Nottingham Forest have been thrust into the Premier League relegation zone after being hit with a four-point deduction for breaches of financial rules, that are becoming a dominant topic in the world's richest league.With no fixed penalty for breaches, it is up to an independent panel to decide the severity of any points deduction.
Mar. 18—Growing up, there were few sports Shamad Wynne-Thompson didn't play. "I was a multisport athlete. I played anything — football, basketball, baseball, soccer. I did a little bit of everything," he said. There was one sport that people may have expected to be at the top of his list, considering both of his parents were college level basketball players who graduated from Woodrow Wilson. ...
Striking Major League Soccer referees on Monday accused substitute officials of making a litany of mistakes in last weekend's fixtures as their bitter labor dispute with league chiefs rumbled on.Major League Soccer kicked off its new season last month with the league forced to use substitute referees to officiate in games after contract talks between the PSRA and the MLS's PRO broke down.
Football management for black former players is "pretty much all snakes and no ladders", the Black Footballers Partnership has said.