David Owen: Don’t bury Bury
Alistair Burt, a former Minister of the Crown, is one of those increasingly rare Conservative MPs who don’t make you feel like you have been transported to the Planet Zog when you talk or, more recently, listen to them.
Alistair Burt, a former Minister of the Crown, is one of those increasingly rare Conservative MPs who don’t make you feel like you have been transported to the Planet Zog when you talk or, more recently, listen to them.
August 22 – Outspoken La Liga president Javier Tebas is back on the offensive in his war of words with the Spanish FA, accusing the federation led by Luis Rubiales of having a “prehistoric vision of our sport.”
August 22 – Italian champions Juventus have called on Serie A to schedule more early kick-offs to help grow the club’s brand in Asia – and benefit the rest of the country’s top flight at the same time.
August 22 – The eFootball.Pro League is set to expand with more clubs as well as introducing a competition for amateur players – the eFootball.Open – that will see a rebranding of the PES League.
August 22 – French competition authorities have cleared British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe to take over Ligue 1 club Nice OGC and become the first British club owner in the French league.
August 22 – Superliga Argentina has engaged Genius Sports to monitor betting markets for susipicion of match-fixing within its competition as well as conduct a series of educational integrity workshops.
By Osasu Obayiuwana
August 21 – Amr Fahmy, the former General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), was questioned by the French authorities on Tuesday in Paris.
August 21 – Iraq has been given the all-clear to stage World Cup 2022 qualifiers in the southern city of Basra.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 21 – The image and reputation of African football administration has taken another significant blow with FIFA sending an emergency team into Egypt – where the Confederation of African Football is based – to solve the internal crisis at the national federation.
August 21 – Leigh Sports Village in Greater Manchester will replace Nottingham Forest’s City Ground as one of the nine venues for the Women’s Euro in 2021, the English FA announced on Tuesday.
August 21 – With FIFA have just announced record breaking numbers for the finals of its eWorld Cup, UEFA has announced the launch of UEFA eEURO 2020, a national-team eFootball tournament that will see all 55 of UEFA’s national associations kick off play this November.
August 21 – St. Louis was officially announced as the newest MLS expansion franchise on Tuesday, in what is the league’s first female majority-owned team.
August 21 – Concacaf has moved swiftly to relocate two Concacaf League round of 16 matches scheduled to be played in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, to the northern city of San Pedro Sula following fan violence at the weekend that saw three at least three people were killed and 10 injured, three critically.
August 21 – Former England international Phil Neville has called for the football community to “send a powerful message” and boycott social media for six months in response to the rise in racist abuse of players.
August 21 – The proposed stadium site for David Beckham’s Inter Miami franchise in the MLS has arsenic contamination levels more than twice the legal limit, according to an environmental report.