Football

The Premier League, the top division of English club football, has commenced a search for a new leader after Richard Scudamore announced he will end his long tenure as executive chairman this year.

The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has been dissolved by the country’s government following revelations of “widespread” corruption that implicates president Kwesi Nyantakyi, one of the most senior figures in African football and a member of the ruling Fifa Council of the world governing body.

European football’s governing body Uefa has today (Thursday) revealed a new brand identity for the Champions League which will take hold from the 2018-19 season of the club competition.

The European football market is now worth a record €25.5bn ($30.5bn), according to a new report issued by professional and financial services company Deloitte, with the English Premier League enjoying an 86 per cent gap in revenue terms compared to its nearest competitor.

The European Club Association (ECA) has called for proposed changes to various club football competitions to be discussed in an “open, transparent and detailed manner” in order to ensure long-term benefits for the game.

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian club football, has sealed a deal to take its Supercoppa Italiana competition to Saudi Arabia in three of the next five years.

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European football’s governing body Uefa has unveiled major increases in prize money for the Champions League, with historically successful teams set to benefit under a new system that places more weight on prior success rather than the strength of their respective national television market pools.

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian club football, has confirmed it has received an “important offer” to take its Supercoppa Italiana competition to Saudi Arabia.

Fifa, football’s global governing body, has filed a criminal complaint in Switzerland against ticketing exchange Viagogo over what it claims is a “breach of the law on unfair competition” relating to ticket resales for this summer’s World Cup in Russia.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has conceded it is unlikely that Qatar’s 2022 World Cup will be expanded, while he has hit back at criticism of a lack of transparency concerning the plans of world football’s governing body for new-look Club World Cup and Global Nations League competitions.

Major League Soccer (MLS) has forged a strategic partnership with R/GA Ventures, the investment and innovation arm of the R/GA agency, in a move that will seek to identify groundbreaking technologies that will drive continued growth of the North American league’s fanbase.