Football

West Ham United is in talks to become the first English Premier League football club to introduce a safe-standing area at its stadium, according to co-chairman David Gold.

Football’s global governing body Fifa is considering expanding its Club World Cup tournament to include more teams, according to Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has partnered with the Indian Super League, the top tier of club football in the country.

Jordan has been unveiled as the host of the Women’s Asia Cup international football tournament in 2018.

Thomas Peyer has been appointed as the chief finance officer of Fifa, football’s global governing body.

Gianni Infantino, president of football’s global governing body, Fifa, has hailed a landmark trial of video technology during the international friendly match between Italy and France yesterday (Thursday).

The office of the Swiss Attorney General confirmed today (Thursday) that it has opened criminal proceedings against German football great Franz Beckenbauer and three other former German Football Association (DFB) executives in relation to the country’s successful bid for the 2006 Fifa World Cup.

Charlie Stillitano is the ebullient and divisive personality behind the International Champions Cup, the pre-season tournament that pitches the world’s most famous football club teams against each other. Here he speaks to Ben Cronin about Leicester City, the chances of a European Super League and that abandoned match in Beijing.

Organisers of India’s Premier Futsal tournament have announced that they are to revamp the format of the league for its second season, with all new franchisees and players to be put up for bidding.

The $200m pact between OTT operator Perform Group and the J.League is the largest deal in the history of Japanese sports. John Duerden looks at how it might help to transform the country’s football infrastructure and help the sport connect with millennials.

The formation of the Premier League in 1992 caused an identity crisis at the world’s oldest football league. However, as Kevin Roberts found out, rebranding as the English Football League and a new visual ID are intended to focus and reinvigorate the business.

English Premier League football clubs spent a total of £1.165bn (€1.386bn/$1.543bn) in the summer transfer window, according to figures released by financial services company Deloitte.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has given its formal backing to a proposed bid from the Colombian Football Federation (FCF) to host the 2023 Fifa Women’s World Cup.

The South Asian Football Federation has awarded hosting rights for the 2017 edition of its SAFF Championship to Bangladesh, while the country is also set to stage a new club competition.

Frank McCourt, the former owner of Major League Baseball franchise the Los Angeles Dodgers, has struck an outline agreement to acquire French Ligue 1 football club Olympique de Marseille.

European football’s governing body Uefa has today (Friday) unveiled reform measures for the Champions League and Europa League that will see the continent’s top four leagues granted automatic qualification for four teams each to its elite competition.