By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
April 19 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has been accused by Lennart Johansson of tricking him into standing for re-election for President of UEFA only to then support his rival, Michel Platini.
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March 20 – UEFA President Michel Platini (pictured) could announce next week whether he intends to bid for another four-year term it has been reported.
March 18 – The Football Association have appointed Julian Eccles (pictured) as Group Director of Marketing and Communications, it was confirmed today.
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March 18 – Gordon Smith, the chief executive of the Scottish Football Association (SFA), is to warn the British Government that if they force them to sell their international matches to a free-to-air television channel then it will cost them nearly £30 million in lost revenue.
By Andrew Warshaw in Manchester
March 3 – Celtic and Rangers face expulsion from the Scottish Premier League (SPL) if they dare try to negotiate their own television deals, warns SPL chief executive Neil Doncaster (pictured).
By Andrew Warshaw in Manchester
March 3 – Former UEFA general secretary David Taylor (pictured) has attacked football’s spiralling debt and says measures must be implemented to stop the situation getting out of control.
February 5 – FC Moscow has pulled out of the Russian league a month before the start of the 2010 season because of financial problems sparked by failures to secure sponsorship.
February 3 – The new president of the Russian Football Union (RFU) will be elected in Moscow today in a vote that will decide the future of national team coach Guus Hiddink (pictured).
By Andrew Warshaw
January 29 - UEFA’s general secretary Gianni Infantino (pictured) has painted a grim picture of the state of European football, revealing that 50 per cent of the biggest clubs are losing money.
By Duncan Mackay
January 21 - Juventus have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against two-month bans handed out to two club doctors after they allegedly gave a banned substance to Fabio Cannavaro (pictured), Italy’s captain, a case which has put the club’s past record on distributing performance-enhancing drugs under the spotlight.
January 19 – Plans for a permanent £100 million training base for the England team – renamed St George’s Park – were unveiled by the Football Association today.
January 19 – Michel Platini (pictured) has promised that he will make a decision about his future as UEFA President before this year’s World Cup in South Africa.
January 14 – Adrian Bevington (pictured), the Football Association’s long-serving communications chief, is to move to a new role after the World Cup.
January 3 – Calls are growing for Raymond Kennedy (pictured) to stand down as President of the Irish Football Association (IFA) following the six-figure payout to former chief executive Howard Wells.
December 29 – Real Madrid has denied that Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour (pictured) made a €1 billion (£902 million) offer to buy the Spanish club.