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Lassana Diarra, a former France midfielder, has started legal action to recover compensation from FIFA and the Royal Belgian Football Association.
Diarra has been involved in legal action against world football’s governing body Fifa after his legal team’s legal team terminated his contract with Lokomotiv Moscow in 2014.
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) determined in October that Fifa’s regulations, which govern some football transfers’ operation, contravene EU law.
Diarra, who played for Chelsea, Arsenal, and Portsmouth in the Premier League, stated on Monday that he hoped the RBFA and Fifa would “at least have the decency to approach me and propose an amicable settlement.”
The 40-year-old has therefore decided to start the Belgian national court case.
The CJEU alleged that Fifa’s rules “impede the free movement of professional footballers wishing to develop their activity by moving to a new club” by refusing to provide Diarra with an international transfer certificate (ITC) for a proposed move to Belgian club Charleroi in 2015.
After discovering that Diarra had broken his contract with the Russian club, Fifa required him to pay Lokomotiv Moscow an additional £8 million.
Diarra is supported by the professional footballers’ unions FifPro, FifPro Europe, and the UNFP in France.
“I have been compelled to fight this legal battle since August 2014,” I said. That’s more than 11 years, according to a joint media release from Diarra.
“I’m doing this for myself,” but I’ve also done it for all the younger, less well-known players who lack the financial and psychological resources to take on Fifa in front of actual judges.
In response to the CJEU ruling, Fifa changed its transfer regulations, establishing a temporary framework for the calculation of the contract-breaching burden and compensation payable.
However, Diarra claimed that those modifications “do not adhere to the strict requirements set forth by the CJEU decision.”
According to a Fifa spokesperson, Fifa has been working with its stakeholders to change its regulations in response to the guidance the ECJ gave in the Diarra case since its ruling in October 2024.
Fifa does not comment on ongoing legal issues.
A class action lawsuit against Fifa, along with the football associations of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Denmark, was launched following the CJEU ruling, asking for compensation for alleged income loss caused by stringent transfer regulations.
On Monday, JFP stated, “We stand firmly alongside Mr. Diarra.” It called on players to join its class action and stated that Fifa’s “temporary changes to the transfer rules… still don’t fully comply with EU law.”
My first thoughts were with Mohammed Noufal’s sister Janat when I learned about his murder and the murder of his coworkers on Al Jazeera. She is a kind, kind girl with a beautiful smile who ran an online store selling girls’ accessories while she was still in college. She is a nice girl with a beautiful smile.
When she learned of her brother’s martyrdom, she already had lost several members of her family. I had a moment of compassion for her and the agonizing suffering she must endure. I was struck by how her story reflects the fate of so many Palestinian families who have endured slow death, member by member, for the past almost two years.
A missile struck Janat’s family home in Jabalia on October 30, 2023, just three weeks after the start of the conflict. Mohammed suffered serious injuries, but she and her sisters and brothers managed to survive. Their aunt and uncle were murdered.
Omar, Janat’s eldest brother, was killed on October 7, 2024 when the Israeli army hit the same location again, killing him.
Then, on June 22, her mother, Muneera, passed away. When the Israeli army launched an Israeli missile over the area, she was visiting relatives. When Uneera was struck by shrapnel, she was taken to a hospital where she was still alive, but she passed away 39 hours later.
Mohammed and six other journalists were killed when Israel bombed a media tent close to al-Shifa Hospital on August 10th.
Janat now only has her sisters Ola, Hadeel, and Hanan with her father Riyad, her brother Ibrahim, and her sisters.
When my older brother, Omar, passed away, our father groaned and said, “You’ve broken my back, oh God,” Janat told me when I reached out to her.
My father said in a hoarse voice, “We have been struck down,” when we lost my mother Muneera.
When my journalist brother Mohammed was killed, he said nothing. He uttered no words, he didn’t cry, or scream. I was heartbroken when I realized that his silence might forever break him. I was more worried about his stillness than I was about his grief.
Janat tried to persuade Mohammed’s brother Ibrahim to quit his job as a journalist after he was martyred because she was afraid for him. The last person to provide for her, their father, and her sisters was her husband. He rebuffed, saying that God only would provide for them what they had written. He informed her that he wanted to follow their martyred brother and his coworkers.
The suffering experienced by Janat after losing her loved ones has become intolerable. The next loss would bring us back to the same darkness when we first thought we could breathe a little. Fear has become a constant companion, watching us from every angle of our lives, not just a passing sensation. She said, “Loss has become a part of our existence, and grief has settled into the details of daily life, in every prolonged silence and paused smile.”
