Football governance

6 articles tagged with "Football governance"

Sep 22, 2026

Infantino’s letter went to all 211 member associations, and the deadline to challenge him is 18 November

FIFA’s president has offered the Council an independent review of how the governing body handles major strategic plans. It follows the collapse of the...

Sep 10, 2026

Pochettino wants the 2016-17 title given to Spurs, and the Premier League’s own finding is why he will not get it

Pochettino says Chelsea’s admitted rule breaches should cost them the 2016-17 trophy and hand it to his Tottenham side. The problem is what the Premie...

Aug 27, 2026

UEFA have dropped the boycott, and they still want Infantino out in March

Europe’s 55 federations got the written guarantee they demanded and called off their threat to boycott FIFA competitions. The harder fight, over the p...

Aug 4, 2026

The Premier League voted through its biggest funding deal in a decade without confirming what is in it

Twenty clubs unanimously backed a ten-year funding package for the EFL on 30 July. The league confirmed the term, the start date and the mechanism, th...

Aug 3, 2026

Chelsea’s £10m FA fine stands, but the six-point threat becomes a two-window transfer ban

An independent appeal board has replaced the suspended six-point deduction imposed for 74 breaches of the FA’s agent rules with a suspended ban on reg...

Aug 1, 2026

Infantino drops the World Cup sell-off, and UEFA says he has lost its confidence

FIFA pulled its plan to sell a 20 per cent stake in the World Cup business three days after announcing it, and UEFA answered by saying Gianni Infantin...