The Professional Football Strategy Council has agreed to step up the fight against the growing menace of match-fixing in European football. FIFPro Division Europe has been credited with an important role.

The Italian Serie A kicked off last weekend. Napoli midfielder Edinson Cavani was the maker of the first dubious goal. In The Netherlands Roda JC was not awarded a clear goal.

Shabani Nonda collected the FIFPro Merit Award he earned for his charity in his country, the Democratic Republic of Congo. The striker uses football to encourage children to get back on track at school.

Oscar Selele Ntwagae passed away on Friday 27 August. The former player of the South African national team was killed in a traffic accident.

FIFPro calls on UEFA to cancel the suspension of 2 players from Hungarian club Debreceni VSC, who have been severely sanctioned due to match-fixing although they have done nothing wrong. The players are victims, not culprits.