October 6 – The OFC Pro League will spread itself further across the Pacific in its second season, with Vanuatu hosting matches for the first time and Solomon Islands taking the entire finals series as the competition moves away from the format used in its debut year. The 2027 season starts on January 22 with the […]
October 2 – It was another bad day for FIFA president Gianni Infantino who lost both the support of the Swiss federation, the nation of his birth, and was hammered by Football Leaks whistleblower Rui Pinto who called him a ‘cancer on football’. The withdrawal of Swiss support for Infantino is significant because as a […]
October 2 – Manchester City should face the “appropriate consequences” if wrongdoing is established, a spokesperson for British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Thursday, clarifying earlier remarks from the PM. Burnham’s remarks came as club the formally appealed the independent commission’s verdict saying that the ruling contained “clear material errors, of law, principle and fact and […]
September 30 – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has slammed FIFA boss Gianni Infantino, attacking the football supremo over the attempted World Cup sell-off, the Trump Peace Prize and the Balogun red card scandal. In a speech addressing European Football Clubs General Assembly in Copenhagen, Ceferin (pictured) reached for the story by Hans Christian Andersen to […]
Pickleball court flooring shapes ball speed, bounce, footwork, joint comfort, sound and maintenance. The rapid growth of dedicated clubs and converted facilities has created a wide range of surface choices, but a surface that works outdoors may not be the best solution for an indoor warehouse or multi-sport gym. The selection process should begin with […]
September 25 – Four of Europe’s Big 5 leagues – the world’s biggest domestic club competitions – have piled more pressure on embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino telling him reform must go deeper than “surface-level”, and under Infantino’s leadership “football has suffered one of the biggest abuses of power in FIFA’s history.” The statement calls […]
Pickleball court construction cost varies far beyond the price of the playing surface. A private court built on a ready slab, an outdoor community project and a ten-court indoor club have different civil work, lighting, fencing, acoustics, drainage and operational requirements. A useful budget separates the project into clear packages and identifies which items are […]
September 22 – English Premier League (EPL) clubs have increased front-of-shirt sponsorship revenues by 8% this season despite the introduction of the gambling ban, with new analysis from Ampere showing the league’s clubs are now generating £444 million from the asset. That is up from £410 million in 2025/26, with clubs replacing much of the […]
Pickleball courts can lose color, traction and line clarity long before the underlying base reaches the end of its life. In other cases, cracks, water movement or delamination show that a simple new coating will not last. Resurfacing decisions should follow the cause of the defect rather than the appearance alone. This guide compares cleaning […]
September 17 – English FA chair Debbie Hewitt, a FIFA vice-president, has added her voice to the calls for more transparency from FIFA president Gianni Infantino regarding the planned sell-off of FIFA’s commercial rights into a private equity backed new business, FIFA Football Enterprise (FFE). Hewitt has written to FIFA president Gianni Infantino demanding FIFA […]
