By Matt Scott
July 30 – The Premier League club Cardiff City yesterday appointed as chairman a man who until recently led a company under investigation by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office [SFO] amid allegations of corruption and bribery.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 29 – Three weeks before the start of the next English Premier League season, a new club-versus-country spat has broken out with Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore staunchly defending his organisation and insisting it is not to blame for successive failures of the England national team.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 26 – Senegalese striker Papiss Cisse has patched up his differences with Newcastle United and has now agreed to wear the club’s Wonga logo despite his religious beliefs.
By Mark Baber
July 23 – Manchester United are looking to restore the words ‘Football Club’ to the club badge – a move which makes great business sense, as millions of fans will be looking to update their merchandise. But the stated motive behind the change is to emphasise Manchester United is a football club and “not a business”.
By Mark Baber
July 19 – Liverpool FC and Standard Chartered Bank today announced a two year extension to their main sponsor agreement, understood to be worth £20 million a year, to take it up to the end of the 2015/16 season.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 19 – As expected, England’s Premier League has wasted no time criticising proposals to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the winter, slamming the idea as “neither workable nor desirable”.
By Mark Baber
July 18 – Striker Papiss Cisse is not participating in Newcastle United’s tour to Portugal, as the dispute between the player and his club escalates over the club’s insistence that he wear the logo of legal loan-sharks Wonga on his shirt, against his personal Muslim beliefs.
By Mark Baber
July 17 – The Premier League, supported by UEFA and other sports organisations, secured a landmark judgment in the High Court on Tuesday requiring the six main UK-based Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block access to live streaming site First Row Sports.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 16 – Al Jazeera’s increasing influence as a major player in televised sport has been underlined by the announcement that the Qatar-based broadcaster has bought exclusive rights to screen England’s Premier League in the Middle East and North Africa for three years starting with the coming season.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 15 – Mohamed Al Fayed, one of the most colourful figures in English football, has ended his 16-year stint as boss of Fulham by selling the iconic west London club to Shahid Khan (pictured on left of Fayed), owner of NFL side Jacksonville Jaguars in the United States.
By Tom Parsons
July 12 – Manchester City have announced plans to expand the capacity of their Etihad Stadium up to 60,000 from its current 47,805 capacity. If the plans are approved, the home of the Citizens will be the third largest in the Premier League – behind Arsenal and biggest rivals Manchester United.
By Paul Nicholson
July 5 – Premier League giants Liverpool have announced a pre-season schedule that will see them play in Indonesia, Australia, Thailand, Dublin and Norway – topped and tailed with an opener in nearby Preston and Steven Gerrard’s testimonial game at Anfield, a fixture that has extra special significance since it will also be the first live match aired on the new BT Sport TV channel.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 4 – The battle for brand supremacy in Asia has been stepped up with Manchester City announcing they have struck a two-year regional deal with Thailand’s fast-growing est Cola company which will become the Abu Dhabi-owned club’s official soft drinks partner in the country.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 2 – Manchester United have announced yet another new sponsor – specifically to co-incide with their pre-season tour of Thailand. United, who won their 20th English league title in May, have struck a three-year deal with Thai telecommunications group True Corporation Plc though no figure has been made public on the agreement.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 1 – FIFA president Sepp Blatter insists the Confederations Cup, which concluded on Sunday with Brazil’s resounding 3-0 win over Spain, rose above the mass street protests that co-incided with the tournament.