By Paul Nicholson
September 21 – The start of the Rugby World Cup in England has not dampened enthusiasm for Premier League soccer with the league recording the highest capacity percentage (96.07%) overall since the opening day of the season.
By Paul Nicholson
September 21 – The South American marketers accused of offering bribes to secure commercial rights for major regional tournaments took the next steps along the judicial process in New York and Argentina. Meanwhile in Trinidad, Jack Warner is scheduled to get a ruling on his potential extradition to the US today.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 21 – Despite a string of examples of racism in Russian football and resultant sanctions by the game’s authorities, former national team captain Alexei Smertin (pictured) insists it is not an issue in his country.
September 21 – The global auditing firm KPMG has launched an internal review of its Swiss subsidiary that is responsible for the audit of FIFA according to the Swiss media.
By Ben Nicholson
September 21 – A week prior to the release date of videogame FIFA 16, some female national team players have been reluctantly removed from the game for precautionary reasons.
By Ben Nicholson
September 21 – CONCACAF is considering changing the dates of its Champions League competition to a single a year campaign, more in line with the current MLS season schedule.
By David Owen
September 18 – Arsenal, the North London football club, have announced a five-fold increase in annual profits thanks in part to its property business. This property arm contributed £13.4 million – or just over half – to a pre-tax profit for the Arsenal Holdings group of £24.7 million for the year ended 31 May 2015.
September 20 – Steven Gerrard’s commitment to LA Galaxy has came under scrutiny in the last week as he missed training ahead of an important weekend fixture. Gerrard returned to the UK and was in London doing punditry for the BT Sport channel during the midweek European Champions League fixtures.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 18 – Citing what it described as the “shocking imbalance” between the respective rights of clubs and players, the international players’ union FIFpro has lodged an official legal complaint with the European Commission in a move that could overhaul the entire transfer system.
By Andrew Warshaw and Samindra Kunti
September 18 – FIFA have sanctioned Belgian second-tier club FC Seraing with a two-year transfer ban and a fine of $155,000 after it was revealed that investment fund group Doyen had added €300,000 to the club’s budget in exchange for 30% of some players’ rights.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 18 – UEFA expressed its disappointment and sadness today at the “very serious” latest allegations to strike at the heart of an increasingly discredited FIFA, saying the shock suspension of FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke continued to tarnish the organisation’s image.
By Mark Baber
September 19 – Turkish Football Federation (TTF) Vice President Hüsnü Güreli (pictured) has said that the country’s 18 Super League clubs have managed to amass a debt of TL 3.5 billion ($1.66 billion) whilst money owed to them only amounted to TL 478 million ($160 million).
By Paul Nicholson
September 18 – The first full week of club business after the international break has seen a greater increase in tweets across the board at Premier League clubs. It is also a week that saw Manchester United break the 6 million overall follower mark.
September 18 – Brazil, South Africa, Portugal, Costa Rica, Ukraine, Chile, Mexico, Romania are in contention for the Homeless World Cup men’s competition as the Trophy Stage begins today and completes tomorrow. You can watch the matches live and free on Insideworldfootball at http://bit.ly/1USI6J7
By Ben Nicholson
September 18 – The official naming of LAFC has been formally decreed. They are to be called, LAFC – Los Angeles Football Club.