By Andrew Warshaw
April 10 – The High Court hearing into the future of ailing English club Portsmouth was finally due to get under way today in what supporters hope will result in the biggest fan ownership scheme in English football.
By David Owen
April 10 – FIFA’s recently-announced positive annual result of $89m for 2012 was achieved despite a striking 350% increase in the world governing body’s annual tax charge.
By Krzysztof Baranowski
April 10 – Poland’s top professional league, the T-Mobile Ekstraklasa, has radically reformed its structure for the 2013/14 season that is scheduled to kick off July 13 and play through to May 2014. The changes have been prompted by a requirement to make the league more attractive for media partners and sponsors.
By Gareth Messenger
April 9 – A total 70 players from sides residing in the Primera and Segunda divisions met in Madrid yesterday at a meeting organised by the Spanish Footballers’ Association (AFE) to discuss a range of topics from legal uncertainty to economic control of football clubs.
By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent, in Dubai
April 9 – If Yousuf Al Serkal wins the race to become the new boss of Asian football at next month’s election, expect him to throw his powerful voice behind the growing calls to switch the 2022 Qatar World Cup to the winter.
By Mark Baber
April 9 – As the English Premier League and its clubs enjoy massive TV revenue and chunky sponsorship deals, even for training kits, the next levels down are struggling to find sponsors.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 9 – FIFA have been quick to dispel any suggestion that Sepp Blatter has eased his hardline stance against racism.
By Mark Baber
April 9 – Brazil completed its third stadium in readiness for the Confederation Cup later this year. The Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Bahia state, held its first match April 7 after four years of planning and construction, with local rivals Vitoria beating Bahia 5-1.
By David Owen
April 8 – FIFA payments to so-called “key management personnel” have surged in the past four years, as revealed by figures in the world governing body’s financial reports.
April 9 – Cameroon are the latest country to fall foul of FIFA’s strict rules on government interference in football.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 9 – The match-fixing scandal that has rocked South African football because it directly involves the national team, is to be investigated by an three-man independent team – backed by FIFA.
By Mónica Villar
April 9 – Spain’s PLa Liga side Valladolid are considering legal action after it came to light that Atlético de Madrid’s Sporting director, José Luis Pérez Caminero, has had a secret meeting with Valladolid winger Patrick Ebert.
By Monica Villar
April 8 – Deportivo La Coruna may be showing signs of improvement on the pitch as the season comes to a close, but economically the Galicians are having a tough time as the life-threatening battle over cash to run the club intensifies.
By Mark Baber
April 8 – This Wednesday the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) special appeals committee is expected to make its final determinations in the “Asiagate” match-fixing scandal.
By Mark Baber
April 8 – Australian pay-TV network Foxtel has pledged $20 million over the next four years to support the development of youth football in Australia.