By Andrew Warshaw
August 1 – Tensions between Israeli and Palestinian football authorities have seriously escalated after the final of the Palestine Cup, one of the most important fixtures in the region, was postponed by two days on Saturday when several Gazan players were barred from crossing through Israel to reach the West Bank town of Hebron where the fixture was scheduled to be played.
August 1 – The failed military coup in Turkey has spilled over into football with the entire governing board of the Turkish FA resigning.
By Paul Nicholson
July 29 – Chinese investors are reportedly circling around a third English Championship club. Leeds United, like Aston Villa and Wolverhampton Wanderers that are both under new Chinese ownership, are considered a ‘sleeping giant’ waiting to return to their glory years. Chinese money could provide the boost they need to achieve this.
July 28 – UEFA, midway through its five-year Football and Social Responsibility (FSR) strategic and budgetary cycle, has published its third FSR report reviewing the activities of the 2014/15 season.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 28 – Fresh speculation has emerged as to why long-serving African football chief Issa Hayatou stayed away from FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s recent visit to Nigeria, his first to an African nation since succeeding Sepp Blatter.
July 27 – More than 50 fans of Beitar Jerusalem, the club that contains the most notorious group of hooligans in Israeli football, have been rounded up following a series of police raids.
July 27 – Nottingham Forest, subject of a bid from controversial Greek businessman and Olympiakos owner Evangelos Marinakis, has been hit with a capacity reduction of their City Ground stadium of 20% for safety reasons.
July 27 – Controversial Spanish FA president Angel Maria Villar Llona says he plans to seek re-election at home later this year if he fails in his bid to become UEFA president.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 27 – Gianni Infantino’s working visit to Nigeria this week was somewhat overshadowed by an ongoing domestic spat demanding the resignation of Nigeria Football Federation president Amaju Pinnick.
July 27 – Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain has become the world’s third most expensive footballer after signing for Juventus form from Napoli for €90 million. The fee is also the biggest Italian domestic deal of all time.
By Samindra Kunti
July 26 – The Dutch FA, the KNVB, is considering new structural reforms of its domestic club football with the aim of redesigning the Eredivisie, the second division and the Dutch cup from 2018/2019 season onwards.
July 26 – Turkish authorities have taken additional precautions to ensure the safety of the Monaco team visiting Istanbul for this week’s Champions League qualifier against Fenerbahce following the recent failed coup attempt that shook the country.
By Paul Nicholson
July 26 – In what would be one of the most remarkable club acquisitions of an English football club, if not the most controversial, Evangelos Marinakis (pictured), owner of Greek champions Olympiakos, is set to take majority control at Nottingham Forest, playing in England’s second-tier Championship.
July 26 – Liverpool and Sevilla have both been punished relating to crowd trouble at last season’s Europa League final in Basel.
July 26 – England’s new manager Sam Allardyce insists his man-management skills will bring the best out the national team that lost its way so dismally at Euro 2016.