By David Gold
September 21 – José Mourinho and Real Madrid are taking legal action against a journalist for the Madrid sports daily Marca after comments he made about the Portuguese coach this week.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 21 – UEFA is coming under pressure to investigate the latest claims of racism in European football, this time by visiting Lazio fans at Tottenham Hotspur’s North London White Hart Lane stadium during last night’s Europa League game, which ended goalless.
By Emily Goddard
September 20 – Barcelona have put their clout behind a new initiative to encourage 28 million people across Europe to quit smoking.
By David Gold September
19 – Russian second tier outfit FC Tom Tomsk may be facing a boycott of a cup game with CSKA Moscow due to a dispute over unpaid wages.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 19 – Although not nearly as serious as the dramatic fall from grace suffered by their arch-rivals Rangers, Glasgow’s other giants Celtic have announced losses of £7 million ($11 million/€9 million) for the year to the end of June.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 19 – Racism remains a “significant problem” in British football and stewards need additional training to help weed out the culprits, according to a Government committee report.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 17 – Juventus coach Antonio Conte will be conspicuous by his absence when the Italians visit defending champions Chelsea for the opening series of Champions league games on Wednesday (September 19).
By Andrew Warshaw
September 17 – Sporting Lisbon has criticised UEFA’s decision to name it among 23 clubs who have not fulfilled their financial obligations.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 17 – More than a third of Europe’s professional footballers are not receiving their salaries in full according to Theo van Seggelen, the head of the game’s international players’ union.
By David Gold
September 16 – Real Madrid have recorded revenues of €514 million (£414 million/$670 million) for the 2011-2012 season, a seven per cent increase on last year’s figures.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 13 – Twenty-four hours after an apology from Prime Minister David Cameron over the Hillsborough disaster cover-up, the English Football Association today said it, too, was sorry for having selected the stadium in the first place – although not everyone has accepted the apology.
By David Gold
September 13 – Three doctors are being investigated for manslaughter in connection with the death of Italian player Piermario Morosini in a Serie B match earlier this year.
By David Gold
September 13 – Austrian side Rapid Vienna have appealed against a decision from UEFA that means they will have to play their next European match behind closed doors.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 13 – The Europa League, which kicks off next week with its strongest ever field, is to be sponsored for the next three years by Western Union in one of football’s most innovative and original partnerships.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 12 – Twenty-three years after the event, British Prime Minister David Cameron today apologised for what he described as “deeply distressing” new evidence about the 1989 Hillsborough disaster and the circumstances in which 96 people died.