The Football Medical Association has confirmed Chelsea team doctor Eva Carneiro’s lawyers will handle her case after she parted company with the club.

Fifa’s communications director Walter De Gregorio has been fired days after making a joke on Swiss television about the world governing body.

Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has issued a fresh apology for appearing to compare Ched Evans’ attempt to clear his name with the campaign for justice over the Hillsborough disaster.

The head of the footballers’ union apologised after he compared the Ched Evans controversy to the Hillsborough disaster.

Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has apologised for appearing to compare Ched Evans’ attempt to clear his name with the Hillsborough disaster.

Former Oldham midfielder Rick Holden does not see how convicted rapist Ched Evans “can survive” if he returns to football with his old club.

Angry protests are expected to grow today in a backlash over rapist Ched Evans’ return to football.

Rapist footballer Ched Evans could be about to return to the English game after holding talks with Oldham Athletic about joining the club, it is understood.

A League One club will hold a press conference on Monday in relation to the signing of convicted rapist Ched Evans, the Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has revealed.

Oldham have denied they have offered convicted rapist Ched Evans the chance to train with the club.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho insisted “there is no racism in football” after apparently rejecting calls for the introduction of the Rooney Rule in English football.

Leeds players have agreed to defer part of their wages for March after the club failed to pay them on time.

Andre Villas-Boas has launched a scathing attack on those who criticised his decision to keep Hugo Lloris on the field of play after being knocked unconscious by Romelu Lukaku on Sunday.

Andre Villas-Boas has launched a scathing attack on those who criticised his decision to keep Hugo Lloris on the field of play after being knocked unconscious by Romelu Lukaku on Sunday.

Tottenham have defended their controversial decision to keep Hugo Lloris on the pitch at Goodison Park on Sunday after he was knocked unconscious in a collision with Everton’s Romelu Lukaku.

Manchester United manager David Moyes conceded Wayne Rooney’s head injury might have been worse if Phil Jones had been wearing boots with metal studs.

Gordon Taylor retains the “full support” of the Professional Football Association in the wake of allegations that the union chief executive has amassed substantial gambling debts.

Unsettled Tottenham star Gareth Bale has failed to report for training for a second day.

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher has told wantaway striker Luis Suarez to sort himself out as relations between the player and the club deteriorate.

Luis Suarez has insisted that he is "still defending the Liverpool shirt", despite several public appeals to leave the club.

Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers expressed disappointment over the behaviour of star striker Luis Suarez last night.

Liverpool’s steadfast determination not to sell Luis Suarez – certainly not to one of their main rivals – means the striker’s long-running transfer saga seems destined to run for a while yet.

Arsenal face a race against time to sign Luis Suarez ahead of their Champions League play-off, with manager Arsene Wenger admitting the transfer bid was “on standby”.

Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor has confirmed the union has been contacted by Sunderland players about their manager Paolo Di Canio and that it is investigating the recent fines issued by the Italian.

Manchester United chief executive David Gill has hailed working with retiring manager Alex Ferguson as the “greatest experience” of his working life.

Tottenham’s Gareth Bale is favourite to land both major awards at the PFA honours’ night in London tomorrow.

Liverpool will review the full reasons behind the Football Association’s 10-match ban for Luis Suarez today before deciding whether to appeal against the punishment imposed for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic.

Luis Suarez will today learn the length of his ban after accepting a charge of violent conduct for biting Chelsea’s Branislav Ivanovic.

The FA have charged Liverpool forward Luis Suarez with violent conduct for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.

The Football Association has charged Liverpool forward Luis Suarez with violent conduct for biting Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic.

Players’ chief Gordon Taylor will argue for rules on retrospective action to be widened to allow both diving and dangerous tackles to be dealt with at English footballer’s stakeholders’ annual meeting this summer.

Football union boss Gordon Taylor has disputed reports that three out of five former Premier League players go bankrupt.

Leeds players offered their support to former team-mate Robbie Rogers last night after the American revealed he is gay and announced his retirement from football at the age of 25.

Uefa has been accused of sweeping the issue of match-fixing under the carpet for the best part of a decade after one of Britain’s foremost professional gamblers revealed he contacted European football’s governing body as long ago as 2005 to warn of the problem.

Paul Gascoigne still believes he can “get back on track” after his latest “relapse”, according to players’ chief Gordon Taylor.

Paul Gascoigne’s agent believes the former England midfielder’s life is in danger after he started drinking again.

Just as he knew best about most things, it seems Shankly was right again.

The Football Association could yet mete out further punishment to Eden Hazard as the governing body continues to review the Chelsea midfielder’s sending-off for kicking Swansea ball boy Charlie Morgan.

The Football Association are weighing up whether to take further action against Chelsea’s Eden Hazard for kicking a Swansea ball boy — and the Belgian has come in for criticism from his own national governing body.

Professional Footballers’ Association chief executive Gordon Taylor does not believe Eden Hazard should face additional punishment after being sent off for kicking a ball boy during Chelsea’s Capital One Cup semi-final second leg at Swansea.

Kevin-Prince Boateng has insisted he will walk off the pitch again if he is racially abused – even if it is in the Champions League – and criticised FIFA for not doing more to tackle the issue.

More than three-quarters of professional players in England and Scotland say depression is a problem for footballers, according to a new survey.

Everton must do without midfielder Marouane Fellaini for the next three matches after he was banned for his clash with Stoke's Ryan Shawcross.

Players’ union boss Gordon Taylor has called for technology to be used in the fight against diving in the wake of the Santi Cazorla controversy.