December 5 – Saudi Arabia’s network and influence in global sports and football keeps growing. With the Arab kingdom’s coronation as host of the 2034 World Cup just days away, a new report details a web of Saudi sponsorship deals, but cautions that good governance could suffer as a result.
November 15 – With SIGA’s Sport Integrity Week coming near to its closing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on the side lines of the Cityscape Global 2024 event, SIGA has unveiled three legends of football as the latest editions to their SIGA Champions roster.
November 13 – Dutch police say they have arrested five more people for their suspected involvement in the attacks on Israeli fans last week which authorities have condemned as antisemitic.
November 11 – Peruvian police have arrested the head of the country’s FA, Agustín Lozano, as part of an investigation into allegations that he abused his position to extort local clubs into surrendering their television rights.
October 14 – The trafficking of young athletes is one of the dark areas of sport with many governing and governments barely recognising the problem.
October 4 – British football’s most respected, resilient and tenacious anti-racism campaigner, the trailblazing Kick It Out founder Lord Herman Ouseley, has died aged 79.
September 19 – Fossil fuel companies bankroll $5.6 billion in global sports deals in a bid to ‘greenwash’ their reputations with football benefitting receiving almost $1 billion. according to a new study by Thinktank New Weather Institute (NWI).
September 16 – The biggest challenge to Manchester City’s Premier League dominance began today at the so-called football trial of the century into 115 alleged financial breaches.
September 12 – Spanish football will adopt FIFA’s new anti-racism ‘cross-arm’ gesture, the Spanish Royal Football Federation (RFEF) confirmed on Thursday.
September 11 – Nearly half of female football fans suffer sexist abuse at matches, but most fans have not reported it, a study by anti-discrimination charity Kick It Out has found.
September 10 – SIGA will open its Women’s Leadership Forum tomorrow in Porto, Portugal, with the results of its survey into female representation in sports boardrooms.
August 23 – The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has axed former England and Tottenham player Jermaine Jenas as programme presenter after complaints about workplace conduct.
August 22 – Sao Paulo, Brazil, will kick off SIGA’s Sport Integrity Week with a match and a forum on November 9 and 11.
August 8 – Having organised the recent editions of its SIGA Summits on Female Leadership in Sport in the US, SIGA have announced the debut of the SIGAWomen Leadership Forum which will be held in Portugal on September 11.
August 2 – As the Paris 2024 Olympic Games enter their second week, a new partnership has been launched by the Qatar Foundation, Education Above All Foundation, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) aiming to use sports to promote equality, inclusion, and education in Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa.