After the FA decided to strip John Terry of the England captaincy for the second time in two years over a charge for which he has not yet been tried, Fabio Capello has decided that he's had enough of being disrespected and undermined and resigned from his position. With Euro 2012 mere months away, FA chairman David Bernstein must find a suitable replacement to lead England out of the current cycles of scandals and disappointment.

The following table shows the average age of player that each of the competing nations fielded during the group stages of the Africa Cup of Nations 2012 in Gabon/Equatorial Guinea. As expected Cote D'Ivoire's fading golden generation who are attempting to win their nation their first major trophy since 1992 is one of the oldest squads at the tournament.

Some of the back-room workings between Jack Warner and FIFA are starting to come to the surface.

Warner reportedly claimed that in exchange for drumming up support to get Sepp Blatter elected in the 1998 FIFA presidential election, he secured the television rights to the World Cup for his native Trinidad & Tobago for a single dollar.

In this week's review of the footballing action, we congratulate Barcelona on becoming champions of the world and feature two financial scandals: one from Spain and one from Italy.

Catching up on all the tidbits you might have missed during the week that was. More, after the jump:

Back in action

First, Jack wrote a brilliant piece on the return of one Sam Hutchinson this morning which deserves recognition. So, before going any further, read here.

Watch out AVB Roman's itchy finger is already on the trigger...

The owner — having been served a writ while shopping in a West End boutique — is now spending his days wrangling over Russian billions in a London high court. The captain — having endured scandals which included an alleged affair with a team-mate's ex-partner — is at the centre of a racism ­investigation by police and the ­Football Association.

The curtains were finally drawn on the Calciopoli trial yesterday when chief suspect Luciano Moggi was found guilty of sporting fraud and sentenced to 5 years and 4 months in prison.

The 74 year old was director of Juventus during the infamous 2005/2006 season when the club was demoted to Serie B for its involvement in match fixing scandals that saw them win the league that season.

Fans at the Root of Racism Rows

Let me kick off by saying that racism has absolutely no place in football, nor any other walk of life for that matter. Anyone found guilty of it should be punished with an iron fist to ensure that their irrational intolerance of other races is not allowed to spread like the repugnant plague that it is.

Dodgy parents! Team-mate affairs! Public urination! The Top 10 John Terry scandals

Poor old John Terry is in hot water again following allegations that he racially abused QPR defender Anton Ferdinand. As the investigation into that particular scandal gets underway, here's 10 other moments that the Chelsea and England star might want to forget.

It is never easy being an England fan. The side seems to be either woefully underperforming, in the middle of scandals or suffering from just sheer bad luck. Being an England supporter really should come with a health warning. For ...
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It is never easy being an England fan. The side seems to be either woefully underperforming, in the middle of scandals or suffering from just sheer bad luck. Being an England supporter really should come with a health warning. For ...
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Arsenal to sign Porno Midget? Plus Mike Parry's latest football innovations

As an undersized midfielder who few in Britain have heard of, Udinese's Gabriel Torje is naturally a top transfer target for Arsenal's Arsene Wenger. Yet there's a hint that the Romanian might not be the kind of clean-cut youngster Wenger loves to sign.

Juventus: Old Lady, new lease of life is a post from: Just Football

by Gianfilippo Scarpati

The 8th of September 2011 marks an historic date for the old lady of Italian football. The opening of a new state of the art stadium is every bit reflective of the new lease of life she has had breathed into her.

The news that Wayne Rooney's father and uncle Richie were arrested today over allegations of a football betting scam has to have set off alarm bells at Old Trafford as well as the English FA.

The arrests were in relation to a game between Motherwell and Hearts in December last year in which Motherwell midfielder Steve Jennings was arrested after allegedly getting himself sent off deliberately during the match.

The news that Wayne Rooney's father and uncle Richie were arrested today over allegations of a football betting scam has to have set off alarm bells at Old Trafford as well as the English FA.

