Football

German Bundesliga football club Borussia Dortmund and Basketball Bundesliga (BBL) team Alba Berlin have launched a collaboration agreement.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has announced a comprehensive set of reforms intended to tackle the corruption problems that have plagued the organisation.

Owen Evans looked at what recently re-elected president Jordi Bartomeu needs to do to improve Brand Barca in the next six years.

With both soccer and American football to host in the future, how will English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium accommodate for both without compromise? Elisha Chauhan reports.

Emanuel Medeiros, CEO, International Centre for Sport Security Europe, on a bad year for sport integrity and the threats that lie in store for our industry. 

Uefa president Michel Platini has run into criticism for his decision to run for the top job in world football, with three of his likely rivals for the Fifa presidency questioning his suitability for the role.

Frank Dunne spoke to Javier Tebas, president of the Spanish football league (LFP), about his attempts to reform his country’s football media rights landscape and why Fifa must not abolish third-party ownership.

Uefa president Michel Platini today (Wednesday) confirmed his intention to stand for the presidency of Fifa, stating that he has been encouraged by the support he has received from the member associations of world football’s governing body.

Robert Sarver, the majority owner of NBA basketball franchise the Phoenix Suns, has failed in his latest efforts to acquire a European football club after his takeover bid for Spanish Liga team Levante was rejected.

Fifa has confirmed that its new reforms task force will be chaired by an “independent person from outside football” following criticism of the attempts by world football’s governing body to move on from a scandal-hit period.

Fifa has today (Monday) hailed a legal victory in its ongoing efforts to eradicate third-party ownership (TPO) of players as it emerged that Domenico Scala, the head of the auditing and compliance committee at world football’s governing body, has turned down the chance to chair its new reform taskforce.

Spanish Liga football team Real Madrid has agreed a partnership with e-commerce giant the Alibaba Group in a bid to further its presence in the Chinese market.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has said world football’s governing body has passed a resolution offering its full backing to Russia’s staging of the 2018 World Cup amid ongoing investigations into the bidding process for the tournament and cut-backs in preparations for the event.

Melbourne will continue to host the Australian leg of the International Champions Cup (ICC) pre-season football tournament after agreeing a three-year contract extension.

Fifa secretary general Jerome Valcke has said he expects to leave his position when Sepp Blatter’s successor as president is elected, with the Frenchman adding that world football’s governing body will meet with its top commercial partners amid growing concern over the corruption scandal enveloping the world game.

South Korean tycoon Chung Mong-joon has said he will formally announce his candidacy for the Fifa presidency next month, while Visa has become the latest top-tier sponsor of world football’s governing body to call for an independent commission to reform the way the organisation is run.