Her words echoe the suffering of many Gaza-based families.
As of March this year, 2,200 Palestinian families had been completely expelled from the civil registry, with all of their members dead, according to the Government Media Office. There was only one family member left of 120 more than 5 families.
With each bombing wave, Palestinian families are constantly at risk of extinction.
My own family members have also been removed from the civil registry. A sizable portion of our extended family was made up of my father, Ghassan, who had eight cousins: Mohammed, Omar, Ismail, Firas, Khaled, Abdullah, Ali, and Marah. We started losing them one after the other as war broke out. Each loss creates a new gap, as if we were being compelled to go through a downward spiral of grief.
Only Omar and Ismail’s wives and their two children are still alive today. My father quietly endures this great loss, deeply ensnaring his sorrow.
We have yet another Israeli offensive in northern Gaza right now. Zehor tens of thousands of people died as a result of the Israeli atrocity last year. The south’s residents who defied forced displacement paid a price.
Many of us who have lost loved ones don’t want to go through the horror once more. My family and I moved north last year, but we are now exhausted. We’ve experienced a lot of bombing, death, and terror. This time, we’ll leave. Janat’s family, who fervently remained in Jabalia after their half-destroyed home, will also leave.
No human being can endure atrocities that we have witnessed. We can’t allow another death to occur.
Luke Poulter, Ian Poulter’s son, will play in the United States’ Walker Cup match against Great Britain and Ireland in September.
The 50th edition of the biennial amateur tournament, which will take place in Cypress Point, California, USA, on September 6 and 7th, will feature the 21-year-old in a 10-man squad.
In the St. Andrews Trophy contest between Great Britain and Ireland in July, Poulter Jr. won with 3.5% from four appearances.
He also missed out on a sudden-death play-off against seasoned professional Austen Truslow in June, which he had to advance to the US Open.
His father Ian was part of the European team which won the Ryder Cup in 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2018,
The Walker Cup hasn’t been won by Great Britain and Ireland since 2015, which will be led by 55-year-old Dean Robertson, a former European Tour champion.
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Strictly Come Dancing is facing an “identity crisis”, an expert has claimed, as it’s hit with fresh scandal just weeks before the start of a new series.
The much-loved dancing show is facing allegations of cocaine use by two show stars, with reports suggesting their substance use was an “open secret” on the show.
Following a stringent few years of controversy, allegations of misconduct, and the BBC firing or suspending several stars for their behavior, Strictly’s star-spangled launch is currently in full swing, despite rehearsals taking place ahead of the month’s upcoming month.
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In order to investigate recent drug allegations, the BBC hired the top legal firm Pinsent Masons earlier this month. Former participants, professional dancers, and crew members have been contacted by solicitors to discuss any possible issues.
Now, the Metropolitan Police have issued a statement to the Mirror as they said: “On Tuesday 12 August, the Metropolitan Police received an allegation about drug-related offences.
Police are looking into the information while conducting further inquiries to determine whether a crime has been committed. At this time, we won’t be adding any more comments.
According to PR expert and Celebrity Manager Mayah Riaz, the latest blow risks costing the show loyal viewers. “Strictly’s always had its fair share of scandals, but the risk now is that people are simply getting tired of them,” she told The Mirror.
“A little drama can add spice, but when the headlines are more about controversy than the dancing, it starts to take away from what the show is really about. The big question is: has Strictly become more gossip than glitter? That’s the balancing act the BBC has on its hands.”
The expert, of Mayah Media, warned that if producers want to steady the ship, they must take back control quickly. “That means being upfront rather than pretending nothing’s happened,” she explained.
“Viewers are intelligent, and they can see through any gulf.” The only way to fix things is to acknowledge where they’ve got wrong, explain what’s wrong, and then shift the focus firmly back to the competition itself.
Over the past 14 months, bullying and inappropriate behavior have been investigated according to Strictly.
Giovanni Pernice and Graziano Di Prima, two accomplished dancers, left the show last year after being seriously accused by their former show partners.
The PR expert now warns that “the scandals are becoming the show’s star” situation.
You have a real identity problem, they say, “when the drama off the dancefloor overshadows the foxtrot on it.”
The BBC must reevaluate its position by asking itself, “Is Strictly supposed to be family-friendly entertainment, or is it devoting itself to a full-on reality TV drama”? It’s trying to be both at the moment, and confusion could lead to lost viewers.
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