Russian football is booming, but in one area it lags behind: the quality of the pitches is abominable. The players are rebelling. Eto’o: ‘You can’t play good football on these pitches.'

Six Chelsea and Bayern München players will miss the Champions League final, because of yellow cards awarded in the second semi-final against Barcelona and Real Madrid respectively. FIFPro pleads for acquittal.

The players of União de Leiria have threatened to go on strike if their club does not pay three months of back wages before Friday, the Portuguese professional footballers’ association SJPF announced.

For years FIFPro has been pushing for improvement in the quality of the pitches in professional football. A visit by FIFPro to the new state of the art training centre of Tottenham Hotspur, was particularly valuable in this context.

‘Why do we accept this?’ President Tommasi of the Italian union, reacted furiously to the events in Genoa, where hooligans forced the players to take of their shirts. FIFPro is very concerned about the current situation in Italy.