By Andrew Warshaw
August 22 – ITV has denied reports that it is in ground-breaking discussions with telecommunications giant BT for live broadcasts of Premier League fixtures.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 22 – The South Korean footballer banned from collecting his bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics for displaying a political message should be allowed to receive it, according to the team’s coach Hong Myung-Bo.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 22 – A sample of live Premier League games could be shown on terrestrial television under a new deal between telecommunications giant BT and the ITV channel, according to reports.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 22 – Juventus coach Antonio Conte, who went through the whole of last season’s Serie A campaign unbeaten, today lost his appeal against match-fixing when his 10-month suspension was upheld.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 22 – The Cypriot courts have imposed a four-month jail sentence on a fan who invaded the pitch during Anorthosis Famagusta’s Europa League match against Dila Gori of Georgia last month.
By David Gold
August 22 – Billionaire George Soros has invested in Manchester United, purchasing 3.1 million of the club’s shares.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 22 – The pressure on scandal-tarnished former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner shows no sign of relenting in his own country with opposition parliamentarians questioning whether he broke money laundering rules.
By David Gold
August 22 – A day after their defeat to fierce local rivals Racing Club, Argentine side Independiente’s offices were attacked in two separate incidents.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 22 – Fresh details have emerged as to how the long-running Spanish broadcasting dispute, which threatened to disrupt the start of the season, was finally settled with a collective deal just prior to the new season.
By David Gold
August 21 – Football clubs using fewer players during the season will pick up better results, according to an analysis of the 2011-2012 season by the CIES Football Observatory.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 21 – Manchester City’s ambitions to become a major power both commercially and in the transfer market have been given a boost with the appointment of Ferran Soriano as the club’s new chief executive officer in succession to Garry Cook.
By David Gold
August 21 – Manchester United’s dedicated television channel, MUTV, is to launch in Japan after the Premier League club joined forces with Japanese television station Fuji TV.
By David Gold
August 21 – Football Federation Australia (FFA) chief executive Ben Buckley will leave his role following the conclusion of negotiations for a new broadcast deal.
By David Gold
August 20 – Lord Nimmo Smith has been appointed to chair a Scottish Premier League (SPL) inquiry into player payments at fallen giants Glasgow Rangers.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 20 – Anorthosis Famagusta have been thrown out of this season’s Europa League after crowd trouble forced the abandonment of their home game against Dila Gori at the Antonis Papadopoulos Stadium in Larnaca.