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Romanian club calls for ban on CEOs sitting on the subs bench

Cornel Sfaiter

By Jaroslaw Adamowski
August 19 – While Romanian football continues to be rocked by corruption-related scandals, the latest proposal put forward by one of the clubs to introduce more transparency into the Romanian league has sparked controversy. Cornel Sfaiter (pictured), chief executive of Romania’s FC Botosani, has suggested that the chief executives of the clubs competing in the country’s top tier, Liga I, should no longer be allowed to watch matches played by their sides from the subs benches.

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Legia lose CAS appeal but hold out for financial compensation

Legia Warsaw fans

By Andrew Warshaw
August 19 – Legia Warsaw’s last-ditch attempt to seek what they perceive as sporting justice has failed after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected their bid to be provisionally reinstated in the Champions League, clearing the way for Scottish champions Celtic to take on Maribor on Wednesday in the final playoff round.

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St Petersburg hosts UEFA scrutineers in bid to add 2020 to hosting plans

Zenit Arena plan

August 19 – St Petersburg is looking beyond FIFA World Cup 2018 and this past weekend hosted a UEFA delegation inspecting candidate cities to be one of the 13 host venues for the Euro 2020 tournament.

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Transparency International signs on with clubs for match-fixing battle

Frederic Thiriez

August 18 – European leagues have joined forces with the anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International to promote an awareness campaign on how to avoid match-fixing amid concerns that the internet has given the fraudsters more ammunition than ever.

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Infront secures four more years to their package of German sales rights

DFB Cup

August 18 – Infront Sports & Media has signed a four-year deal for the international media distribution rights to World Champions Germany for home friendly matches, as well as the rights to the DFB Cup.

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One year on CSKA Sofia shows financial stability and transparency

Tomov CSKA

By Alexander Krassimirov
August 18 – CSKA Sofia’s board has given a breakdown of what has been a turbulent past financial year. The President Alexander Tomov (pictured) and CEO Alexander Todorov took charge of CSKA a year ago, when the club was facing bankruptcy.

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Poland to scrap supporters’ cards in bid to boost attendances

Polish fans

By Jaroslaw Adamowski
August 15 – In a bid to boost attendance of football matches in Poland, the parliament’s Physical Culture and Sports commission has unveiled a legislative proposal to scrap supporters’ cards which are currently a prerequisite for attending Polish league matches. Under the plan, the cards will be cancelled in the 2015/2016 season.

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FIFPro calls for new Italian chief Tavecchio to apologise publicly in Rome

Carlo Tavecchio

August 15 – World players union FIFPro has questioned whether newly-elected Italian football federation (FIGC) president Carlo Tavecchio is suitable for the job following his racist comments about African players.

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Legia lose UEFA appeal but now head for CAS over ‘prison sentence’ penalty

Henning Berg

By Andrew Warshaw
August 15 – Legia Warsaw are to take their Champions League expulsion to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) as their usually mild-mannered coach Henning Berg accused UEFA of imposing a jail sentence-like penalty for a minor offense and ignoring their own policy over fair play.

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Sparks fly as Rojo wrangle causes fury at Sporting and Doyen

Marcos Rojo

By Matt Scott
August 15 – Manchester United’s approach for Marcos Rojo (pictured) has descended into open conflict between Sporting Clube de Portugal and the player-investment firm that claims a substantial financial interest in the Argentina international defender.

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Ibrahimovic digs deep to send ‘the unknown Swedes’ to Brazil World Cup

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

August 14 – Zlatan Ibrahimovic has donated £30,000 to the Swedish intellectually disabled team in order to get them to the 2015 Inas Football World Cup that has just kicked off. The tournament is for para-athletes with an intellectual disability and will be held in Sao Paolo, Brazil from August 13-23.

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Ukraine demands RFU is sanctioned after Crimean clubs make Russian debuts

Ukraine and Russian flags

By Mark Baber
August 13 – The Crimean clubs of TSK Simferopol, SKChF Sevastopol and Zhemchuzhina Yalta played their first games in the Russian Cup last night, triggering calls from Ukraine’s football federation to FIFA and UEFA to sanction the Russian Football Union (RFU) for bringing Crimean clubs into its league structure.

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Doing the right thing – the case for Celtic staying in and Legia out

Celtic players

August 13 – Today UEFA will hear Legia Warsaw’s appeal against the 3-0 sanction that turned their 6-1 Champions League qualifying round win over Celtic into a 4-4 draw, and the Scots going through on away goals. The sanction sparked mass comment with multiple emotions unleashed. Legia fans bombarded Celtic, UEFA and anyone who would listen with requests and then demands that Celtic should withdraw.

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Italians elect former fraudster Tavecchio to presidency despite racist comments

Carlo Tavecchio

By Mark Baber
August 12 – Carlo Tavecchio has been elected as the new president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) despite having caused controversy with racist remarks during his election campaign and having spent 18 months in prison for offences including forgery, tax evasion, falsification of records and abuse of office.

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Synot bets on club loyalty campaign to boost Czech attendances

By Jaroslaw Adamowski
August 12 – Betting operator Synot, title sponsor of the top tier of the Czech football league, has opened talks with clubs to implement a programme aimed at increasing match attendances.