MP demands retraction of 'smears' against Liverpool fans
UK ministers must press UEFA and the French government to "retract the attempts to smear" Liverpool fans over the chaotic scenes at the Champions League final, lawmakers heard on Monday.
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Safe standing 'could be in English Premier League and Championship next season'
Sports Minister Nigel Huddleston said he was minded to change the existing all-seater policy to enable all Premier League and Sky Bet Championship clubs to introduce safe standing sections under strict conditions, following a pilot involving five clubs in the second half of the current campaign.
Safe standing in Premier League and Championship could be introduced next season
All clubs in the top two tiers of English football could be allowed to introduce licensed safe standing areas next season.
Questions over Premier League reform remain despite government’s grand plans
Last week the government finally issued a response to the fan-led review of football it commissioned, and everyone in the game is still busy trying to work out what it means.
Azeem Rafiq at Auschwitz: ‘If this doesn’t move you there’s something wrong’
On Wednesday morning Azeem Rafiq’s phone pinged as an email landed in his inbox from a professional sportsman – not a cricketer – seeking his advice about dealing with dressing-room discrimination. Messages like this are not uncommon for Rafiq these days, but the timing of this one was particularly poignant: he received it while he was in Auschwitz, contemplating the most violent and barbaric potential consequences of prejudice.
Women’s football: What main issues should the UK government’s review consider?
The UK government has announced it will launch an in-depth review of domestic women’s football later this year.
Football fans 'out of patience' with English game, says MP Huddleston
English football faces future independent regulation after percieved failures over the balance of equality within the game have left fans "out of patience". says minister Nigel Huddleston, in the wake of the Crouch Report.
Premier League given Government warning over payments to the football pyramid
The Premier League has until the summer to reach a new agreement on payments to the EFL and the football pyramid or risk the threat of a transfer levy and other tougher terms being imposed upon it by a new independent regulator.