Football

The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has signed a lucrative eight-year partnership with the Total Sports Marketing (TSM) agency which will result in the establishment of a new tournament named after President Robert Mugabe featuring African and Asian national teams.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has called on voters in the Fifa presidential election to agree on a single candidate ahead of this month’s decision as to who will become the next leader of world football’s governing body.

Football’s European Club Association (ECA) is discussing changes to the Champions League competition format with Uefa, the sport’s European governing body.

Gordon Derrick, president of the Caribbean Football Union, and Canadian Soccer Association president, Victor Montagliani, have confirmed that they will run to become the next leader of the troubled Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) regional governing body.

Football’s English Premier League has revealed a new brand identity, which will be activated from the start of the 2016-17 campaign, and confirmed that it will move away from a title sponsorship model to a seven-sponsor structure from the end of this season.

One-time Fifa presidential hopeful Musa Bility has called on the official overseeing the election process to step aside due to conflict of interest, and has claimed a significant number of national associations will decide against backing the Confederation of African Football’s (CAF) preferred candidate in this month’s vote.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa has today (Friday) received a significant boost in his campaign to become the next president of Fifa after receiving the backing of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).

Major League Soccer (MLS) has started a search for a new stadium in St. Louis ahead of the potential addition to the North American club football competition of an expansion franchise in the Missouri city.

French Football Federation (FFF) president Noel Le Graët has hailed a verdict from the country’s highest court, the Conseil d'État, that will retain the status quo in terms of the promotion and relegation system for Ligue 1, the top tier of the domestic club game.

U.S. Soccer, the governing body for football in the United States, has moved to sue the union that represents the country’s women’s national team over fears players could strike ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has announced a new revenue sharing agreement for the Copa Libertadores in a move that is set to head off the threat of a boycott of its leading club competition.

International footballers’ union FIFPro has openly criticised proposed reforms put forward by football’s global governing body Fifa, suggesting that the sport’s “monopolistic structure will be further entrenched” under the new measures.

Fifa presidential candidate Tokyo Sexwale is set to make a final effort to revive his troubled election campaign at a Confederation of African Football (CAF) meeting on Friday after his bid emerged intact following a gathering of the South African Football Association (SAFA).

Fifa has blocked $20m (€18.5m) in funding to the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) in the latest blow to the governing bodies at the centre of the corruption scandal that has enveloped the world game.

The expenditure of English Premier League football clubs in a single season has surpassed £1bn (€1.3bn/$1.4bn) for the first time ever, business advisory firm Deloitte has revealed.

Noël Le Graët, president of the Fédération Française de Football, told Frank Dunne why this summer’s Euro 2016 competition is so important for France – and not just French football.