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Former Netherlands international Marc Overmars will not be allowed to hold any position in professional Football for at least a year as a result of his inappropriate behaviour towards women at Ajax. The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) has confirmed reports in the Dutch newspaper NRC, which quoted FIFA as saying it had taken over the suspension handed to Overmars in the Netherlands in November. “Unacceptable” behaviour Former Arsenal winger Overmars quit his job at Dutch giants Ajax in February 2022, admitting to “unacceptable” behaviour after it emerged that he had sent inappropriate messages and photographs to several women who worked with the Amsterdam club. Full screen Marc Overmars DENIS BALIBOUSE REUTERS Global suspension An independent Sports tribunal banned the 50-year-old from any position in Dutch Football for two years over the incidents, with one year suspended. The KNVB later asked FIFA to turn the domestic suspension into a global one. “We have a duty to report t...

Manchester City have set the standard in English football in recent years and last season finally got over the line in Europe to win the Champions League for the first time as part of a treble. City's modern success all dates back to the arrival of Sheikh Mansour in the blue half of Manchester in 2008, with the Abu Dhabi royal transforming the fortunes of the club through his investment. But the ambition of parent company City Football Group, the Business entity that actually owns Manchester City, is not limited to running just one team and a global multi-club project was conceived in 2013. Now, the group includes 12 different clubs - and their various constituent teams - with arms in men's, women's and youth Football across 12 countries and every continent except Africa. Being part of the same stable as the likes of New York City, Melbourne City and Mumbai City is not a problem when it comes to UEFA rules. But with regulations as they sit technically preventing multiple...

PEN America and Penguin Random House filed a lawsuit Wednesday targeting a Florida school district for removing certain books from the shelves of school libraries. PEN America, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting free expression, and Penguin Random House, one of the country's largest book publishers, filed a lawsuit Wednesday targeting a Florida school district for removing certain books from the shelves of public school libraries. Authors and parents of children affected by the book bans in the Escambia County School District have also joined the federal lawsuit, which is asking for books to be returned to school libraries. The lawsuit argues that the school board’s removal and restriction of books that discuss racism and have LGBTQ themes violates the First Amendment. Several authors whose books have been impacted by book bans across the country, including David Levithan, George M. Johnson and Ashley Hope Pérez, are backing the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges, in every decision to r...