Indochina Starfish Foundation made headlines this year for its ‘socially distant football’ during Covid-19 but acclaim is for Football for Change project.

Former Shanghai Shenhua striker calls out language of fourth official, having previously spoken out against racism in Chinese Super League and calling on football to help China’s Uygurs.

The 20-year-old rises to ‘challenging’ move to Belgian side Sint-Truiden in August after former coach Kevin Muscat encouraged him to ‘spread his wings and come across’.

Injuries mount, many of them stress-related muscle injuries, mount during packed schedule.

British newspaper The Sun reports that Wales coach Ryan Giggs was arrested at his home in Manchester on Sunday after a ‘disturbance’ and was later released on bail.

Manchester United and Liverpool are reported to be in talks over the creation of a new US$6 billion breakaway tournament that would feature up to 18 clubs from Europe’s top five leagues.

Fifa has not denied plans for an 18-team European Premier League, which would rival Uefa Champions League.

Southgate’s side suffer their first defeat for a year as Maguire is sent off for two first half bookings before Christian Eriksen’s penalty sealed the Uefa Nations League points for Denmark.

Former Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp tells Quickly Kevin, Will He Score? podcast about England’s infamous night out in Hong Kong’s China Jump.

England see off Belgium to take the initiative in their pool while France and Portugal play out drab draw in Paris.

Italy boss Roberto Mancini fields Italy’s ‘B-side’ as his team builds towards next year’s European Championships.

Guardiola’s side will be without Brazilian international Gabriel Jesus for at least a month while Oleksandr Zinchenko, Sergio Aguero, Bernardo Silva and Joao Cancelo are all ruled out.

Newly crowned European champions accuse Chinese supporters of ‘hurling abuse’ over a public-relations campaign gone wrong.

Wai Yuen-ting helped seven-time reigning Albanian champions Vllaznia to a league and cup title, as well as Uefa Champions League qualification.

Global Lottery Management System warns of dangers to integrity from widespread links to betting companies targeting Asian markets, with half of English Premier League clubs adorning a betting sponsor on their shirts.

Wai helps Albanian outfit Vllaznia to Champions League qualifier spot after undefeated season.

Hong Kong star Wai Yuen Ting joins team towards end of 21-0-record and 166-goal-difference season.

The former English Premier League champions’ ban from European competition is quashed on appeal.

In February, Uefa imposed a fine of€€30 million on City as well as suspending them from European competitions for the next two seasons, now the decision from CAS is expected at 8.30am (GMT, 4.30pm Hong Kong time) on Monday.

In the Champions League, Atalanta and RB Leipzig are through to the last eight along with PSG and Atletico. The remaining last 16, second legs will see Juventus face Lyon, Manchester City take on Madrid, Bayern Munich face Chelsea and Barcelona meet Napoli.

City are accused of overstating sponsorship revenue to hide that they had not complied with Uefa’s financial fair play (FFP) rules between 2012 and 2016.

A rowdy night out at China Jump bar and vilification in the UK press set the scene for Paul Gascoigne’s iconic winner – and celebration – against Scotland at Wembley.

English professional football has been suspended since March.

Italy was the first European country to be hit hard by the coronavirus and Serie A has been suspended since March 9.

Several clubs, including Rangers, are expected to oppose the motion.

With many nations looking east for assistance in their pandemic responses, ties currently forming may have a lasting impact on the footballing world.

Ali Turganbekov, who went viral playing football with Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and UFC star Khabib Nurmagomedov, is now working towards swimming competitively.

Tokyo 2020 deputy’s coronavirus positive throws Olympic Games in further doubt, while NBA star Kevin Durant comes forward as testing for Covid-19.

Coronavirus: Euro 2020, Copa America called off – expected to move to 2021 as domestic and continental competitions scramble to finish.