Only three new clubs enter this season’s Champions League, the latest edition of the Diversity Index shows and also reveals that the current prizing system fuels competitive imbalances and domestic hegemonies.

In spite of measures designed to secure competitive balance in European football, the transfer market still lacks transparency and regulation in a number of areas, says new report from the European Commission.

During its upcoming winter session in Strasbourg, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will discuss sport’s governance challenges and the need for enhanced international co-operation and regulation.

While there is a higher number of new entrants in this season's Champions League, the 'Big Five' leagues still dominate the tournament, this season's Diversity Index shows.

The election of Aleksander Ceferin as new UEFA President demonstrated a political shift from Western to Eastern Europe, with the help from some of the Nordic countries. But it is still unclear what political agenda the new head of European football wants to pursue or if he is controlled by the agenda of countries.

Aleksander Ceferin won today's vote to replace Michel Platini as UEFA president over contesting candidate Michael van Praag.

European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) call UEFA’s Champions League reform “unacceptable” and threaten to terminate the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).

FIFA official has allegedly been airing support for the Slovenian UEFA presidential candidate, Aleksander Čeferin, says report in Norwegian magazine also claiming that Čeferin received support from the Nordic countries in return for promises of hosting rights and top post.