By David Gold
April 11 – Zenit St Petersburg have been fined 100,000 rubles ($3,400/€2,600) after their fans (pictured left) were found guilty of racist chanting during a victory against Lokomotiv Moscow last week.
By David Gold
April 11 – Gérard Enault, the former head of the French Football Federation (FFF) and the head of the bidding committee for France’s successful hosting of the 1998 World Cup, has died.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 11 – Football disputes, such as late transfer payments, could in future be fast-tracked by clubs themselves rather than be dealt with by FIFA or the sporting courts.
By David Gold
April 10 – The Australian Football Federation (FFA) has been plunged into a new crisis after the billionaire owner of Newcastle Jets, Nathan Tinkler, decided to return his licence to operate the team in the A-League, citing an untenable relationship with the country’s governing body.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 10 – The biggest supporters group aligned to French club Olympique Marseille has taken the unusual step of urging their team to lose to title challengers Montpellier tomorrow – in order to stop Paris St. Germain (PSG) from clinching the trophy.
By David Gold
April 10 – UEFA President Michel Platini has been in Israel to visit the Shfayim technical and training centre near Tel Aviv, which was recently built with assistance from the HatTrick initiative.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 9 – Switching the Russian season to bring it into line with Western Europe has been attacked by veteran international midfielder Igor Semshov (pictured left) who says the revised schedule is killing the game in his country.
By David Gold
April 8 – Leading Russian football officials have denied the country has a particular problem with racism amid a spate of incidents since the league season resumed last month.
By David Gold
April 9 – Hope Solo (pictured), the Olympic gold medal winning goalkeeper of the United States women’s football team, has signed a sponsorship deal with Seiko Watches.
By David Gold
April 7 – The Australian Football Federation (FFA) has officially announced that Gold Coast United will be axed from next season’s A-League and replaced with a new team in West Sydney.
By David Gold
April 6 – The Australian Football Federation (FFA) has launched an initiative designed to encourage more indigenous Australians to take up the sport.
By David Gold
April 6 – Former France winger David Ginola (pictured) has lost his defamation and slander case against former national team coach Gérard Houllier over comments made following a World Cup 1994 qualifier.
By David Gold
April 5 – Spartak Moscow is creating a programme to help tackle racism and anti-semitism in Russian football, its owner Leonid Fedun has revealed.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 5 – The administrators trying to save Scottish giants Glasgow Rangers received four “best and final” bids from prospective new buyers for the ailing club by the deadline yesterday.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 4 – UEFA have fined Porto €20,000 (£17,000/$26,000) after a section of fans racially abused Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli during a Europa League game in February.