By Andrew Warshaw
October 12 – An independent inquiry into police wrongdoing is to be carried out following the recently released report that highlighted a shocking cover-up relating to the 1989 Hillsborough stadium disaster.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Leaders in Football conference at Stamford Bridge in London
October 12 – Major League Soccer (MLS) Commissioner Don Garber says he disapproves of loaning players to European clubs in the off-season as he tries to enhance the credibility of the game in the United States.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Leaders in Football conference at Stamford Bridge in London
October 12 – The head of FIFA’s Referees Committee says he is completely against goal-line technology – in direct opposition to FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s stance.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 12 – Disgraced former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, who resigned from football in the wake of last year’s cash-for-votes scandal but is still a prominent politician in his native Trinidad and Tobago as National Security Minister, is once again under the spotlight – this time for allegedly exploiting his country’s own federation.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 12 – FIFA Executive Committee vice-president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan is pushing for a revolutionary corruption ranking system among FIFA members to make them more accountable when it comes to match-fixing and illegal betting.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 11 – Jeffrey Webb, President of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), was forced to pull out of the Leaders in Football conference in London when he fell ill on his transatlantic flight.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Leaders in Football conference at Stamford Bridge in London
October 11 – Singapore is using lie detector tests to try to cut down on match-fixing, according to the head of the country’s football federation.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Leaders in Football Conference at Stamford Bridge in London
October 10 – One of Italy’s most influential football officials, Juventus President Andrea Agnelli, waded into the John Terry racism row today by saying he didn’t understand why the former England captain had to face two separate hearings.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Leaders in Football Conference at Stamford Bridge in London
October 11 – The controversy over whether to switch the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar to the winter to avoid the searing June-July desert temperatures was reignited today – this time by one of Qatar’s very own ambassadors.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 10 – The Football Association of Wales (FAW) has expressed its support for UEFA President Michel Platini’s plan to push the 2020 European Championship finals across the entire continent.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Leaders in Football Conference at Stamford Bridge in London
October 10 – FIFA is to implement a new ticketing resale system for the 2014 World Cup designed to avoid the large swathes of empty seats that plagued the London 2012 Olympics, and the 2012 UEFA European Championship finals in Poland and Ukraine.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 10 – Construction of Qatar’s first stadium for the 2022 FIFA World Cup tournament will start next year, it has been confirmed.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 10 – Liverpool may be struggling on the field but their brand awareness overseas shows no sign of diminishing.
By David Gold
October 10 – Spain’s Marca Television has gained a package of La Liga rights from the Mediapro agency which shares league rights with Canal+.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 9 – After years of delays, postponements and foot-dragging, English football’s new £105 million ($170,000/€130,000) centre of excellence was finally opened today with the aim of revolutionising the game from grassroots to national level.