Advocaat to quit Russia and return home to manage PSV Eindhoven
By David Gold
May 2 – Russia coach Dick Advocaat will leave his post to return to manage Dutch club PSV Eindhoven after this summer’s European Championship.
World Football
Roy Hodgson was always the FA’s choice, admits David Bernstein
By Andrew Warshaw
May 2 – Roy Hodgson, the new England manager, was not just the unanimous selection of the four-man panel who identified their man almost a month ago but also the preferred choice of other senior figures within the game.
Top Russian footballers slam “disgraceful” home pitches
By David Gold
May 2 – Leading Russian players have criticised the state of football pitches in the country according to evidence published by the world players’ union FIFPro.
Roy Hodgson officially named as new England manager
By Andrew Warshaw
May 1 – One of football’s most widely travelled coaches is about to embark on his toughest journey to date after Roy Hodgson was officially appointed as the new England manager today on a four-year contract, the Football Association announced.
FIFA’s former security director starts role at ICSS
By Andrew Warshaw
May 1 – Chris Eaton, FIFA’s former director of security, has taken up his new role with the Doha-based International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), the not-for-profit institution that specialises in helping sports events develop their security and safety strategies.
Hawk-Eye goal-line technology faces official trial at minor league cup final
By Andrew Warshaw
April 30 – After years of false dawns and broken promises, goal-line technology is to be officially trialled in a match scenario as football’s lawmakers press ahead with further testing pending a final decision on July 2.
Roy Hodgson tipped as next England manager
By Andrew Warshaw
April 29 – Roy Hodgson (pictured) looks set to become the surprise choice as the new manager of England, ending months of intense speculation that has focused almost exclusively on the favourite, Harry Redknapp.
US tycoon and Blue Knights both bid for Rangers
By Andrew Warshaw
April 28 – The administrators running beleaguered Scottish giant Glasgow Rangers have confirmed they have finally received two formal bids for the club – one from the Blue Knights consortium controlled by former director Paul Murray and the other from American tycoon Bill Miller.
Fenerbahçe drop CAS appeal against UEFA
By David Gold
April 27 – Turkish side Fenerbahçe have dropped a case with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against UEFA over their expulsion from this season’s Champions League.
FIFA unveils hard-hitting new Code of Conduct to abolish corruption
By Andrew Warshaw
April 27 – FIFA’s drive to clean up its act is set to take centre stage at next month’s Congress in Budapest after the published agenda revealed that all 208 member nations have been urged to kick out bribery, match fixing and corruption once and for all.
Russia will decimate country’s match fixing scourge, says RFU boss
By David Gold
April 26 – The head of the Russian Football Union (RFU) match fixing committee has promised to eradicate match fixing from the country.
Championship clubs face UEFA-like financial fair play rules
By Andrew Warshaw
April 26 – The second tier of English football is adopting UEFA’s break-even model designed to stem haemorrhaging losses and stop clubs spending beyond their means.
Chinese football corruption scandal endures as ex-CFA boss faces bribe trial
By David Gold
April 26 – The former chief of the Chinese Football Association (CFA), Xie Yalong (pictured), has stood trial for allegedly accepting bribes.
Genoa ordered to play behind closed doors after under-fire players remove shirts
By David Gold
April 25 – Serie A side Genoa has been ordered to play two matches behind closed doors following bizarre scenes at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium when players gave in to demands from fans to remove their shirts during the 4-1 loss to Siena on Sunday (April 22).
Senegal Football Federation’s bank accounts frozen by court order
By Andrew Warshaw
April 25 – Senegalese football has been thrown into chaos just as the country’s under-23 team bagged the final place at London 2012.