By Andrew Warshaw
August 21 – Despite pleading their innocence and accusing UEFA of foul play, Legia Warsaw have dismissed the administrator considered responsible for the clerical error led to the Polish club being thrown out of the Champions League.
By David Owen
August 20 – The University of Stirling claims to have made history by appointing the first woman manager in British men’s senior football.
August 20 – Carlo Tavecchio (pictured) may have thought he had escaped censure after becoming the new head of the Italian FA despite his much-publicised racist comments about African footballers but UEFA have taken the unusual step of setting up an inquiry.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 20 – Luis Suarez insists he is a reformed character and won’t be biting opposition players ever again. The Uruguayan striker was officially presented to Barcelona’s fans on Tuesday five weeks after his transfer from Liverpool as a result of the terms of his four-month suspension from competitive action being modified by the Court of Arbitration for Sport which ruled, on appeal, that he could at least train and not be suspended from all football-related activities.
By Mark Baber
August 19 – A new free Wi-Fi service, introduced for the benefit of fans, sparked fierce protests during PSV Eindhoven’s comprehensive 6-1 win over NAC in the Philips Stadium on Saturday, leading to widespread media coverage as the PSV Rood-Witten ultras unfurled a banner saying ‘F**ck WiFi, support the team’.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.