By Andrew Warshaw at the Sorbonne University in Paris
September 11 – A new initiative aimed at raising awareness among young athletes of the dangers of match-fixing and manipulating results was launched here today in a joint enterprise between the Qatar Olympic Committee and the International Centre for Sports Security (ICSS).
By David Gold
September 11 – A number of teams with outstanding payments have had their prize money from UEFA withheld pending a further investigation.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 11 – Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, who resigned from all football activities in the wake of last year’s cash-for-votes scandal, appears to have survived the latest attempt by political opponents to topple him from Government in his native Trinidad and Tobago.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 11 – Wembley Stadium is in advanced discussions with several companies over a possible naming-rights deal, according to the BBC.
By David Gold
September 11 – A bill to toughen match-fixing laws in Russian football is set to be submitted to the lower house of the country’s Parliament later this year.
By David Gold
September 10 – Brazilian outfit São Paulo have signed a new shirt sponsorship agreement with Semp Toshiba, in a R$23 million (£7.1 million/$11 million/€8.6 million) a year deal running through until the end of 2014.
By David Gold
September 10 – The Egyptian Sports Ministry has delayed the start of the new Premier League season for a month, after fans attacked the country’s Football Association headquarters.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 10 – Jacques Anouma, one of Africa’s leading football administrators, has denounced the recent ruling banning anyone from outside the continent’s inner sanctum from challenging Issa Hayatou for the presidency of Confederation of African Football (CAF).
By Andrew Warshaw
September 10 – Kosovo’s hopes of playing international football have been raised by UEFA President Michel Platini hinting that a favourable solution might be found in the next couple of months.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 9 – Over one third of top footballers have been riskily using food supplements to enhance their performance, according to FIFA, even though there is no scientific evidence to prove they have any benefit.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 7 – The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), the not-for-profit organisation based in Qatar, highlighted a number of pressing needs to make sport events safer when its officials attended this week’s Sponsors Sports Venue Summit in Munich.
By David Gold
September 7 – Goran Tufegdžić, the coach of the Kuwaiti national football team, has come out of a coma after being shot last month by a neighbour in his native Serbia.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 7 – Australian soccer has broken new ground with Sydney FC’s signing of iconic Italian playmaker Alessandro Del Piero.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 7 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has written to the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) to express his regret following the death of 29-year-old striker Victor Brännström, the latest footballer to collapse on the field of play.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 6 – The much-maligned Europa League, the UEFA Cup in its former guise, has gained strong support from Europe’s top club coaches who believe it is now a credible tournament in its own right.