Menu
International Football

Football Notes: EPL Side Queens Park Rangers Reprimands Manager Harry Redknapp, Taarabt

EPL side Queens Park Rangers Manager Harry Redknapp and player Adel Taarabt were reprimanded by the club on Tuesday after QPR admitted to having been "embarrassed by the public slanging match between manager and player." QPR was ready to fine Taarabt £130,000 ($208,700), the "equivalent of two weeks' wages, for bringing the club into disrepute over claims about his manager’s supposed failings, but they have come under pressure from the Professional Footballers' Association to avoid handing out a punishment" (LONDON TIMES, 10/22). ... Powerful lights "confiscated by police during marijuana raids are now being used by the groundsman" of English third tier club Rochdale to help the turf grow on its field. Police "donated the lights to the club last week to avoid having to pay for their disposal" (AP, 10/22). ... The Football Kenya Federation is "mulling at the possibility of introducing an 18-team Premier League next season." The federation believes that time is "ripe to increase" the number of teams taking part in the Kenyan Premier League to 18 in a bid to popularize the sport and "also give other counties a chance to have teams in the top competition" (GOAL, 10/22). ... Scottish Premiership side Celtic's Europa League opponent Astra Giurgiu was delayed on its way to Scotland on Tuesday night -- "amid claims their flight had not been paid for." The hold-up was not the "only problem for the Romanian club, because when they finally got off the ground they were forced to leave two of their biggest stars at the airport." Astra players Kehinde Fatai and Seidu Yahaya were "turned away from the flight as they did not have the appropriate visas" (Scotland DAILY RECORD, 10/22). ... The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) said on Wednesday that Greek third division team Irodotos has been docked 15 points and "ordered to play 10 matches behind closed doors following the death of an Ethnikos Piraeus supporter." In one of the "heaviest punishments handed out in Greek football, the Cretan club were also banned from all transfer activity until the end of the season" and fined €2,500 ($3,160) (REUTERS, 10/22). ... The "intimidation of Ebola virus has passively attacked Bangladesh football as some premier league clubs are struggling to fly in players from the African continent for trial and sign up." The Bangladesh Football Federation is "also preparing to take necessary steps in order to ensure safety throughout the football arena from the deadly virus Ebola that broke out in West Africa." The concern is "mainly due to the big number of African players playing in the domestic leagues for a long time now" (DHAKA TRIBUNE, 10/21).

SBJ Morning Buzzcast: March 18, 2024

Sports Business Awards nominees unveiled; NWSL's historic opening weekend and takeaways from CFP deal

ESPN’s Jay Bilas, BTN’s Meghan McKeown, and a deep dive into AppleTV+’s The Dynasty

On this week’s Sports Media Podcast from the New York Post and Sports Business Journal, ESPN’s Jay Bilas talks all things NCAA. Big Ten Network’s Meghan McKeown shares her insight into the Caitlin Clark craze. The Boston Globe’s Chad Finn chats all things Bean Town. And SBJ’s Xavier Hunter drops in to share his findings on how the NWSL is making a social media push.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SBJ I Factor: Nana-Yaw Asamoah

SBJ I Factor features an interview with AMB Sports and Entertainment Chief Commercial Office Nana-Yaw Asamoah. Asamoah, who moved over to AMBSE last year after 14 years at the NFL, talks with SBJ’s Ben Fischer about how his role model parents and older sisters pushed him to shrive, how the power of lifelong learning fuels successful people, and why AMBSE was an opportunity he could not pass up. Asamoah is 2021 SBJ Forty Under 40 honoree. SBJ I Factor is a monthly podcast offering interviews with sports executives who have been recipients of one of the magazine’s awards.

Shareable URL copied to clipboard!

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2014/10/23/International-Football/Notes.aspx

Sorry, something went wrong with the copy but here is the link for you.

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Global/Issues/2014/10/23/International-Football/Notes.aspx

CLOSE