By Paul Nicholson
January 19 – Cracks look to be appearing in FIFA’s suffocating dominance of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), divisions that could signal a weakening FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s powerbase within his core support.
January 19 – Just a week after the playing of the Supercoppa Frecciarossa between Inter and Juventus, Serie A have launched their latest limited edition NFT collection on Crypto.com.
January 19 – The trial of Wales manager Ryan Giggs over alleged domestic violence has been delayed until August 8 – due to a lack of court space.
January 19 – Real Madrid and Spain legend Francisco ‘Paco’ Gento, the only player to have won the old European Cup six times, has died aged 88.
January 19 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) has continued to gather new members and supporters with the signing of what is described as a ‘large scale’ co-operation agreement with the Government of the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal.
By Samindra Kunti
January 18 – Club Brugge’s Vincent Mannaert (pictured) has retained his six-month mandate to lead the Pro League, even after he was named as one of 57 suspects in operation ‘Clean Hands’.
January 18 – In a snub to FIFA, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has overturned a decision to suspend Pape Gueye from the African Cup of Nations with the Marseille midfielder now free to play for Senegal.
January 18 – Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang insists he departed the Africa Cup of Nations due to medical reasons and played down speculation of a disciplinary breach.
January 18 – Burnley vs Leicester has become the latest Premier League game to be postponed because of Covid-19 and injuries among home players.
January 18 – An economic and social impact report highlights the contribution of the Premier League to brand Britain, as well as the important social role it plays within the UK and in England in particular.
January 18 – An amnesty for yellow cards in European qualifying for the World Cup has lifted the threat of suspension for dozens of players involved in the playoffs in March.
By David Owen
January 18 – Brentford, the West London club whose finances have been transformed by promotion to the top tier for the first time since 1946-47, have produced figures for the year to end-June 2021, their promotion season.
January 18 – Less than two months after being snubbed for the Ballon d’Or, Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski beat Argentine superstar Lionel Messi and Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah to pick up the FIFA best men’s player award for 2021.
January 18 – AS Monaco launches its $ASM Fan Token on the Socios.com app today (January 18), priced €2 per token.
January 18 – French Ligue 1 club Girondins de Bordeaux have ended their shirt sponsorship deal Winamax after the club decided it had had enough of a series of mocking tweets from its online bookmaking partner.