Sport Integrity Week webinar programme released. Registration still open for Monday start
October 4 – SIGA has released the programme for its first Sport Integrity Week, taking place next week September 7 to 11.
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Kick It Out report finds discrimination cases have jumped 42%
September 4 – Reports of discrimination across all levels of professional football in England and Wales rose by an alarming 42% last season despite the campaign being halted for months due to Covid-19.
De Bruyne’s agent stays in jail as Belgian police follow the transfer money trail
September 3 – Kevin De Bruyne’s agent Patrick De Koster (pictured left) is to remain in custody after his formal arrest last Friday.
Blatter ‘happy’ to take turn in front of Swiss prosecutor over Platini back pay
September 2 – It was Sepp Blatter’s turn to face the music on Tuesday when he appeared in front of a Swiss prosecutor over the “disloyal payment” of two million Swiss francs made to Michel Platini in 2011.
Whistleblowers unite: Pinto to get character reference from Edward Snowden
September 2 – This Friday the trial of Portuguese whistleblower Rui Pinto (pictured) will get underway in Portugal and his lawyer has revealed that Edward Snowden will be one of the 45 witnesses testifying in Pinto’s defence.
TTFA chair Hadad tells former boss Wallace to stop the lies and ‘do the right thing’
September 2 – The chair of the Trinidad and Tobago Normalisation Committee Robert Hadad has written to the former president of the TTFA William Wallace telling him he has “completely ignored the truth”, has conducted a campaign of “misinformation and disinformation”, and in his tone is “offensive” to the people of Trinidad.
With time running out, United TTFA chief hunts for help from Asia’s football leaders
By Paul Nicholson
September 1 – Despite calls from clubs, players and government to the ousted TTFA president William Wallace and his board to drop the legal complaint against FIFA in the Trinidad and Tobago courts, Wallace is refusing to back down and has written to confederation presidents and member associations with a plea for support.
Racist charges force Hansen to put Salt Lake MLS and NWSL clubs up for sale
September 1 – The owner of a Major League Soccer franchise in the United States is selling up amid allegations of racism.
Rashford hungry for more action on child food poverty
September 1 – England international forward Marcus Rashford, who famously forced the British government into a u-turn over providing school food vouchers to pupils during the summer holidays, is now spearheading a campaign to end child hunger in the country.
Belgian police detain De Bruyne’s agent De Koster
August 28 – Belgium’s federal prosecutor has launched an investigation into Kevin De Bruyne’s agent, Patrick De Koster (pictured left), who was detained on Thursday and spent the night in jail.
Maguire feared for life as Greek police beat him saying they would end his career
August 28 – Manchester United captain Harry Maguire says he feared for his life and thought he might never play again after being arrested by plain clothes police officers following a much-publicised fracas on the Greek island of Mykonos.
MLS cancels mid-week matches to join protests against Jacob Blake shooting and US racism
August 27 – Major League Soccer cancelled five games that were due to be played on Wednesday (yesterday) joining a wave of boycotts in US sports, with NBA play-off games, baseball and tennis matches all called off in protest over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin on Sunday.
Sports Integrity Week speakers lined up for 5-day September webinar series
August 27 – The SIGA organised Sport Integrity Week taking place September 7-11 has now released a list of 38 speakers as it nails down its final agenda.
Maguire conviction annulled as appeal pushes retrial to higher Greek court
August 27 – Manchester United captain Harry Maguire will get a full retrial in a more senior Greek court after the appeal his lawyers lodged was accepted. The appeal nullifies Maguire’s suspended jail sentence of 21 months and 10 days handed down by a lower Greek court on Tuesday.
Messi tells Barca formally he wants out. Man City look favourites, if he can escape
By Samindra Kunti
August 26 – Lionel Messi has done what previously would have been considered unthinkable. The greatest player of his generation has told his club FC Barcelona that he wants to leave. On Tuesday, he handed in his transfer request, dealing an existential blow to the Catalan giants.