Новости за 25.08.2015

By Matt Scott
August 25 - Olympiacos have been cleared to play in this season's Champions League group phase after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on Monday that UEFA had been right to admit the serial Greek champions.

August 25 – What happens in the dressing room stays in the dressing room, so the saying goes. But sometimes it spills over into the tunnel. Now Manchester City will bring all the tunnel action to fans via a user-controlled 360˚ Tunnel Cam that will broadcast via the club's official YouTube channel.

By Andrew Warshaw
August 25 – Comments made to a weekend newspaper in Switzerland by former Olympics guru Francois Carrard and head of FIFA's newly formed Reform Committee have questioned the role and motivation of the US, but other statements will not have endeared him to the growing US soccer community.

By Mark Baber
August 25 - A spokesperson for the Swiss Justice Ministry has confirmed a ruling will be made next month on the extradition requests filed by the US against the FIFA officials accused of corruption currently in Switzerland, whilst the lawyer for Nicolas Leoz, the former head of CONMEBOL, has applied to a Paraguayan judge for the extradition request filed against him to be rejected.

August 25 - Italian authorities say they are working hard to ensure clubs balance the books to avoid any repetition of what happened to Parma, a once illustrious name now declared bankrupt and playing in an amateur league this season after finishing bottom of Serie A.

August 25 - The Asean Football Federation (AFF) are taking the threat of match-fixers seriously and have brought Sportradar in to monitor their U19 championships in Laos that kicked off August 22 and runs through to September 4.

August 25 - The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has adjourned an appeal by New Zealand over their under-23 men's team's expulsion from the Olympic qualifying tournament final last month in Papua New Guinea.

August 25 – Premier League club West Ham United have announced Royal London as its Official Timing Partner in a two year deal that will cover the club's final season at the Boleyn Ground and its first at the reconfigured Olympic Stadium.

By Paul Nicholson
August 25 – Three weeks into the Premier League season and the attendance figures have dipped below 95% average capacity for the first time, to 94.82%. Average capacity in week 1 was 97.36%, dropping to 95.82% last week.

By Andrew Warshaw
August 24 - As he enters the final phase of what will be almost 18 years as FIFA president, Sepp Blatter insists he cannot be held morally responsible for the dishonest activities of his inner circle and that he himself has been "clean" throughout his long and often tempestuous tenure.