By Ben Nicholson
June 15 – New York Knicks basketball star Carmelo Anthony has joined the elite club of celebrity athlete owners of football clubs playing in the North American Soccer League (NASL) by creating his own team in his ancestral home of Puerto Rico.
By Mark Baber
June 15 – Croatia faces severe sanctions from UEFA, possibly including disqualification from Euro 2016, after their televised qualifier against Italy, played behind closed doors in Split due to earlier incidents of racism by Croatian supporters, went ahead with a swastika marked out on the pitch.
June 14 – US senator Richard Blumenthal has written to US soccer president Sunil Gulati expressing discontent about Team USA’s investigation into the domestic violence charges filed against US goalkeeper, two-time Olympic gold medalist, Hope Solo.
By David Owen
June 15 – The news and business information group Dow Jones is moving to exploit the drive for better corporate governance in the sports sector by launching Dow Jones Sports Intelligence, a new offshoot of its existing due diligence business, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance.
By David Owen
June 14 – The multi-club, multinational marketing platform offered by City Football Group (CFG) has received a new vote of confidence in the shape of a multi-year partnership with MusclePharm Corporation, a sports nutrition company.
By Paul Nicholon
June 15 – Although Manchester United are playing catch-up with Arsenal and Chelsea in the Twitter league rankings, when it comes to Facebook it is a different story with the club completely smashing their Premier League rivals, according to the Insideworldfootball Facebook ranking stats.
From the days of Mrs Astor’s New York, and probably long before, all networks have had their must-attend parties. The annual summer party thrown by the late Sir David Frost, the media personality, is a good example of the sort of thing I have in mind. This past week in Lausanne, there was no doubting the invitation that those hooked into the Olympic “network” most wanted to get their hands on: it was for the June 8 reception to mark the inauguration of the new Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Headquarters,
By Samindra Kunti
June 11 – The 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup has caught the imagination of the fans and TV viewers, but ultimately the success of the tournament may depend on host nation Canada’s fortunes.
By Mark Baber
June 11 – In an open letter, sent to the 26,000 clubs organised in the German Football Association (DFB) and published on the DFB web site, DFB president Wolfgang Niersbach has put forward a 10-point plan for FIFA reform. With the battle for control of football about to enter a critical phase, Niersbach suggests ending the current system of one member one vote in FIFA decision-making.
By Mark Baber
June 11- The latest study by market research company Repucom has again ranked Cristiano Ronaldo top of the list of European as well as the world’s most marketable football players.
By Mark Baber
June 11 – Whilst former FIFA executive Jack Warner on Tuesday used his own newspaper to blast the US investigation against him, it has become clear that the news agenda on the FIFA corruption crisis is being driven by selective leaking from inside the US Department of Justice.
June 11 – CONCACAF has postponed its U15 Boys Championship originally scheduled to be played in the Cayman Islands and Jamaica this August until further notice.
June 11 – After a traumatic two weeks, it is almost business as usual at CONCACAF. Today national teams qualified for the Gold Cup announced their provisional 35 player rosters for the July tournament. While on the commercial side the confederation for north and central America and the Caribbean announced a new Gold Cup sponsor.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 10 – A new FIFA president could be in place by Christmas according to the time scale being put in place to replace Sepp Blatter. As developments move on apace in the wake of Blatter’s dramatic decision to step down, reports suggest that mid-December could be the date when football’s world governing body enters a new era at an extraordinary Congress.
By Paul Nicholson
June 10 – FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke has said that the vote to award the host country for the World Cup 2026 needs to be postponed in light of the current events circling FIFA.