Football finance

Facing the loudest calls yet for his resignation, can Sepp Blatter continue his decades-long reign as the head of football’s world governing body, Fifa? We take a look at his track record.

Fifa officials and company executives allegedly took $150m in bribes and kickbacks over 24 years. How does that compare to Fifa’s spending on making football better?

A sell-out crowd will watch England women’s football team play Germany at Wembley on Sunday. Is it passing fad or do women offer the prospect of a bright and successful future for the national game?

Edits have been made to the Wikipedia page of the 2022 World Cup by a British government computer user who smears the Fifa chief and the “Fifa Corruption Cup”, Channel 4 News has found.

Fifa is in the spotlight after former FA chairman David Bernstein said European teams should snub the 2018 World Cup. But this is just the latest boycott call against world football’s governing body.

This weekend sees the start of the 2014-15 Premier League season – and with around £600m spent on transfers this summer, there’ll be some new faces on show. Malcolm Boughen reviews the prospects.

Football fans posting videos of goals on social media face a clampdown. Channel 4 News has spoken to the people who run the most popular goals Twitter account.

Blackpool FC has just eight first team players and the co-owners have been accused of paying themselves millions of pounds. Channel 4 News asks a forensic accountant to look at the club’s finances.

QPR’s Championship play-off victory settles the last big issue of the domestic football season. Channel 4 News returns to its study of the “yo-yo clubs” who move between the two top divisions.

Ahead of today’s FA Cup final, Jordan Jarrett-Bryan looks at Hull, famed for its bridge, for midfielder Tom Huddlestone’s haircut, and for supporters including John Prescott and singer Sinitta.

Fifa President Sepp Blatter admits to a Swiss journalist that it was “of course” a mistake to award the 2022 World Cup to Qatar because of the heat the players will face. (video in French)

Manager Roy Hodgson wants a balance between youth and experience in England’s 2014 World Cup squad. But John Anderson says his selection is hardly a blueprint for world football domination.

Liverpool entertain Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday in a match which could see the Reds taking a giant step closer to landing the title for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century.

Reflecting on the David Moyes sacking, former Liverpool MD Christian Purslow says you need to do three things to succeed in football: fill stadia, sell sponsorship, and collect prize and TV money.

In a week when Andy Murray parted from coach Ivan Lendl and UK Sport cut its funding for basketball, Jordan Jarrett-Bryan looks ahead to Saturday’s Chelsea-Arsenal clash.