London (AFP) – Plans to restructure the Football Association have been approved unanimously by its council, English football's governing body said Wednesday. A vote on the scheme, which is designed to make those running English football more representative of the game as a whole, took place just an hour into a meeting at Wembley Stadium. […]

London (AFP) – England's Football Association announced plans to appoint more female and black and minority ethnic (BAME) members on Monday as part of a shake-up to make the organisation more diverse. British sports minister Tracey Crouch has given the FA until April to overhaul its governance structures or risk losing around £30 million ($36.8 […]

London (AFP) – A teenage referee has organised a strike which could see thousands of officials withdraw from English amateur matches this weekend in protest at the on-field abuse they receive. Ryan Hampson, 18, told the BBC that "more than 2,000 people up and down the country" would be taking part on March 4 and […]

London (AFP) – Anti-racism campaigners Kick It Out will complain to the Football Association after one of its council members made controversial comments about the involvement of "ethnic minorities" in reform of the English game's governing body. The FA already found itself under fire this week after the House of Commons passed a "no confidence" […]

London (AFP) – British lawmakers passed a motion of no confidence in the Football Association on Thursday after calls for the government to pass legislation forcing England's governing body to reform. Damian Collins from the ruling Conservative party tabled the motion and told the House of Commons in London the government should intervene to shake […]

London (AFP) – Football Association chairman Greg Clarke has pledged to improve governance of the English game's ruling body ahead of a parliamentary committee debate into potential legislation to reform the organisation. The Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) committee debate will take place at the House of Commons on February 9, with a motion of […]

London (AFP) – British lawmakers will next week debate introducing legislation to force England's Football Association to reform its governance structures, a parliamentary committee announced on Friday. It comes four months after sports minister Tracey Crouch gave English football's governing body six months to overhaul its board and council or risk losing funding. The Culture, […]

London (AFP) – Players in English football found guilty of diving could face retrospective bans from the Football Association, The Times newspaper reported Tuesday. In neighbouring Scotland, players can receive a two-match ban if they are found to have won a significant advantage for their team by tricking the referee by diving or simulation. If […]

London (AFP) – Players in English football found guilty of diving could face retrospective bans from the Football Association, The Times newspaper reported Tuesday. In neighbouring Scotland, players can received a two-match ban if they are found to have won a significant advantage for their team by tricking the referee by diving or simulation. If […]

London (AFP) – England's Football Association chairman Greg Clarke has spoken to gay footballers and suggested a group of them could come out together, he said in a newspaper interview published on Monday. Homosexuality is seen as professional football's last taboo and Justin Fashanu, who committed suicide in 1998, remains the only player to have […]

Manchester (United Kingdom) (AFP) – An independent body set up by former footballers to help victims of child abuse in the sport claimed the issue is a "global" problem as they urged clubs to support the fight for justice. The Offside Trust was launched in Manchester on Monday and will work separately from the Football […]

London (AFP) – Fifty-five league and non league clubs have been referred to police in the child sex abuse scandal that has shattered English football's image a source told The Observer newspaper on Sunday. In other developments English football's embattled governing body the Football Association (FA) have been accused in The Sunday Mirror by Russell […]

London (AFP) – The abuse scandal rocking English football is the greatest crisis current Football Association chairman Greg Clarke can recall, he told Sky News on Tuesday. Clarke was referring to the serial child molester Barry Bennell, who has been accused by at least 20 footballers of abusing them when he worked for Crewe Alexandra, […]

London (AFP) – The paedophile coach at the centre of an abuse scandal that has rocked English football has been taken to hospital by police responding to a "fear for welfare incident" it was announced Monday. Barry Bennell has been at the centre of numerous revelations after former Crewe Alexandra player Andy Woodward came forward […]

London (AFP) – England's Football Association is investigating allegations of sexual abuse in junior football after several formers players came forward to say they were molested by youth coaches, it confirmed on Sunday. The FA has appointed independent leading counsel Kate Gallafent, who is an expert in child protection, to assist it with an internal […]