Football

Despite having produced a record five-time world champion national team, league football in Brazil is still failing to fulfil its commercial potential. Kevin Roberts speaks to expert Jamil Chade to assess the health of football in Brazil.

Funding for a big-money Americas Champions league, contested by football clubs from North and South America, is likely to be announced next year, but the scale of the commercial and political challenge of bringing confederations, clubs and leagues into line has been recognised by the appointment of George Mitchell to the role. Kevin Roberts reports.

The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) have today (Tuesday) moved to suspend games and other activities after a plane carrying Brazilian Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A club Chapecoense crashed in Colombia.

Fifa is considering expanding the World Cup to feature up to 48 teams from 2026. We ask four stakeholders whether it would be wiser to stick with the existing number of finalists.

No expense has been spared on the new $300m stadium for Russian Premier League team FC Krasnodar, which includes a unique 360-degree screen around the arena. But why won’t it host any 2018 World Cup matches? Will Mann reports.

Digital replacement technology offers rights holders the ability to create additional advertising inventory and revenues. So why is Fifa unlikely to use the technology at Russia 2018? Matthew Glendinning investigates.

A trade war with the US and an overheating economy could slow China’s aggressive expansion into the global sports market. Frank Dunne reports.

Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC), which is responsible for delivering the stadia and infrastructure for football’s 2022 Fifa World Cup, has awarded the main contractor contract for the tournament’s proposed centrepiece to a joint venture made up of Qatari and Chinese firms.

The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Competitions Committee has recommended that China host the organisation’s U-23 Championship in 2018, while a number of format changes have been proposed for the AFC Cup club competition.

Bayern Munich has posted a sharp 20-per-cent rise in turnover for the 2015-16 financial year as the German Bundesliga football club confirmed the return of Uli Hoeness as president following his jail term for tax evasion.

Representatives of the German and Chinese governments have today (Friday) signed a wide-ranging agreement relating to a football development partnership between the two countries.

World football’s governing body Fifa has been hit with a lawsuit in a Zurich court concerning its regulations that prohibit the transfer of players under the age of 18.

The English Premier League is set to expand its Asia Trophy pre-season competition by adding a second tournament, according to the ESPN FC website.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has moved to address “persistent rumours” that the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations will be moved from Gabon by maintaining that the country will host the next edition of its showpiece national team tournament.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has said football’s global governing body could authorise the use of video technology to aid referees at the 2018 World Cup in Russia.

Former Ecuadorian Football Federation (FEF) president Luis Chiriboga has been handed a 10-year jail sentence for money laundering in the latest case connected to the wide-ranging corruption scandal in world football.