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Matt Scott: Nothing but the best will do. But can Everton really do better?

Match-fixing? Who cares? CAS backs UEFA over Olympiacos despite Athens court bans

Carrard’s US comments spark protest. Will his bite be worse than his bark?

Extradition deadlines loom for FIFA’s ‘dirty’ half dozen

Tavecchio pushes new money rules to avoid another Parma disaster

AFF call in Sportradar to track U19 championship betting patterns

Kiwis forced to wait for Rio Olympics qualifier ruling

West Ham begin countdown to Olympic Park move with Royal London

West Ham, Man Utd, Arsenal and Leicester top stadium capacity rankings

Is the bell tolling for confederation chieftains? Blatter warns reform is coming

Serbs form police hit squads to probe fans over match-fixing accusations

Is Blatter’s crime that he stayed too long? Carrard says pillorying is ‘unfair’

Chung, facing 15-year ban, fires offensive at FIFA over campaign smears

World Stars line up to face Iranian Stars in Tehran charity match

Gold Cup 2025

USA clinch last four slot with penalty win over Costa Rica

Guatemala dump man-down Canada in penalty shoot-out

Mexico find the way to San Jose despite Saudi road blocks

Honduras stun Panama with penalty shoot-out win for spot in semi-finals

Gold Cup’s breakthrough strikers make case for Golden Boot and glory

Panama-Honduras in Glendale and Canada-Guatemala in Minnesota complete Gold Cup quarter final line-up

Matt Scott: Nothing but the best will do. But can Everton really do better?

Match-fixing? Who cares? CAS backs UEFA over Olympiacos despite Athens court bans

Carrard’s US comments spark protest. Will his bite be worse than his bark?

Extradition deadlines loom for FIFA’s ‘dirty’ half dozen

Tavecchio pushes new money rules to avoid another Parma disaster

AFF call in Sportradar to track U19 championship betting patterns

Kiwis forced to wait for Rio Olympics qualifier ruling

West Ham begin countdown to Olympic Park move with Royal London

West Ham, Man Utd, Arsenal and Leicester top stadium capacity rankings

Is the bell tolling for confederation chieftains? Blatter warns reform is coming

Serbs form police hit squads to probe fans over match-fixing accusations

Is Blatter’s crime that he stayed too long? Carrard says pillorying is ‘unfair’

Chung, facing 15-year ban, fires offensive at FIFA over campaign smears

World Stars line up to face Iranian Stars in Tehran charity match

“Nil satis nisi optimum” Everton Football Club motto

How Everton’s owners must lament that history has bequeathed them as a motto a Latin phrase meaning “Nothing but the best will do” because, since their 1995 FA Cup win, Everton really haven’t been the best at anything. But it is a stick with which to beat an underperforming club, and so it was with the acronym NSNO that disaffected Everton fans appended their banner of dissent as it flew by St Mary’s Stadium last week.

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By Matt Scott
August 25 – Olympiacos have been cleared to play in this season’s Champions League group phase after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on Monday that UEFA had been right to admit the serial Greek champions.

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By Andrew Warshaw
August 25 – Comments made to a weekend newspaper in Switzerland by former Olympics guru Francois Carrard and head of FIFA’s newly formed Reform Committee have questioned the role and motivation of the US, but other statements will not have endeared him to the growing US soccer community.

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By Mark Baber
August 25 – A spokesperson for the Swiss Justice Ministry has confirmed a ruling will be made next month on the extradition requests filed by the US against the FIFA officials accused of corruption currently in Switzerland, whilst the lawyer for Nicolas Leoz, the former head of CONMEBOL, has applied to a Paraguayan judge for the extradition request filed against him to be rejected.

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August 25 – Italian authorities say they are working hard to ensure clubs balance the books to avoid any repetition of what happened to Parma, a once illustrious name now declared bankrupt and playing in an amateur league this season after finishing bottom of Serie A.

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August 25 – The Asean Football Federation (AFF) are taking the threat of match-fixers seriously and have brought Sportradar in to monitor their U19 championships in Laos that kicked off August 22 and runs through to September 4.

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August 25 – The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has adjourned an appeal by New Zealand over their under-23 men’s team’s expulsion from the Olympic qualifying tournament final last month in Papua New Guinea.

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August 25 – Premier League club West Ham United have announced Royal London as its Official Timing Partner in a two year deal that will cover the club’s final season at the Boleyn Ground and its first at the reconfigured Olympic Stadium.

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By Paul Nicholson
August 25 – Three weeks into the Premier League season and the attendance figures have dipped below 95% average capacity for the first time, to 94.82%. Average capacity in week 1 was 97.36%, dropping to 95.82% last week.

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By Andrew Warshaw
August 24 – As he enters the final phase of what will be almost 18 years as FIFA president, Sepp Blatter insists he cannot be held morally responsible for the dishonest activities of his inner circle and that he himself has been “clean” throughout his long and often tempestuous tenure.

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By Jaroslaw Adamowski
August 24 – Following an investigation launched by the Serbian Football Association (FSS), as a response to reports indicating that a match between local rivals Red Star Belgrade and OFK Belgrade was rigged, the Serbian Ministry of Interior has formed special police teams tasked with investigating managers, footballers and clubs’ supporters.

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August 24 – The official heading FIFA’s new reform body says Sepp Blatter has been unfairly criticised amid the corruption storm that has enveloped his organisation.

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By Andrew Warshaw
August 24 – FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-Joon has issued yet another fierce rebuke against Sepp Blatter, blaming the outgoing Swiss veteran for undermining his credentials for succeeding him and meddling with the election process as well as accusing FIFA of acting like the Mafia.

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By Mark Baber
August 24 – Iranian football fans will have a once in a lifetime opportunity to see some of the greats of world football playing this Friday, August 28 as a team of World Stars take on a team of Iranian Stars in a charity match.

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