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December 2 Football Business Round-Up

December 2 Football Business Round-Up

EUROPE New chair of FIFA’s independent governance committee appointed Mark Pieth, a professor in criminal law at the University of Basle, has been appointed to chair FIFA’s independent governance committee.…

November 25 Football Business Round-Up

November 25 Football Business Round-Up

EUROPE Uefa shelves plans to impose a transfer ban for rule breaches The European governing body confirmed this week that transfer ban proposals for those who break financial fair play…

November 18 Football Business Round-Up

November 18 Football Business Round-Up

EUROPE Barca President threatens breakaway league Barcelona president Sandro Rosell says a breakaway European league will start in 2014 unless UEFA gives in to demands from the major clubs. The…

November 11 Football Business Round-Up

November 11 Football Business Round-Up

EUROPE Newcastle’s St James’ Park to be renamed Newcastle United announced this week the end of 120 years of history by scrapping the St James’ Park stadium name, with owner…

November 4 Football Business Round-Up

November 4 Football Business Round-Up

EUROPE Real Madrid to challenge Premier League with midday start Real Madrid will play Osasuna at noon this Sunday, the earliest kick off time for a match at the Bernabeu.…

October 28 Football Business Round-Up

October 28 Football Business Round-Up

EUROPE Fifa completes World Cup deals Fifa announced it had completed broadcast deals worth £1.15bn for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups this week. The deals include revenue estimated at…

October 21 Football Business Round-Up

October 21 Football Business Round-Up

EUROPE Football League clubs accept plan to shake up academies The 72 Football League clubs have voted to back the overhaul of the player academy system that will make it…

October 14 Football Business Round-Up

October 14 Football Business Round-Up

EUROPE Government tells English football: ‘change or be changed’ The Football Association (FA) has been given an ‘absolute deadline’ to bring in rules tackling club debt or face government action…

October 7 Football Business Round-Up

October 7 Football Business Round-Up

EUROPE ECJ Rules on Premier League Broadcasts As was pointed out over a year ago on this very blog (http://www.onebooker.com/en/2010/09/will-media-revenues-continue-to-bankroll-premier-league-club%E2%80%99s-lackadaisical-spending-sprees/) pub landlady, Karen Murphy, has won the latest stage of…

September 30 Football Business Round-Up

September 30 Football Business Round-Up

EUROPE Platini urges European countries to introduce new match-fixing laws In a speech to the Council of Europe in Strasbourg this week, UEFA President Michel Platini urged European countries to…

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