Football

Betting integrity company Sport Integrity Monitor has been appointed as the betting market monitoring partner of the English Premier League, Football Association, Football League, Football Conference, Scottish Football Association and Scottish Professional Football League.

UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino addressed several of the biggest issues facing European football today at the Leaders Sport Business Summit, and backed some of the federation’s big policies, including financial fair play and the expanded Euro tournament.

Harold Mayne-Nicholls, the former head of Fifa’s technical committee, is considering challenging Sepp Blatter for the presidency of football’s world governing body.

Jeffrey Webb, FIFA vice-president and president of CONCACAF, has called on football's world governing body to reintroduce the continental rotation of the World Cup.

Football’s English Premier League is increasing its efforts to introduce competitive matches played abroad, according to multiple reports.

Carlo Tavecchio, president of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), has been banned for six months by Uefa, the sport’s European governing body, for making a racist remark.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that seven countries have submitted bids to replace Libya as host of the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations national team tournament.

India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has agreed a deal to become a co-owner of Chennaiyin FC in the inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) football competition.

Lega Serie A, the governing body of the top division of Italian football, has announced that Qatar will host its 2014 Supercoppa Italiana competition.

Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi is set to face trial over alleged tax fraud after a Spanish court today (Friday) rejected his appeal against being named in the case.

Football clubs in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, France’s top two divisions, made combined losses of €200m ($256.5m) during the 2013-14 season, according to a report in French newspaper L’Equipe.

Major League Soccer (MLS) commissioner Don Garber has dismissed reports that energy drinks company Red Bull could be set to walk away from ownership of its New York franchise.

A leading group of international women footballers have followed through on their threat to bring legal action against Fifa after the game’s world governing body refused to alter its stance on the use of artificial turf at its 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada.

Major League Soccer (MLS) is poised to announce the formation of a new Los Angeles franchise that will replace the beleaguered Chivas USA team and whose investors will include Los Angeles Dodgers co-owner Peter Guber and Cardiff City owner Vincent Tan, according to the Sports Illustrated website.

Key figures from Fifa, Coca-Cola and Apex-Brasil are the latest additions to the international speaker line-up for the Leaders Sport Business Summit.