Giggs cleared of assault as retrial abandoned after prosecutors withdraws charges
July 18 – Former Manchester United star and ex-Wales manager Ryan Giggs has been cleared of allegations he assaulted his ex-girlfriend and her sister.
Legal
Portuguese court postpones verdict on Football Leaks whistleblower Rui Pinto
July 12 – A Lisbon court on Tuesday postponed a verdict in the trial of Rui Pinto, the infamous whistleblower whose string of incriminating revelations shook the footballing world before he was controversially extradited from Hungary to his native Portugal.
Haiti’s Jean-Bart remains free to return after Swiss court backs CAS sex-abuse ruling
July 7 – Swiss federal judges have dismissed FIFA’s appeal against a ruling that overturned its life ban on Yves Jean-Bart, the former president of Haiti’s football federation, for alleged sexual abuse of women’s national team players.
Unplugged. Fleetwood owner Pilley jailed for energy scam
July 5 – The owner of a professional English third-tier club has been jailed for 13 years after being found guilty of fraud and money laundering totalling around £15 million.
Modric and Lovren face new Croatian trial over transfer fraud
July 3 – Two of Croatia’s biggest stars, Real Madrid’s veteran midfielder Luka Modric and former Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren, have been charged for a second time in their homeland for allegedly giving false testimony about financial deals with a former Dinamo Zagreb director who was sentenced for embezzlement and tax fraud.
Former Conmebol boss and FifaGate crim, Juan Ángel Napout, to get early release
July 3 – Disgraced former Conmebol president Juan Ángel Napout is to be released from a federal prison in the United States and deported after serving 5 1/2 years of his sentence for his role in the FifaGate scandal.
A prison sentence that says much about English football
June 8 – In late May, a news story broke that detailed the conviction of a gang of five men for running illegal streams of Premier League football.
Pirates sunk: Illegal streaming gang jailed after Premier League wins High Court case
May 31- An illegal streaming gang who offered cut-price subscriptions for Premier League matches to more than 50,000 customers have been jailed.
Juve attempt plea deal to end legal proceedings early and keep Conference League slot
May 30 – Juventus have had their second trial for financial misconduct brought forward to today, from June 15, after agreeing a plea agreement with the FIGC Federal National Court.
FIFA’s new agency commission regs face legal challenge for breaking competition rules
May 26 – FIFA’s new agency regulation is under attack with the latest assault coming in Germany where the District Court of Dortmund has provisionally prohibited FIFA and the German Football Association (DFB) from “enforcing, implementing or applying” the new rules.
Shakhtar go to war with FIFA over €80m cost of ripping up of Ukranian player contracts
May 25 – FC Shakhtar has responded to the extension of FIFA’s suspension of player and coaching contract with Ukrainian clubs saying it could mean losses of €80 million.
Real Madrid lose €400m claim against IPIC for ending its deal to sponsor Bernabéu revamp
May 15 – Real Madrid have lost a claim for €400 million in the Court of International Trade in Paris for the breaking of a sponsorship agreement with the International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) in 2017.
Cardiff lose Sala appeal in Swiss courts but now open a criminal case against Nantes
May 10 – The ongoing and ugly dispute over the transfer to Cardiff City of Emiliano Sala from Nantes saw another loss to Cardiff in the in the Swiss Federal Court in Lausanne.
FIFA and Infantino face new defamation case over attempts to gag challenge to agent rules
May 3 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino is once again in the crosshairs of Swiss justice. The football boss as well as two other FIFA executives are the subject of a criminal investigation for “slander” by local authorities in Fribourg in a dispute with Swiss lawyer Philippe Renz.
Spanish court forces RFEF to halt rigged VAR tender process
April 25 – A commercial court in Madrid has provisionally suspended the VAR tender for LaLiga that was being run by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).