Manchester United and Manchester City face snub from Channel 5
• Channel 5 will not automatically show either team• ITV 'would have preferred' Champions League survivalChannel 5 could opt not to show Manchester United's Europa League matches despite the club's games being available to the broadcaster for the f...
French betting authority investigates Lyon’s Champions League win
• 7-1 away win over Dinamo Zagreb secured qualification• Lyon and Dinamo react angrily to suggestions of wrongdoing• Uefa awaiting report of English referee Mark ClattenburgMark Clattenburg has emerged as the key figure in Uefa's investigations o...
Football Association set for annual £20m TV-money boost to finances
• ITV contract exceeds £40m domestic target set by FA• Six-year overseas deal covers friendlies and FA CupFootball Association coffers are set to be swelled by a minimum of £20m every year as negotiations over its broadcast contracts enter their ...
Football Association set for annual £20m TV-money boost to finances
• ITV contract exceeds £40m domestic target set by FA• Six-year overseas deal covers friendlies and FA CupFootball Association coffers are set to be swelled by a minimum of £20m every year as negotiations over its broadcast contracts enter their ...
HMRC issues 25 wind-up petitions to Football League clubs in two years
• QC says some clubs 'are repeat offenders'• Football League insolvency policies challengedPlymouth Argyle are unlikely to be the last Football League club to suffer financial collapse. It has emerged in court that the HM Revenue & Customs has issu...
Russia 2018 denies knowledge of FBI computer-hacking investigation
• FBI has questioned former England 2018 campaign staff• Investigation relates specifically to Russian bid teamRussia 2018 has responded to reports that its successful World Cup bid campaign has become embroiled in an FBI investigation into compute...
Blow for Fifa openness as courts delay release of fraud trial papers
• Swiss court receives appeal against release of legal papers• ISL documents relate to alleged payment of kickbacks at FifaSepp Blatter's high-profile transparency drive at Fifa has suffered an embarrassing setback in the Swiss courts. One of the c...
Inland Revenue risks ‘own goal’ with challenge to insolvency rule
• Barrister says change may result in more liquidations• Judge compares leagues to private members' clubsThe taxman is trying to score an "own goal" against everyone left out of pocket by a football club's financial collapse, a court was told on Mo...
League lawyer cites Crystal Palace cup run to defend creditors’ rule
• Crystal Palace would have gone bust 18 months ago says QC• Football creditors' rule is in the 'national interest'Darren Ambrose's extraordinary goal against Manchester United on Wednesday night may help salvage the Football League's controversial...
FA boosts youth football but cannot halt decline of adult men’s game
• £50m-a-year investment helps create 18,639 grassroots teams• More referees and women players but 1,650 men's sides lostA £50m-a-year Football Association investment programme has helped bring 4,000 new referees and 18,639 new football teams to ...
Blatter faces curbs on his power with Fifa
• Report calls for range of overhauls to Fifa's operations• Author Mark Pieth submits 'concept paper' • View Pieth's full 39-page report to Fifa (pdf)Matt ScottSepp Blatter and the Fifa executive committee may face significant curbs on their pow...
HM Revenue and Customs opens case against football creditors’ rule
• HMRC challenges rule that gives priority to clubs and players• League defending rule as being in best interests of the sportBattle commenced between the Football League and Her Majesty's Revenue Customs at the high court on Wednesday over the con...
