Tonda Eckert admits ‘Spygate’ punishment fears as Southampton boss awaits FA verdict Southampton were thrown out of last season’s play-offs following the ‘Spygate’ scandal The Independent UK · Jul 31
Mykhailo Mudryk issues statement as Chelsea star has doping ban lifted after 20 months Ukrainian winger has been suspended since failing a doping test in November 2024 Evening Standard · Jul 31
Chelsea Learn Outcome of FA Investigation Into 74 Rule Breaches The Blues have been under investigation ever since the arrival of owners BlueCo in 2022. Sports Illustrated · Jul 31
Will Gianni Infantino survive as Fifa president? In today’s Football Daily: A tipping point for Fifa’s president? The Guardian - UK · Jul 31
Chelsea fined £10 million for FA rule breaches, avoid points deduction Chelsea received a ten million pound fine from the English FA. This penalty follows admitted historical breaches of football regulations. The club avoided a points deduction after a successful appeal. A suspended two-window registration ban remains in effect until 2027. The fine will fund grassroots football initiatives across the country. The Economic Times · Jul 31
Chelsea fined £10m and given suspended transfer ban by FA over agent breaches The club escaped a suspended six-point deduction for the infringements after appealing against the original punishment The Guardian - UK · Jul 31
Chelsea fined £10m and handed suspended transfer ban for FA rule breaches Blues appealed against a suspended six-point deduction, which has been set aside Evening Standard · Jul 31
Chelsea handed huge fine over FA agent rules breach – here’s what we know IN FULL The Independent UK · Jul 31
Chelsea fined £10m and handed suspended transfer ban for breaching FA’s agent rules Chelsea have avoided sporting sanctions despite admitting to the breaches The Independent UK · Jul 31
Voices: ‘No-one has clean hands’: Readers say football missed its wake-up call long before Fifa’s World Cup sell-off YOUR VIEWS: Our community is furious with Gianni Infantino’s plan to sell stakes in Fifa’s tournaments to private investors, with many warning the sport is being sold out from under the fans who built it The Independent UK · Jul 31
Uefa has formed a rare but fragile united front against Fifa in battle for football’s future Emerging from this week with unity over Fifa’s World Cup sell off was quite an acheivement but Europe cannot rest on its laurels The Guardian - UK · Jul 31
FIFA hit back in early hours over controversial World Cup plans prompts boycott threat FIFA insist they are going to go ahead with their consultation process and that 'nobody is selling football' FourFourTwo · Jul 31
AFC joins critics of FIFA private investment plan UEFA members will not take part in any FIFA competition until the controversial private investment plan is dropped, while the AFC have joined the criticism. AAP · Jul 31
Football Australia and Fifa’s controversial World Cup sell-off plans – explained FA is yet to formalise a position after being advised by the Asian Football Confederation to await further details The Guardian - AU · Jul 31
International Business Times UK · Jul 30 'Football Is for the People': Nigel Farage Backs UEFA and Demands FIFA's Gianni Infantino Resign Nigel Farage has called for FIFA president Gianni Infantino to resign, backing UEFA in a fresh row over football governance and World Cup plans.
The Independent UK · Jul 30 Inside Uefa’s extraordinary World Cup boycott plans – and what Fifa might do next WORLD CUP BOYCOTT: Uefa’s constituent nations agreed to a boycott over Fifa’s plans to sell off stakes in the World Cup – a decision that, Miguel Delaney writes, could have ramifications right across the game
The Guardian - UK · Jul 30 FA raises minimum ban for racism and other forms of discrimination to 10 matches The minimum ban for discriminatory behaviour is to be raised to 10 matches by the Football Association
The Independent UK · Jul 30 Uefa’s World Cup boycott: Which countries are involved – and will it cover 2027 Fifa Women’s World Cup? Uefa agreed on Thursday that all 55 of its national associations will not participate in Fifa competitions
The Independent UK · Jul 30 FA introduces tougher sanctions to tackle discrimination in English football IN FULL
The Independent UK · Jul 30 Players to receive minimum 10-game ban if found guilty of discrimination in tougher FA rules This strengthens previous guidelines, which recommended six to 12 games for aggravated breaches
The Guardian - UK · Jul 30 Fifa wants more money for its members but that does not guarantee investment Asia and Africa are bastions of support for Gianni Infantino but Fifa’s money has not always been well spent in the regions
FourFourTwo · Jul 30 Sixty years on: Was England's 1966 winning XI destiny, fate, or a chance affair? It's a team ingrained in memory, but was it always destined to be that way? Sixty years on from that Wembley triumph, Paul Simpson explains how chance moulded Sir Alf Ramsey's legends of '66
AAP · Jul 30 FA want more details on FIFA World Cup investor plan FIFA members have been given a deadline to accept a one-off payment that will open the way for a project to involve private investors in the World Cup.
The Guardian - AU · Jul 30 Football Australia pleads for more time to digest Fifa’s controversial World Cup plans FA has resisted immediate criticism of Gianni Infantino as it awaits more information to ‘properly assess’ the implications of the privatisation push
Bangkok Post · Jul 30 Fifa’s share sale plan alarms sporting world PARIS - A proposal by Fifa to sell a stake in the business operations of the World Cup and its other competitions through the creation of a semi-private subsidiary has sparked disbelief and outrage globally. A sampling of the reaction: