By Andrew Warshaw
August 22 – Fresh details have emerged as to how the long-running Spanish broadcasting dispute, which threatened to disrupt the start of the season, was finally settled with a collective deal just prior to the new season.
By David Gold
August 21 – Football clubs using fewer players during the season will pick up better results, according to an analysis of the 2011-2012 season by the CIES Football Observatory.
By David Gold
August 21 – Football Federation Australia (FFA) chief executive Ben Buckley will leave his role following the conclusion of negotiations for a new broadcast deal.
By David Gold
August 20 – Lord Nimmo Smith has been appointed to chair a Scottish Premier League (SPL) inquiry into player payments at fallen giants Glasgow Rangers.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 20 – Anorthosis Famagusta have been thrown out of this season’s Europa League after crowd trouble forced the abandonment of their home game against Dila Gori at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 20 – The continuing fight against match-fixing has snared yet another alleged offender with UEFA banning Maltese international Kevin Sammut for 10 years, effectively spelling the end of the 31-year-old’s career.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 19 – Scandal-tarnished former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has claimed he has no case to answer after being linked in his homeland with a £250,000 ($392,000/€318,000) cheque he allegedly received from Qatar while involved with world football’s governing body.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 19 – Mohamed Bin Hammam’s efforts to clear his name hit the buffers once again today when the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) extended a provisional suspension of its former President by another 20 days while it continues to investigate allegations of financial wrongdoing when he was in charge.
By David Gold
August 19 – Australia’s youngsters are travelling to Bolivia to get used to playing at altitude before they start their World Cup qualifying campaign next month.
By David Gold
August 17 – Macedonian forward Adis Jahović has been given a 10-match ban by the Swiss Football League after telling a referee “if I see you after, I will kill you”.
By David Gold
August 17 – Israel’s national team were forced to use a decoy bus when leaving the Ferenc Puskás Stadium in Budapest after facing Hungary in a friendly this week.
By David Gold
August 17 – Pitch International has agreed an exclusive deal with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) to organise and promote the national team’s friendly games for the next decade.
By David Gold
August 16 – The South Korean player who unfurled a controversial sign supporting the country’s claim to sovereignty over the disputed Dokdo islands will continue to be exempt from military service despite being barred from collecting his Olympic bronze medal.
By David Gold
August 16 – Brazil has bid farewell to the famous stadium where they announced their arrival as a world football force at the World Cup in 1958.
By David Gold
August 16 – French stars Franck Ribéry and Karim Benzema are to be called before a judge to answer allegations that they paid a 16-year-old for sex.