Spurs establish Bahamas base to develop top local talent
August 16 – Premier League Spurs have created their third ‘Super Club’ in the Bahamas in partnership with the Albany resort and Windsor School.
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El Salvador self destruct in Houston as Canada Marsch on
Canada 2-0 El Salvador
June 24 – Fresh from emerging from a Concacaf-imposed timeout, Canadian head coach Jesse Marsch returned to the technical area at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, knowing any more misbehaviour would send him back to the naughty room. He needn’t have worried as their opponents El Salvador simply imploded in a red mist.
A relaxed Blatter is ‘positive’ as CAS hearing starts over Platini payment
By Andrew Warshaw
August 25 – Banned former FIFA president Sepp Blatter made his long-awaited appearance before sport’s highest tribunal, the Court of Arbitration of Sport (CAS), today in a last-ditch appeal to clear his name.
FIFA Ethics opens cases against Africans accused of fixing national team matches
August 25 – FIFA’s ethics watchdog has opened formal proceedings against ex-South Africa football chief Kirsten Nematandani and two other officials over alleged ethics violations related to the fixing of international friendlies in 2010, just weeks before South Africa hosted the World Cup.
AFC dismisses appeals against life bans for Nepalese match-fixers
August 25 – The AFC Appeal Committee has dismissed appeals lodged by four Nepal players and one official against their life-time bans from any football-related activities for match-fixing offences.
Man Utd top Twitter growth chart, almost doubling against Arsenal
August 25 – Manchester Utd stretched their lead over Arsenal at the top of the Premier League Twitter followers ranking by more than 38,000 followers last week. Their additional 85,700 followers was more than double that of third placed Chelsea, almost triple fourth placed Liverpool, and more than fives times local rivals Man City.
Clarke takes over top job at English FA promising to be all ears
August 25 – Two weeks after being nominated for the position, Greg Clarke has formally taken over as the new chairman of the English Football Association in succession to the outspoken and often controversial Greg Dyke who has stepped down after three years.
Bayern launch new apps and tap into club video content for global audience
August 25 – Bayern Munich have launched their new apps for the 2016/17 season. The German giants have been increasingly embracing digital platforms and recently launched their season on their Facebook platform rather than via a more traditional TV broadcast based media day.
USSF suspends Solo for ‘cowards’ comments after Olympic exit
By Andrew Warshaw
August 25 – Hope Solo, the world’s best-known and most decorated women’s goalkeeper and a household name across the sport, has been suspended by US Soccer for six months for describing Olympic opponents Sweden as “a bunch of cowards”.
Atkinson inquest raises questions over his health and cause of death
August 25 – Doctors battled in vain for 35 minutes to save ex-English top-flight footballer Dalian Atkinson after he was tasered by police, the inquest into his death has heard.
Everbright confirms Liverpool proposal is real and is in discussion with club’s owners
By Paul Nicholson
August 24 – Chinese conglomerate Everbright’s offer for Premier League Liverpool is real and in discussion, sources close to the firm have told Insideworldfootball. Reports earlier to day in the Asian business press that Everbright knew nothing of the proposal are wrong, and the proposed £800 million acquisition is very much alive.
Ceferin says UCL clubs can earn more, but a Super League would mean ‘war’
By Andrew Warshaw
August 24 – UEFA presidential candidate Alexander Ceferin has laid down the gauntlet to Europe’s major clubs by warning that any move to form a breakaway league would lead to “war” with the governing body.
Everbright’s Liverpool deal a no-go? But Hull look to be climbing the Chinese wall
By Paul Nicholson
August 24 – One step forward, one step back? China’s march into Premier League football club ownership seems to have faltered in the case of Liverpool but looks to be progressing with Hull City.
Villar’s UEFA manifesto promises governance, equal opportunity and ‘protection’
By Andrew Warshaw
August 24 – Three weeks before the eagerly awaited UEFA presidential election to replace Michel Platini, Spanish football boss Angel Maria Villar has become the last of the three candidates to unveil his manifesto, promising democracy and transparency if he clinches victory on September 14.
AFC focuses on India’s potential setting up taskforce with AIFF
August 24 – While the world’s most populous nation, China, is taking the football world by storm with a series of high profile club acquisitions and internal development initiatives, the world’s second most populous nation is without doubt waking up to football, but a little more slowly.
ICSS and UN combine for resource guide for war on match-fixing
August 24 – With global match-fixing and results manipulation showing little sign of easing, the International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) has joined forces with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to release a new resource guide which both organisations hope will help law enforcement and sports organisations better detect cases of wrongdoing.