Brett Holman was the biggest winner in this year’s PFA Australia Awards. The midfielder collected two awards: The PFA Player of the Year and the Best International Player of the Year.

FIFPro welcomes the request made by UEFA, asking the mayors of the cities hosting Euro 2012 matches and training sessions for increased police presence in order to avoid racist behaviour from so called football fans.

FIFPro demands that Mahmoud al-Sarsak be released from prison. The Palestinian national team player has been imprisoned by the Israeli government for three years without any trial.

The Union of Slovenian professional football players (SPINS) organized a campaign to raise awareness about the importance of human organ transplantation and increase the number of registered donors.

The Spanish football family was shocked on Thursday because of the death of Manuel Preciado. The popular coach and member of the Spanish footballers’ association AFE died of a heart attack at the age of 54.