By Andrew Warshaw in Monaco
August 31 – UEFA President Michel Platini today reiterated that European football’s governing body would never embrace goal-line technology – and denounced FIFA boss Sepp Blatter for unilaterally supporting its implementation at the next World Cup.
By Andrew Warshaw in Monaco
August 31 – On the final day of the summer transfer window, President Michel Platini warned today that UEFA will not back down over plans to enforce sanctions against clubs who spend beyond their means.
By David Gold
August 30 – German Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund has announced record revenues of €215 million (£171 million/$270 million) for the 2011-12 season.
By David Gold
August 31 – Major League Soccer outfit Sporting Kansas City will continue to name their stadium after Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong Foundation, despite the cyclist’s decision not to fight doping allegations.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 30 – Just weeks after announcing a revamped Ethics Committee aimed at combating corruption as part of his road map to reform, FIFA President Sepp Blatter has criticised one of the body’s two independent chiefs.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 30 – Claims that a senior official in Asian football embezzled nearly $10 million (£6.3 million/€8 million) are being investigated in Malaysia, according to reports.
By David Gold
August 30 – Henri Michel has been named as the new coach of the Kenyan national team, replacing Francis Kimanzi after the country failed to qualify for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 30 – UEFA has appointed from within and chosen David Farrelly to become its new head of communications.
By David Gold
August 29 – Samuel Eto’o, arguably Africa’s greatest football export, has hit out at Cameroon’s “amateurism” and “bad management”, and insisted he will not return to play for the national team.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 29 – PAOK Salonika of Greece and Austria’s Rapid Vienna have both been hit with one-season bans – suspended for three years – by UEFA following crowd violence before a Europa League playoff match.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 29 – Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, who had an often fraught relationship with the international press during his controversial career at the top table of world football, is apparently negotiating buying two media outlets in his native Trinidad and Tobago.
By David Gold
August 29 – Goran Tufegdžić, the coach of the Kuwait national football team, has been shot in the chest, allegedly by a neighbour, and admitted to intensive care in hospital in a serious condition.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 28 – The Federal Administration of Public Income (AFIP), Argentina’s national tax agency, has suspended almost 150 football agents as part of a detailed investigation into alleged tax evasion involving player transfers to overseas clubs.
By David Gold
August 28 – Tunisian outfit Étoile du Sahel have been ejected from Africa’s Champions League after crowd disturbances during their losing match to compatriots Espérance earlier this month.
By David Gold
August 28 – A minute’s silence was observed at every Brazilian league match at the weekend after Félix, the country’s World Cup-winning goalkeeper in 1970, passed away aged 74.