By Andrew Warshaw in Nyon
September 27 – Germany won the right to stage the 2024 European Championship today as Turkey’s dreams of taking the tournament to new frontiers were once again rejected by UEFA’s executive committee.
By Andrew Warshaw in Nyon
September 26 – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin faces one of the most challenging decisions of his two-year tenure tomorrow when UEFA votes on who will stage Euro 2024.
September 26 – Chelsea’s Russian billionaire owner Roman Abramovich has been denied Swiss residency because police believed he could be a threat to public security, according to explosive previously confidential information.
September 25 – Germany’s Euro 2024 bid team have made a point during their campaign of stressing that the country’s entire fan base are behind hosting the event.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 24 – Somebody has to lose. But as their respective delegations head for UEFA headquarters in Switzerland ahead of this week’s vote to decide who stages Euro 2024, head-to-head rivals Germany and Turkey have issued equally bullish reactions to the all-important evaluation report into both candidates’ credentials.
September 24 – Corsica wants to become the latest country to join FIFA citing the case of Gibraltar as evidence that it has a right to become an independent footballing nation.
September 24 – LaLiga’s plans to play one game per season in the United States has suffered a further setback with Real Madrid president Florentino Perez (pictured) saying his club would never agree to playing a league match overseas.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 21 – With just under a week to go until the battle to stage the 2024 Euros reaches its denouement, head-to-head rivals Germany and Turkey are stepping up the rhetoric to try and get over the line in what promises to be a result every bit as close the Turks’ bid for 2016 when they lost by one vote eight years ago.
September 21 – The fierce debate over controversial plans to play a top-flight La Liga game in the United States has taken a significant twist with the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) blocking the idea, putting them in direct conflict with the league.
September 20 – Liverpool’s Croatian World Cup defender Dejan Lovren has been charged with perjury in the trial of ex-officials of Dinamo Zagreb, his former club.
September 20 – French club Lyon say they will ban for life a fan who appeared to give a Nazi salute during the team’s surprise Champions League win at Manchester City on Wednesday.
September 19 – The chaotic start to Italian Serie B was thrown into further confusion following a court ruling that (disputedly) suspended the league until October 9.
September 18 – After a protracted summer courtship, it has now been confirmed that Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis is joining AC Milan, following manager Arsene Wenger out of the north London club and marking the end of an era.
September 18 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has stepped into the row over LaLiga’s plans to schedule a top-flight match in the United States by saying home games should “not be played in a foreign country.”
September 18 – UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin who is up for re-election next February 7 and UEFA’s Congress in Rome, has been given the backing of the Austrian FA (ÖFB).