Football League appoint new chairman
March 12 – The Football League have appointed Greg Clarke (pictured), the former chief executive of Cable and Wireless Communications, to be their new chairman.
Togo keeper threatens to sue “savages” CAF over shooting
March 13 – Togo goalkeeper Kodjovi Obilale (pictured) fears he will never play again and is planning to sue the Confederation of African Football (CAF), he has announced.
Bristol City move closer to new stadium in time for 2018 World Cup
March 12 – Bristol City’s hopes of being able to build a new £92 million stadium in time for the World Cup in 2018 if England’s bid to host the tournament is successful has moved an important step closer.
Blatter breaks silence over goal-line technology
By Andrew Warshaw
March 11 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has defended the decision to permanently ditch goal-line technology by insisting it was the only way of preserving the way the game is played at all levels.
Top award for insideworldfootball editor
March 8 – Duncan Mackay (pictured), the editor of insideworldfootball, has tonight been voted the Internet Writer of the Year at the annual British Sports Journalists’ Association (SJA) Awards dinner in London.
Mihir Bose: Will the Red Knights plan to buy Manchester United go the way of Project Merlin?
A walk down memory lane is not always a game for the old. But it can be very useful for the football fan.
It is this thought that makes me ask: will the Red Knights plan to buy Manchester United go the way of Project Merlin?
Andrew Warshaw: Football takes backward step
By Andrew Warshaw
It will go down as the day football’s lawmakers decided they knew better than fans, players, managers and referees alike. And you had to be there to believe it.
Technology kicked into touch
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
March 6 – Football’s traditionalist lawmakers today slammed the door permanently shut on goalline technology, in the process over-ruling both the English and Scottish FAs who were adamant it should have been given further investigation.
Fourth official and goal line technology on IFAB agenda
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
March 5 – Giving the fourth official a greater say in decision-making and another attempt to introduce goalline technology are the main items on the agenda at Saturday’s annual meeting of the International FA Board, the game’s rule-makers comprising FIFA and the four British Home Associations.
Interpol mounts biggest ever World Cup security operation
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
March 5 – Interpol will mount its biggest ever joint intelligence gathering operation for a sports event at this summer’s World Cup, the organisation’s security chief said today.
Porto chief calls for more Champions League money
By Andrew Warshaw in Manchester
March 3 – European clubs who fail to qualify for the Champions League should be given a greater percentage of the tournament’s revenues, according to Arsenal’s next opponents in the competition.
Old firm clubs warned over separate TV deals
By Andrew Warshaw in Manchester
March 3 – Celtic and Rangers face expulsion from the Scottish Premier League (SPL) if they dare try to negotiate their own television deals, warns SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster (pictured).
Garber hails progress of MLS
By Andrew Warshaw in Manchester
March 3 – Don Garber (pictured), the Commissioner of the Major League Soccer (MLS), says football in his country has come on leaps and bounds but still has a long way to go to match the established sports in the United States.
Exclusive: Top UEFA executive attacks football’s ills
By Andrew Warshaw in Manchester
March 3 – Former UEFA general secretary David Taylor (pictured) has attacked football’s spiralling debt and says measures must be implemented to stop the situation getting out of control.