The threat to ban players from international football helped stall the breakaway league’s momentum. But it’s unlikely such a sanction would stand up to European competition laws.
This is really a story of capitalism’s limits,especially when it intersects with culture. It’s about how far it will go when allowed,but also just how far we’ll let it before finally saying “enough”.
The fan revolt against Europe’s most powerful football clubs has been something to behold.
European soccer fans have succeeded this time in their protest against rich owners who tried to take their game away. But history suggests this is not the end.
This is a moment football fans have feared for decades,and has the potential to kill the special tension and romance at the heart of the entire sport.
Robbie Fowler was branded"selfish"when it was announced he wasn't returning to Brisbane Roar. But he tells a different story and is taking a dispute with the club to FIFA.
FIFA says there is no reason for Swiss authorities to launch criminal proceedings against president Gianni Infantino who will continue in his role .
A Swiss special prosecutor has opened a criminal case against FIFA president Gianni Infantino,plunging world soccer's governing body into a new scandal.
Soccer's world governing body has banned Markus Kattner for 10 years and fined him one million Swiss francs after a probe into bonus payments.
The successful 2023 Women's World Cup bid has shattered the myth that Australia is,was and always will be a black sheep in global football politics.
Australia and New Zealand won the right to host the 2023 women's tournament after a FIFA vote but did so without the backing of historical ally England.