For the first time it has been decided by the Highest Administrative Court of the Czech Republic that the contract between a sportsman and his club might be a labour contract. The Court advised a change in Czech labour law.

FIFPro and the Swiss Association of Football Players (SAFP) regard FIFA’s threat to suspend the Swiss Football Association (SFV) as unacceptable and absolutely disproportionate.

The Romanian professional footballers association AFAN organized a successful demonstration. Many players from the country's first division participated in the fight for more respect from the League and the Federation.

Publications in the Swiss press seem to indicate that FIFPro is supporting the actions of the club FC Sion. This is a misinterpretation of the statement FIFPro published on its website on 25 October.

FIFPro calls upon FIFA to enforce its own regulations and to not apply their own regulations selectively on the wrong parties. Whilst a club went unpunished to a civil court, 6 players have been suspended for referring to a civil court.

FIFPro welcomes the World Anti Doping Agency decision to drop its appeal at the Court of Arbitration against five Mexican footballers who all tested positive for clenbuterol at this year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup Tournament.

In a dispute with two Dutch Players (represented by the Dutch Players’ Union VVCS) before the FIFA DRC the Cypriot club AEL Limassol tries to evade FIFA jurisdiction by starting a civil court case in Cyprus.

CAS needs to introduce faster procedures to prevent situations such as FC Sion’s from happening. That is the opinion of Lucien Valloni, president of the Swiss professional footballers’ association SAFP.

Lucien Valloni, president of the Swiss footballers' association on the FC Sion case: ‘It is now clear that the image of Swiss football has suffered in the eyes of the football world, and in practice Swiss football as a whole has been affected.'

The civil rights of professional sporters are not sufficiently respected in the fight against doping. It is the task of the EU to promote the recognition of these civil rights, said Theo van Seggelen, FIFPro secretary general.

A professional footballer may never be a victim of the bankruptcy of a club. FIFPro is of the opinion that players should not lose their eligibility when their club is taken out of competition.

Wayne Rooney has been suspended by the English FA for two matches due to shouting offensive language into a microphone. FIFPro considers this sanction unacceptable,

FIFPro is concerned about the situation in Serbia now it appears that FC Zemun is still playing official matches despite a suspension imposed by the national DRC. The worldwide players' union supports the Serbian union.

The case of Igor Strelkov is an example of a Dispute Resolution Chamber involving only club representatives and no player representatives. Recently the Russian DRC created a very bad precedent.

The Dutch FA arbitration committee made a fundamental statement which will protect players from the creative manipulation of transfer fees by clubs with so called package deals. This will have an effect internationally.

FIFPro welcomes the decision taken by CAS earlier this week, to annul the suspension of the Chinese judoka Wen Tong, who had tested positive on clenbuterol.

FIFPro is greatly concerned at the existence and the practice of the decision-making arbitration body CAS. The worldwide footballers’ association calls on the football family to take action against the CAS-policy.

FIFPro is greatly concerned at the existence and the practice of the decision-making arbitration body CAS which is not subject to any form of democratic control and is momentarily a constant subject of discussion within global professional football.