Inside World Football
Inside World Football
  • Home
  • Asia
    • News
    • Competitions
    • Federations
    • Development
  • Europe
  • FIFA
  • Marketing
    • Broadcast
  • Finance
  • Match-fixing
  • Integrity
  • Performance

Performance

Kane is back and so is Mourinho with no-money excuses already in play

June 19 – Harry Kane is back, fit and ready to go. But is Tottenham Hotspur manager Jose Mourinho trying to get his excuses in early ahead of the club’s hugely anticipated opening game of the Premier League resumption against Manchester United tonight?

Read more …

Football Marketing

Inter make it 21, with launch of Turkish academy project

inter milan logo

June 19 – Italian giants Inter Milan have added their 21st international academy project with the launch of the Inter Academy Turkey in local partnership with 3H Sport Okullari, part of Altun Logisitics.

Read more …

Performance

Premier League returns but VAR once again provides the game changing talking point

June 18 – The Premier League resumed Wednesday night after being struck down by Covid-19, but what on earth happened to VAR?

Read more …

Europe

Lewandowski equals scoring record as Bayern wrap up 8th consecutive league title

June 17 – Bayern Munich wrapped up their eighth consecutive Bundesliga title on Tuesday night – in near silence.

Read more …

Performance

Empty stadia cut home advantage by half, say stats

June 15 – Matches may be severely lacking in atmosphere when the Premier League returns on Wednesday but  playing behind closed doors could prove a great leveller in terms of significantly helping away sides.

Read more …

Performance

Painkiller popping: TV report shines light on a German football pandemic

June 12 – German football has been rocked by a damning tv expose which claims players, both professional and amateur, suffer from a culture of over-reliance on painkillers as they race to recover from injury.

Read more …

Coronavirus

Linz title challenge derailed by coronavirus points penalty and an injury time defeat

June 4 – It is going from bad to worse for Austria’s LASK Linz who are seeing what would be only their second ever domestic league title slip away.

Read more …

Performance

If in doubt, kick him out. Data tracks trigger-happy clubs and the short lifespans of coaches

Red card

May 27 – The average lifespan of a head coach at a top tier club anywhere in the world is just 40.6 games, according to new data from the CIES Football Observatory.

Read more …

Football Americas

MLS expands talent id programme with US Youth Soccer hook-up

May 18 – Major League Soccer (MLS), who have abandoned their academy league structure, have announced a strategic partnership with US Youth Soccer (USYS) aimed at keeping open talent development pathways.

Read more …

Performance

African leagues top no-score draw rankings, Europe’s Big 5 are a goal-fest in comparison

May 13 – No goals but a great game is often one of the endearing features of the beautiful game. Similarly a drab 0-0 draw is as much a part of the football fan’s painful journey as the euphoric and not too often 3-0 in the local derby.

Read more …

Performance

No place for youth talent at Crystal Palace or Sheffield Utd, finds report

May 7 – Data analysing the amount of game time U21 professional players get in league worldwide has highlighted huge discrepancies between clubs and leagues in the opportunities given to young talent.

Read more …

Performance

First goal wins, 70% of the time, unless you are the Saints or Central Coast Mariners

April 28 – The importance of scoring the first goal is highlighted in a 92-league analysis by the CIES Football Observatory that found the team scoring first generally goes on to win in about 70% of matches.

Read more …

Performance

Neville to quit England job in July 2021 but no clarity on who will lead GB in Tokyo

April 24 – England women’s head coach Phil Neville will leave the job in July 2021 at the end of his contract, the English Football Association (FA) confirmed today.

Read more …

Performance

Skills Skool: Laguna United and Santa Monica Surf go head-to-head in social media challenge

April 23 – Matches may be off from grassroots through to professional levels, but two youth clubs in California are filling the competitive gap with a skills challenge played out between age group teams via social media. Having whet the appetite with their opening skirmish, they are opening up the challenge to clubs from around the world.

Read more …

Performance

England 4th in ranking of overseas players; Brazil, France and Argentina dominate

CIES logo

April 21 – Brazil remains top of the list of countries with most expatriate players plying their trade outside their countries, but England – whose players are historically reckoned to be the poorest travellers – are a surprising fourth in the ranking.

Read more …

  • Page 9 of 52
  • « First
  • ‹ Previous
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9 (current)
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • Next ›
  • Last »
Follow us:
  • Home
  • Search
  • Sign up for our daily news bulletin

4 questions for 4 leaders

android-app
ios-app

3rd Annual Rexsport IWF Forum

Columnists

  • Inside Insight
  • Mihir Bose
  • David Owen
  • Lee Wellings
  • John Yan
  • Andrew Warshaw
  • Osasu Obayiuwana
  • Matt Scott
  • Massimo Cecchini
  • Sports Law: Dr Laila Mintas
  • Richard van Poortvliet
  • Martin Volkmar

Latest News

  • Euro 2020: ticket holders given Jan cancellation deadline but no comfort on venues
  • England out in the cold as UEFA lines up its candidates for FIFA positions
  • NZ covid restrictions force Auckland out of Club World Cup
  • Centralised Champions League final format could return, says Rummenigge
  • China’s Suning opens talks on €900m sale of Inter Milan
  • About us
  • Contact
  • Privacy
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Acceptable Use Policy