In case you missed it BBC Newsnight has announced that FIFA was warned that the Nigerian team may have been vulnerable to fixing games at the 2010 South Africa World Cup.

The Somali football federation has vehemently welcomed the reinstatement of the country’s sports minister Khadija Mohamed Diriye over the weekend.

Knowledge bank: This paper, by Professor Michael Schatzberg examines the microcosm of football by looking at the complicated relationship between the state, non-political societal organizations, and international institutions exemplified by a case study of the political fall of Denis Obua, long-serving president of the Ugandan Football Federation (FUFA).

At the current World Cup in South Africa many were surprised to see how embarrassingly France tumbled out of the tournament.

Lennart Johansson, whose powerful stature always inspired awe, is 80 years old. The Swede has had a full life, he has even served as a football official. He served as the President of the European Football Union (UEFA) between 1990 and 2007, and he is the founding father of the UEFA Champions League.

Senior FIFA Officials were centrally involved in the biggest and most spectacular bribery scandal in Olympic history, Swiss prosecutor's office confirms.

The Examination of Threats to the Integrity of Sports was commissioned by the EU Sports Platform and has been launched in European Parliament. The report, elaborated by Danish research institute Oxford Research, outlines the key problems and also examines what can be done to combat the threats.

The governance of Turkish football needs to be changed urgently before a massive windfall from TV rights destroys the game forever.