UEFA and EU commit to increased promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion
August 2 – On the sidelines of Euro 2022, UEFA and the European Commission have strengthened their ties to promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
Integrity
Police drop one of three rape allegations into Premier League player who remains on bail
July 29 – One of three allegations of rape against an English Premier League international footballer has been dropped by police.
Neymar faces fraud trial in Spain over 2013 transfer to Barca
July 28 – Nine years after he moved from Brazil to Barcelona, Neymar is to finally go on what is certainly to be a high-profile and eagerly followed trial in October in Spain in a long-standing case surrounding his transfer from Santos.
SIGA launches third regional association in Latin America
July 27 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) has created SIGA Latin America with its Brazilian Members Pacto Pelo Esporte and Arena Hub.
Hope Solo pleads guilty to drunk driving charge
July 26 – Former United States international women’s goalkeeper Hope Solo has pleaded guilty to driving while impaired.
BSI signs up as sponsor of SIGA’s Sports Integrity Week
July 21 – SIGA has agreed a two-year sponsorship deal with the British Standards Institution (BSI) to support its flagship Sport Integrity Week event, starting with the current edition scheduled for September 12-16.
UEFA.tv streams Outraged documentary in battle against discrimination
July 21 – UEFA has released the five-episode Outraged documentary series on its UEFA.tv platform as part of its ongoing fight against discrimination, hate and online abuse in football.
Russians lose CAS appeals and stay banned from world football
July 17 – The Russian Football Union (FUR) and four Russian clubs have lost appeals at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against bans from international and European football handed down by FIFA and UEFA following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
60 days to go: Tebas and Elliott join SIGA Sport Integrity Week speakers
July 15 – LaLiga boss Javier Tebas and Paul Elliott, the chair of the English FA’s Inclusion Advisory Board, are the latest names from football to confirm they will be speaking at the Sport Integrity Week 2022 in Portugal, September 12-16.
EU countries turn firepower on Super League rebel clubs at CJEU hearing
July 13 – European nations have joined forces to get behind UEFA in their legal fight to stave off the threat of a rebirth of a breakaway Super League.
UEFA labels European Super League a cartel at ECJ hearing
July 12 – The breakaway European Super League was described by UEFA as “a textbook example of a cartel” on day one of the two-day hearing at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that could alter the entire landscape of European club competition.
One law? Russians want fair hearing at CAS, Belarusians arrest CAS judge
July 11 – Belarus, a supporter of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on a government level, have arrested leading sports lawyer and Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) adjudicator Prof. Aliaksandr Danilevich.
Breakaway Super League hearing begins in European Court of Justice
By Andrew Warshaw
July 11 – The all-important hearing into whether football’s governing bodies had the legal right to sanction the much-maligned European Super League clubs takes place today and tomorrow, potentially shaping the game as we know it for years to come, just as the Bosman case did in the mid-1990s.
Swiss court clears Blatter and Platini of fraud
By Andrew Warshaw
July 8 – Despite both being banned from the game by FIFA and following an investigation lasting seven years, Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini, once the two most powerful officials in world football, were dramatically acquitted today of fraud, embezzlement and other corruption charges in a criminal case brought by Swiss judicial authorities that gripped world football politics.
India hit by sexual misconduct scandal as U17 coach sent home from Norway tour
July 3 – In the latest scandal to rock Indian football, U-17 women’s football team assistant coach Alex Ambrose has been sacked for sexual misconduct.