Fox Soccer agrees deal with Endemol to show Dublin Super Cup
By David Gold
June 3 – Fox Soccer has agreed a deal with Endemol to show the Dublin Super Cup exclusively in the United States and Canada in the next three years.
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Moggi could face up to five years in jail for his role in Calciopoli affair
By David Gold
June 3 – Luciano Moggi, the former Juventus general manager who was involved in the 2006 Calciopoli match-fixing scandal which rocked Italian football, should be sentenced to five years in jail, according to the public prosecutor.
Boyce: England are seen as arrogant and need to build bridges with FIFA
By Andrew Warshaw
June 2 – Jim Boyce, Britain’s new FIFA vice-president, says the English Football Association must start a new tactic of building bridges following the failed attempt to force a postponement of yesterday’s FIFA Presidential election.
1860 Munich saved from bankruptcy by Jordanian investor
By David Gold
June 2 – 1860 Munich has been saved from insolvency by a Jordanian investor, who has bought 49 per cent of the German side.
Lee offers advice to FA on how to improve its international standing
By Tom Degun
June 1 – Mike Lee, the former communications director of London 2012 and arch-strategist behind a series of successful World Cup and Olympic bids, has written a letter to the English Football Association on how to improve their impoverished international standing in world football.
Qatari investors purchase 70 per cent of Paris St. Germain
By David Gold
June 1 – A Qatari investment company has bought 70 per cent of Ligue 1 outfit Paris St. Germain from the club’s current owners, Colony Capital.
Europe’s top clubs demand change at FIFA
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
June 1 – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (pictured), head of the European Club Association (ECA) that represents the interests of every major professional club throughout the continent, has called for a complete overhaul of how FIFA is governed.
FIFA lifts Bosnia’s international suspension
By David Gold
May 31 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has taken a break from defending world football’s governing body from public criticism and bribery allegations to confirm that Bosnia has had a suspension preventing it from competing in international football lifted.
Bundesliga executive wary of “Murphy Ruling” impact on top European clubs
By David Gold at the SPONSORs Sports Summit in Dusseldorf
May 19 – The case of Karen Murphy, the pub owner in Portsmouth whom a European judge ruled could use a Greek decoder to reduce the costs of showing live Premier League television to her customers, was discussed by Wolfsburg managing director Thomas Rottgerman (pictured) here today.
FA marketing and communications director quits
By Andrew Warshaw
May 17 – Julian Eccles quit today as marketing and communications director of the English Football Association, another blow to the image of the organisation in the wake of its failed 2018 World Cup bid.
FIFA and UEFA take attempt to charge UK audience to watch international tournaments to the European Court of Justice
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By David Gold
May 16 – Football’s governing body FIFA and UEFA, the most powerful regional confederation, are to contest a legal ruling preventing them from charging supporters to view World Cup and European Championship games.
Over 100 Spartak Moscow fans arrested after violence erupts during league game
By David Gold
May 16 – More than 120 Spartak Moscow supporters were arrested after a riot during their match against Krylia Sovetov Samara in the Russian Premier League.
Blatter and Platini open Serbian “House of Football”
By David Gold
May 15 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his UEFA counterpart Michel Platini have opened a “House of Football” in Serbia, consisting of six fields, a hotel, several gyms and training grounds.
Hearts sign sponsorship deal with wonga.com
By David Gold
May 15 – Scottish Premier League outfit Heart of Midlothian has agreed a shirt sponsorship deal with Wonga.com, the online short term loans company, replacing Ukio Bankas from the start of next season.
Blanc cleared by French Football Federation investigation
By David Gold
May 13 – The French Football Federation (FFF) has cleared Laurent Blanc after releasing its findings from the investigation it conducted into plans to implement quotas limiting the number of dual-nationality players in the country’s academies.