Football

The German Football Association (DFB) has denied allegations that a secret ‘slush fund’ was set up to secure votes for the country to host football’s 2006 Fifa World Cup.

Uefa, football’s European governing body, has called for a quick decision on the case involving its suspended president Michel Platini, who is running for the presidency of Fifa, the sport’s global governing body.

Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa is seeking to stand for the top job in world football if he can gain enough support, according to multiple reports.

Swiss private bank Julius Baer has insisted that aspects of reports surrounding its alleged involvement with Fifa, football’s global governing body, are incorrect.

Prince Ali bin Al-Hussein of Jordan has today (Thursday) formally submitted his candidature for the Fifa presidency, as Uefa member nations meet to discuss their backing of Michel Platini for the top job in world football.

Manchester City this (Wednesday) afternoon reported its first annual profit since Sheikh Mansour became owner of the English Premier League football club in 2008.

Lindile Kika, who served as the South African Football Association’s (Safa) head of national teams during the 2010 Fifa World Cup in the country, has been banned by football’s global governing body for his role in alleged match fixing.

German Bundesliga football club Vfl Wolfsburg has been forced to postpone plans for a new youth training centre amid the emissions scandal currently surrounding automotive giant Volkswagen.

North America’s Major League Soccer has announced it will begin trialling the use of video referees.

Former Fifa secretary general Michel Zen-Ruffinen has said he is considering running for the presidency of world football’s governing body, while Football Association of Thailand (FAT) president Worawi Makudi will appeal the suspension handed out to him yesterday (Monday).

The English Football Association (FA) has agreed a deal to refinance its Wembley Stadium debt in a move that will reportedly save the national governing body at least £12m (€16.2m/$18.4m) a year and allow it to make a profit from the venue for the first time.

Former Fifa Executive Committee member Worawi Makudi, the current president of the Football Association of Thailand (FAT), has become the latest official to be handed a suspension by the adjudicatory chamber of the Ethics Committee of world football’s governing body.

Uefa president Michel Platini has lodged an appeal with Fifa against his 90-day suspension from football activities, with the head of European football’s governing body receiving backing from the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol), which labelled his punishment “untimely and disproportionate”.

Sepp Blatter has filed an official appeal against his suspension issued by the Ethics Committee of world football’s governing body Fifa, while presidential candidate Chung Mong-joon has said he will appeal against his six-year ban at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

Uefa has rallied behind its president Michel Platini by stating he will not be replaced as the head of European football’s governing body and offering its backing to the Frenchman in an appeal process against the suspension handed out by Fifa.

Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Issa Hayatou was today (Thursday) installed as the interim leader of Fifa, but has maintained he will not seek the position on a permanent basis following the wave of suspensions issued by the body’s Ethics Committee.