Football

World football’s governing body Fifa today (Thursday) stated that the United States would have to permit entry to players, officials and fans from any country that qualified if it won the right to host the 2026 World Cup, while reports have detailed a potential rival joint bid for the tournament from Morocco, Spain and Portugal.

Argentina’s Primera Division will resume today (Thursday) after an agreement was reached to lift a players’ strike, while Fifa president Gianni Infantino has expressed his confidence that the Argentine Football Association (AFA) will avoid the threat of suspension.

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has confirmed that Germany and Turkey will be the only bidders for the Euro 2024 national team tournament.

The 2016-17 season has been a watershed for the broadcast product of Spanish football’s top-tier – not only in how the rights are sold and revenues distributed, but how it is presented on TV across the world. Broadcasters and fans at home – and on the move – are benefitting from LaLiga’s innovative and ambitious new broadcast presentation.

Italian Serie A football team Palermo has announced that Paul Baccaglini will become its new president after the US-born businessman agreed a deal to acquire the club.

Carlo Tavecchio has been re-elected as president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) after seeing off the rival claims of Andrea Abodi.

English Premier League football club Chelsea has had its plans for a £500m (€579m/$614m) redevelopment of its Stamford Bridge stadium approved by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan.

Chung Mong-gyu, president of the Korea Football Association, has revealed that that the governing body is considering a joint bid with North Korea, China and Japan for the 2030 edition of the Fifa World Cup.

The completion of a Chinese consortium's proposed takeover of Italian Serie A football club AC Milan has again been delayed.

The Argentine Footballers’ Union (FAA) has maintained it will press ahead with strike action this weekend over unpaid salaries, as the Argentine Football Association (AFA) threatened sanctions in a bid to ensure the domestic game returns to action.

English Premier League football club Leicester City has revealed pre-tax profit of £16.4m (€19.2m/$20.1m) in the year ending May 31, 2016, and also confirmed that it will challenge a Football League charge of breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules in 2014.

Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona has unveiled plans to develop the world’s leading centre for sporting innovation.

English Premier League football club Liverpool has announced losses of £19.8m (€23.1m/$24.4m) for the 12 months to May 31, 2016, despite reporting record levels of revenue in the same period

Frank Dunne investigates how Lagardère’s bold investment in Africa is starting to reap rewards.

Former Fifa secretary general Jérôme Valcke has filed an appeal at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against his 10-year ban from football, while the sport’s global governing body has today (Tuesday) issued sanctions against another former member of its Executive Committee.

English Premier League football club Liverpool has announced that Peter Moore will become its new chief executive.