By David Gold
August 11 – Players in Spain have announced that they will go on strike for the opening two rounds of fixtures in La Liga and the Segunda Liga, Luis Rubiales, the President of the Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE), has confirmed.
By David Gold
August 9 – Newly promoted Atalanta will start the Serie A season with a six point penalty for their role in the match fixing affair which has rocked Italy, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) confirmed today.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 9 – England’s decision to postpone tomorrow night’s prestige friendly with the Netherlands because of the widespread rioting in London reverberated around the world as Football Association chairman David Bernstein (pictured) admitted he was not able to guarantee the safety of players.
By David Gold
August 8 – A rift between the Italian league and players in Serie A has widened after all 20 captains of top flight teams signed a letter demanding that a dispute over a new collective player rights deal be resolved before the season starts, as the threat of a players strike increases.
By David Gold
August 5 – France’s former national team coach Raymond Domenech has agreed a €975,000 (£850,000/$1.4 million) compensation deal with the French Football Federation (FFF), bringing to an end the dispute following his sacking after the disastrous World Cup campaign in South Africa last year.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 4 – The war of words between club and country continued today when the head of the European Club Association (ECA), Karl Heinze Rummenigge (pictured), suggested Sepp Blatter was no longer fit to run FIFA.
By David Gold
August 3 – AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani (pictured) has warned that Italian clubs need to renovate or build new stadiums to avoid falling behind France in UEFA’s coefficient rankings, after having dropped below Germany’s Bundesliga last season.
By Andrew Warshaw in Rio de Janeiro
July 31 – UEFA President Michel Platini has warned European football’s giants not to set up a breakaway league or risk being thrown out of all competitions.
By David Gold
July 28 – Atalanta and Chievo Verona will face an Italian Football Federation (FIGC) disciplinary hearing next week as part of the ongoing investigation into match fixing in the country.
By David Gold
July 25 – Hugh Dallas has settled a dispute with the Scottish Football Association (SFA) out of court over an email he sent which mocked the Pope.
By David Gold
July 22 – Fenerbahçe chairman Aziz Yıldırım has denied to a court any involvement in the match fixing scandal engulfing Turkish football and has also told the club’s fans that he would be stepping down from his post after the conclusion of the issue.
By David Gold
July 20 – Juventus have said they intend to pursue their petition to have Inter Milan’s 2006 Serie A title taken away after the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) ruled that it did not have the authority to make such a ruling.
By David Gold
July 19 – Singaporean Wilson Raj Perumal has been sentenced to two years in prison by a Finnish court for his role in a match fixing scandal in the country, while nine players have been spared jail and instead were handed suspended sentences for their part in the affair.
By David Gold
July 17 – Israeli giants Beitar Jerusalem have been sold to US businessmen Dan Adler and Adam Levine (pictured), who have pledged to stamp out racism at the club, whose fans have a history of anti-Arab chanting.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 14 – Spanish football officials are setting up a crack monitoring unit to make sure none of their clubs fall foul of UEFA’s financial fair play regulations.