supremo Nasser Al-Khelaifi regarding alleged corruption in the allocation of World Cup TV rights will be released on October 30.
Infantino loses a layer of protection as FIFA pressure backfires and Lauber probe added
September 24 – The pressure on FIFA president Gianni Infantino was ratcheted up a level this week as accusations were made in the Swiss parliament that FIFA was unduly attempting to influence the process.
Rogue ex-TTFA bosses continue on course of destruction as they abuse member wishes with court affidavit
By Paul Nicholson
September 24 – The ‘United TTFA’ missed the FIFA deadline by minutes to apply to withdraw their case against the world governing, but the rogue former TTFA officials look to have deliberately sabotaged the chances of getting a withdrawal by submitting within the affidavit by William Wallace statements that they have been “pressured” and “coerced” to withdraw.
Swiss prosecutor demands jail terms for PSG’s Al-Khelaifi and Valcke
September 23 – Swiss prosecutors have called for Paris Saint-Germain president and beIN Media supremo Nasser Al-Khelaifi, and former FIFA number two Jerome Valcke to go to jail for alleged corruption in the allocation of World Cup TV rights.
Neymar given 2-match ban but French will investigate racial abuse accusation
September 17 – Paris St-Germain’s Brazilian superstar Neymar has been banned for two games for his part in the brawl at the end of the fiery Ligue 1 game against arch-rivals Marseille last weekend.
FIFA signs anti-corruption MoU with UN but suspicions of reputation cleansing linger
By Paul Nicholson
September 16 – FIFA has signed a memorandum of understanding with anti-corruption agency, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) “to step up their joint cooperation to address threats posed by crime to sport,” said a FIFA press release.
FIFA-banned Valcke tells of personal cash crisis in TV rights corruption trial
September 16 – FIFA’s former number two Jerome Valcke told the second day of his tv rights corruption trial how he had struggled “with no income” since losing his job as Sepp Blatter’s right-hand man.
Swiss trial of Valcke and Al-Khelaifi stalls as Greek ‘third man’ fails to show in court
September 15 – The so-called “third man” in the corruption trial of FIFA’s disgraced former secretary general Jerome Valcke (pictured) and Paris Saint-Germain chief Nasser Al-Khelaifi failed to show up when the high-profile case began this week in the Swiss city of Bellinzona.
Whistleblower Pinto’s trial opens with claim he acted in public, not money, interest
By Andrew Warshaw
September 7 – Rui Pinto, the Portuguese whistleblower whose string of incriminating revelations shook the footballing world before he was controversially extradited from Hungary, has told a Lisbon court that he acted in order to expose corruption and was proud of it.
Frattini kicks off Sport Integrity Week with call to fight the mafia and for the ‘purity’ of sport
September 7 – SIGA chairman Franco Frattini kicked off the Sports Integrity Week of webinars with a strong call to action to all stakeholders in sports to be uncompromising in the battle against criminality.