Football

Thierry Braillard, France’s Secretary of State for Sport, has called for security measures inside French stadia to be improved ahead of the Uefa Euro 2016 national team tournament in the country after major crowd trouble disrupted a top-tier Ligue 1 football match yesterday (Sunday).

FIFPro, the international footballers’ union, launched legal action today (Friday) against the sport’s global governing body Fifa over the structure of the game’s transfer market.

Fifa secretary general Jérôme Valcke was put on leave by football’s global governing body “until further notice” yesterday (Thursday) evening after allegations emerged surrounding the sale of World Cup tickets.

Officials from Conmebol and Concacaf, the governing bodies of football in Latin America and North and Central America respectively, have declared that a special edition of the Copa America national team tournament is still set to take place in the US, despite speculation to the contrary.

Manchester United is anticipating record profit levels for the 2015-16 financial year after the impact of missing out on qualifying for the 2014-15 Uefa Champions League was illustrated in the English Premier League football club’s latest annual accounts today (Thursday).

Swiss authorities today (Thursday) approved the extradition of Eugenio Figueredo, a former vice-president of football’s global governing body Fifa, to the US.

Football’s European governing body Uefa has discussed the possibility of creating a third club competition to complement the Champions League and Europa League.

Major League Soccer’s (MLS) new Los Angeles franchise has confirmed the new team will be called Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC).

Anwarul Huq, the general secretary of the South Asian Football Federation (SAFF), has revealed that his organisation’s members will vote for Michel Platini in the Fifa presidential election.

Silvio Berlusconi has confirmed that he has reached an agreement with Thai businessman Bee Taechaubol regarding the sale of a 48-per-cent stake in Italian Serie A football club AC Milan.

The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) has been ordered to publicise the details of English Premier League football club West Ham United’s rental agreement for the Olympic Stadium.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has appointed professional services firm Ernst & Young to drive through a comprehensive reform process of the continental governing body.

Spanish LaLiga football club Barcelona has announced a revamp of its business areas, with a new department set to be led by a senior executive from Italian Serie A champion Juventus.

American authorities have broadened their investigations into corruption in world football and expect to file additional charges, according to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, while her Swiss counterpart Michael Lauber said his office has seized property and flats in the Swiss Alps in connection with its probe of Fifa.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has said a meeting will be held next week over the future of the Copa America Centenario, adding it is committed to going ahead with next year’s special edition of the national team tournament.

Domenico Scala, the independent chairman of Fifa’s Audit and Compliance Committee, has today (Thursday) unveiled an eight-point plan for the comprehensive reform of football’s global governing body.