September 24 – Social media sites are still buzzing with the sheer incredulity of it all. Bayern Munich’s Robert Lewandowski was already regarded as one of Europe’s most dangerous strikers but even he could not have anticipated what would happen when he stepped off the bench at half-time against Wolfsburg on Tuesday.
September 24 – Following a successful collaboration last year, the Qatar-based International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) has announced it will once again work with the Indian Super League (ISL) to safeguard the integrity of the league for the 2015 season.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 24 – Just as its executive committee began its latest session in what must be a distinctly uneasy atmosphere, FIFA have been asked by Swiss prosecutors to provide access to email accounts of suspended general secretary Jerome Valcke.
By Samindra Kunti
September 24 – Brazilian club Corinthians have entered into a new partnership with social media network Twitter. At the same time Corinthians are set to break the one million fan attendance mark this season.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 23 – Yet another of those arrested in Switzerland back in May as part of the FBI probe into widespread fraud is a step closer to facing justice in the US.
By Paul Nicholson
September 24 – The war on match-fixing and match-fixers requires a greater and more joined-up global co-operation and co-ordination, was the core message coming out of the UNESCO-ICSS MINEPS V meeting that concluded in Qatar last week.
By Samindra Kunti
September 24 – Brazil and FC Barcelona star Neymar has signed new personal sponsorship deals with Gillette in Latin America and Replay.
By Paul Nicholson
September 24 – Sylvia Schenk, the former German athlete and lawyer who leads the Sport working group of the Sport and Rights Alliance has said that Qataris have a “right to catapult themselves into modernity and I find it a very exciting development”, Referring to the programme of labour reform that Qatar has begun, she said that the “World Cup can be an accelerator for change beyond the infrastructure”.
By Tom Parsons
September 24 – Former Manchester United captain Gary Neville has agreed a deal to become a regular analyst on China’s Sina Sports network where he will link up with current pundits Carlo Ancelotti and Michael Owen.
By Mark Baber
September 23 – Barcelona, have asked the Spanish football federation and FIFA to allow them to play their summer acquisition Arda Turan, a player who was signed during their transfer ban, on the understanding he would not play until January, as soon as possible.
September 23 – Nigerian businessman Orji Uzor Kalu has become the latest prospective contender, little known outside his own Continent, to bid for the presidency of FIFA.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 23 – Prospective FIFA presidential candidate Zico may already be a rank outsider in the race to succeed Sepp Blatter but the Brazilian legend is talking as good a game as he showed on the field in a bid to upset the odds on February 26.
By Samindra Kunti
September 23 – DHL, the world’s leading logistics provider, has agreed a sponsorship deal with the Indian Super League, India’s premier professional football championship, for the upcoming 2015 season.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 23 – As the fallout from football’s unprecedented corruption scandal shows no sign of diminishing, FIFA are considering a possible new venue and date for its vital year-end executive committee meeting currently scheduled for Japan in December.
September 23 – Premier League champions Chelsea have been dealt a double blow on and off the field with yet more adverse publicity heaped on the club and their outspoken Portuguese manager Jose Mourinho.