Football

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has announced details of a change in structure for its Copa Libertadores showpiece club tournament.

Eight current or former English Premier League football managers have accepted illicit payments for player transfers, according to a report in the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has been re-elected as president of the Russian Football Union (RFU).

Former Fifa vice-president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan has labelled the decision of football’s global governing body to disband its anti-racism taskforce as “shameful”.

Elections to decide three Asian members of the Fifa Council, a new body that has replaced football’s global governing body’s Executive Committee, have been postponed after a number of officials opted not to vote.

English Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur has become the latest team to launch a development initiative in China as part of a wider move to boost the game at grassroots level across the Asian country.

Fifa, the global governing body of football, has disbanded its anti-racism taskforce after it was adjudged to have “fulfilled its temporary mission”.

The French Football League (LFP) and French Football Federation (FFF) have joined forces to announce they will open their first overseas office in Beijing, China.

Italian Serie A football club Juventus has announced year-on-year growth across key financials for the 12 months to June 30, with preliminary results showing an 11.4 per cent increase in revenue.

The trial of seven former football officials and one former marketing executive accused of corruption by the US Department of Justice will begin on November 6 next year.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has criticised attempts to “undermine” Russia’s staging of the 2018 World Cup amid the country’s doping crisis, as world football’s governing body today (Friday) appointed PwC Switzerland as its statutory auditor and hired Edward Hanover to the newly created position of chief compliance officer.

The takeover of West Bromwich Albion by Chinese group Yuni Guokai (Shanghai) Sports has been formally approved, the English Premier League football club has confirmed.

LaLiga, which operates the Spanish football league, has launched an investigation into Barcelona’s agreement with the Spanish Public Prosecutor’s Office over the controversial signing of Neymar from Brazilian club Santos in 2013.

European football’s governing body Uefa has awarded hosting rights to the 2018 editions of its Champions League final and Super Cup matches to Kiev in Ukraine and Tallinn in Estonia, respectively, while Theodore Theodoridis has been named as the organisation’s general secretary on a permanent basis.

LaLiga, the organising body that operates the football league structure in Spain, has opened a second office in India as part of an effort to increase the appeal of its competitions in the country.

Aleksander Ceferin, head of the Football Association of Slovenia (NZS), has been elected as the new president of Uefa after securing an overwhelming majority in today’s (Wednesday’s) election in Athens.