Honduras’ Wisdom Quaye handed 18-month ban for doping
September 21 – Honduras defender Wisdom Quaye has been banned for 18 months due to a doping violation at a World Cup qualifying game against the United States.
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Sweden dominate Poland to secure quarter final slot
Sweden 3 Poland 0
July 8 – Sweden secured their place in the quarter-finals with a dominant 3-0 win over Poland under the Tuesday night lights, as Lucerne’s stunning scenery provided a fitting backdrop to a commanding Group C performance.
Chelsea revolving door keeps spinning. Willoughby barely gets past reception
September 21 – Just days after sacking manager Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea are back in the headlines again after showing the door to yet another official, commercial director Damian Willoughby, dismissed despite having started work for the Premier League club only weeks ago.
Celtic put covid behind them with £6m profit and look ahead to UCL money spinner
September 21 – Scottish giants Celtic have reported a revenue increase to £88.2 million for the year ending June 2022, an uplift of 45% on the previous year where it was still battling the financial restrictions resulting from covid.
A Premier League All-Star game? The devil might be in the detail
An All-Star game for the Premier League? I cannot imagine it would be my cup of tea: too much predictable outrage over who’s in and who’s out; too much showboating in a fairly limited competitive context.
Infantino tells club execs that they have got to improve and think globally
September 21 – Speaking to a group of club administrators at a FIFA Diploma in Club Management session, FIFA president Gianni Infantino broke from his normal international and national team themes to tell them that club management worldwide needs to improve.
Man City renew LED board deal with Unilumin
September 21 – Manchester City has renewed its global partnership with Chinese LED display solutions provider Unilumin.
German politicians ask UEFA to add Belarus to Russian exclusion as Euro 2024 draw nears
September 20 – Host nation Germany has asked UEFA to kick Russian ally Belarus out of the 2024 Euro qualifying competition.
Sponsor and FA pressure builds on FIFA to agree compensation for migrant workers
September 20 – The German FA and four major FIFA sponsors have upped the pressure on the world federation and local organisers to offer compensation to migrant workers and their families in Qatar.
Barca confirm €98m profit for 2021-22 and predict €271m for current season
September 20 – Barcelona have announced profits of €98 million for the 2021-22 campaign and predict they will make another €271 million in the current season – despite crippling debts that at one stage delayed them from registering all their summer signings for this season.
Fanatics expands UEFA retail deal into e-commerce and licensed product
September 20 – UEFA has agreed an expanded e-commerce, event retail and licensing deal with Fanatics for the confederation’s national team football competitions. No value was given for the agreement which was described as “long term”.
Mbappe pulls out of French team photo forcing FFF to review image rights deal
September 20 – The French Football Federation has agreed to review its agreement on players’ image rights following reports that star striker Kylian Mbappe has refused to take part in national team sponsorship activities.
Police detain Mathias Pogba over criminal gang links and alleged €13m blackmail of brother
September 20 – Paul Pogba’s brother Mathias has been detained and placed under formal investigation over an alleged plot to extort money from his sibling and belonging to a criminal gang, according to French reports.
AFC social responsibility body reviews projects forward for Dream Asia funding
September 20 – Meeting to review the social impact projects the Asian Football Confederation is supporting, the AFC Social Responsibility Committee received detail and briefings on a number of proposed initiatives across the region.
Out of sight, out of mind? Big name players scramble for World Cup 2022 selection
September 20 – With the international break about to start and the 2022 FIFA World Cup fast approaching, a number of big name players are still scrambling to get on to their national teams’ final rosters.
LaLiga promises clamp down on hate speech as Vinicius targeted by more racial abuse
September 20 – La Liga has condemned “hate speech” against Real Madrid star Vinicius and promised that it will work with authorities after further racist abuse of Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior at the weekend.