Новости за 15.12.2015

By Andrew Warshaw
December 15 - Despite being suspended over the infamous SFr2 million payment deal allegedly struck with Michel Platini, FIFA president Sepp Blatter has written to all 209 member federations proclaiming his innocence as he prepares for his pivotal hearing this week before FIFA ethics judge Hans-Joachim Eckert.

December 15 – Manchester United and Manchester City players played more times for their countries than any other players at clubs in the Big-5 European leagues, according to research from the CIES Football Observatory.

By Mark Baber
December 15 - Tennant's NI has been unveiled as the new title sponsor of the world's fourth-oldest national cup completion - The Irish Cup – which will now be known as the Tennent's Irish Cup.

December 15 – Arsenal's automotive partner Citroën has activated its sponsorship with a promotion for the Citroën C4 Cactus which has first team stars playing Footpool on a specially created 'table' using the car's Airbump technology.

By Samindra Kunti
December 15 - Brazilian club Santos will face a 2016 season of austerity after missing out on qualification for the Copa Libertadores.

By Samindra Kunti
December 15 - Brazilian football needs its own 1992 Premier League moment - with Bom Senso that moment may have finally arrived in the country that lit up the world stage with its teams and players.

By Andrew Warshaw in Amsterdam
December 15 - The head of the international players' union FIFpro says football is facing its "worst ever crisis" because of the imbalance between rich and poor and has urged his members to stick together to safeguard the sport.

By Andrew Warshaw
December 15 - Hassan Al-Thawadi, head of Qatar's 2022 World Cup organising committee who was the public face of the surprise ballot victory five years ago, says his team has not been contacted by any officials from either the US or Swiss investigations into widespread football corruption and has repeated he does not expect the Gulf state to be stripped of host status.

December 15 - David Nakhid, the former Trinidad and Tobago midfielder who was excluded from the FIFA presidential campaign on a technicality, has failed in his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) to have the ruling overturned.