Football

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has unveiled a sweeping reform package as it seeks to clean house following a second Fifa corruption scandal in the space of four years.

South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) president Juan Angel Napout has supported the decision of the Paraguayan government to remove immunity from the governing body’s headquarters in the country, adding that the organisation is committed to reform in the wake of the corruption scandal enveloping world football.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has claimed there were “political interventions” from the presidents of France and Germany ahead of the voting for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, stating criticism over the award of the tournaments to Russia and Qatar should not be solely directed at world football’s governing body.

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian football, has announced that its 2015 Supercoppa Italiana competition will be staged in Shanghai, China on August 8.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law restricting the number of foreign players allowed to compete in the country’s domestic sports leagues.

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has lifted a number of restrictions from Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain after both clubs were able to meet its Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules.

Chinese Super League champion Evergrande Taobao has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) in a move that is set to see it become the first listed football club in Asia.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has maintained his conscience is clean and warned anyone who associates him with the ongoing scandal in world football “should go to jail”, as it emerged today (Thursday) that the United States has submitted a formal request for Switzerland to extradite seven Fifa officials arrested as part of a corruption investigation in Zurich in May.

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has appointed restructuring specialist Alvarez & Marsal to oversee an overhaul in its operations following the Fifa corruption scandal.

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into corruption in football is unprecedented and has presented the sports marketing industry with a number of complicated questions. We canvassed industry insiders to try to answer five of the most pressing questions.

Frank Dunne asks Riccardo Silva, sports media rights entrepreneur and co-founder of new NASL (North American Soccer League) franchise Miami FC, about his fight to take on Brand Beckham.

UEFA has found a way to better understand its fanbase through a market segmentation campaign. Matt Cutler reports.

European football’s governing body Uefa has awarded the 2017 Champions League final to the Welsh capital, Cardiff, while the Swedish municipality of Solna will host the 2016-17 finale of the Europa League.

UEFA has today (30 June) confirmed that the Football Association of Wales has been successful in its bid for Cardiff to host the 2017 UEFA Champions League Final. The match will be played at Cardiff’s 74,154 capacity Millennium Stadium on Saturday, 3rd June 2017 (kick-off: 19.45hrs local time)

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has eased its Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations in an effort to move from “austerity to sustainable growth,” according to president Michel Platini.

English Football Association (FA) director and ex-FIFA Task Force Member, Heather Rabbatts, on the future of world football’s governing body and how women’s sport is entering the commercial mainstream.