Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has hit back at Football Association chairman Greg Clarke's claim the union is letting down survivors of abuse, saying it was a "diversionary tactic".

Greater Manchester Police has launched an investigation into historical sex abuse in youth football.

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Football’s world governing body has confirmed it has begun disciplinary action against the Republic of Ireland over a 1916 commemorative jersey worn in a friendly game last March.

Campaigners calling for a full reform of FIFA will meet in Brussels on Wednesday aiming to form a coalition for change.

Three current FIFA executive committee members are under investigation by ethics chief Michael Garcia following his probe into World Cup bidding, it can be revealed.

Fifa president Sepp Blatter has insisted the investigation into 2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding will not be reopened despite the world governing body lodging a criminal complaint with the Swiss attorney general over "suspected unlawful activity" of unnamed individuals connected with the bidding contests.

FIFA has lodged a criminal complaint with the Swiss attorney general over “possible misconduct” by individuals in connection with the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

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FIFA is facing the prospect of losing two of its biggest sponsors after airline Emirates decided not to renew its contract and electronics giant Sony also considering ending its links with the world governing body.

Germany’s FIFA member believes the 2022 World Cup will be moved from Qatar due to the extreme temperatures.

Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has dismissed the latest allegations against him as “foolishness” and insists there is a witch hunt against Qatar.

Football Association leaders are expected to decide as early as today whether John Terry should give up the England captaincy due to his racism trial.

There have been calls for John Terry to stand aside as England skipper until the conclusion of his court case later this year.

There have been calls for John Terry to stand aside as England skipper until the conclusion of his court case later this year.

The Premier League claimed a partial victory today despite losing a European court case against a pub landlady who used a foreign decoder to screen live matches at 3pm on Saturdays.

FIFA today faced calls to re-open the investigation into former vice-president Jack Warner after a secret ethics committee report labelled him “an accessory to corruption”.

There is “comprehensive, convincing and overwhelming” evidence that FIFA member Mohamed Bin Hammam tried to bribe officials during his presidential campaign and that Jack Warner was “an accessory to corruption”, according to a secret report by FIFA’s ethics committee.

FIFA have confirmed that Jack Warner will appear as a witness into the continuing investigation into bribery claims despite his resignation.

JACK WARNER, the man at the centre of the FIFA bribery scandal, yesterday resigned from all his positions in international football saying he had been “hung out to dry”.

FIFA today faced calls to abandon next week’s presidential election after two of football’s most powerful figures were accused of handing over up to $40,000 (€28,000) in bribes to officials.

THE Football Association should offer to abandon their historic FIFA privileges in return for reform of the world governing body, according to the MP who blew the lid off the latest World Cup bribery scandal.

PRESSURE is growing on FIFA to launch a full investigation into fresh allegations that six executive committee members asked for bribes or favours, including a knighthood, in return for World Cup votes.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has promised to address the latest allegations of bribery within the organisation.

New allegations that two FIFA executive committee members were paid $1.5m (€1m) to vote for Qatar’s 2022 World Cup bid emerged today.

Ken Bates has become the major shareholder of Leeds in a move that ends the mystery over the ownership of the club.

The concluding stages have been reached in the trial at the Central Criminal Court of a man charged with raping a prostitute in her Dublin flat.