The arrests were in relation to a game between Motherwell and Hearts in December last year in which Motherwell midfielder Steve Jennings was arrested after allegedly getting himself sent off deliberately during the match.

Match fixing, betting scams and financial irregularities: six other scandals from football's murky past

Wayne Rooney's father was arrested today in connection with an alleged football betting scam. Sadly the beautiful game's murkier past is littered with scandals. Here's six of the most notable.

If Seinfeld was famously the show about nothing, then Spurs are the Seinfeld of football, at least for now.

In the past I've been relieved and grateful when things have gone quiet. I cherish rare moments of peace and quiet to punctuate the bedlam of the season. No scandals or internecine arguments, the media looking elsewhere, not to mention winning football matches.

Firstly, I'd like to apologize for not having posted anything recently, my internet connection was limited the past two weeks while I was away and so I couldn't really get a post up.

Enough has happened since then though, and Im not sure where to begin. There has been talk on and off about the match fixing scandals, though (and Im not surprised at all) it seems Marinakis won't be touched any time soon.

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal By Tony Attwood If you live outside the UK or you are within the UK and resolutely don't ever read a newspaper, watch TV or listen to the radio you might not know that this country is in the middle of one of its biggest political crises and scandals of [...]

News of the World closing 2011- NOTW to shut down on Sunday is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

News of the World closing 2011- NOTW to shut down on Sunday is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter The News of the World, provider of several of world football's saucy scandals, will shut down this Sunday ( July 10, 2011).

Watching the France-Canada game of the Women's World Cup yesterday, I was exhilarated by the playing of the French side. Their dominance in the game was a surprise to many, and to me, and also a little ghostly: suddenly, I was watching the sort of flowing, graceful, entertaining French football which for the past years had existed mainly in my imagination.

*They're bracing for a huge crowd for a much anticipated U.S.-Mexico Gold Cup final in Pasadena where temperatures are expected to top out at in the 80s.

Kickoff is at 6:10 p.m. incidentally, live on Fox Soccer Channel and Univision. I'll blog live from the game.

Notable: It's the first time in 11 years Mexico and the U.

The fix is in Wham! Several match-fixing crises right on top of each other tell us that there are still serious problems with the bona fides of the professional game. Even more disturbing is the fact that the scandals have been spread across different regions and continents. Finland Top-flight club Tampere is under investigation for [.

Just a week ago, the football world was up in arms over the various scandals and accusations surrounding FIFA and CONCACAF. Sepp Blatter's re-election went through despite attempts by the English FA to delay the vote, sponsors were being threatened with boycotts if they continued to be complicit in FIFA's corruption.

Just Desserts #7 is a post from: Just Football

We're back with another of our irregular doses of excellent football reading material to be found elsewhere around the interwebs. The following come highly recommended:

1) YOU MUST READ THIS PIECE by the magnificent Tim Vickery, who picks up a bat, finds a ball, takes that ball and smashes it out of the park with this brilliant piece on FIFA and certain quarters' hypocritical reaction to the ongoing scandals at FIFA.

This blog is at heart about my love affair with soccer, an affair that is unwavering after five or six years. From very early on I became aware of the corruption that has been in our game and that is in our game at a high level. I was more properly informed about it after reading Andrew Jennings' book, Foul!

Brazilian journalists who flew to London for the Champions League final were struck by the importance given in the English press to the recent scandals surrounding FIFA. The story is not playing anything like as big back home.

European cynics might argue that this has something to do with a certain South American tolerance of corruption.

I've sort of kept my peace about FIFA and their madness as of late. Same goes for the drama with CONCACAF yesterday. Honestly I've been busy with work and other soccer ventures that I just didn't have the time or energy to comment.

Well this photo just about sums up all the energy I have to talk about it.

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Jack Warner - Sepp Blatter - Mohamed Bin Hammam
FIFA Flea Circus!
FIFA is nearing fully chaotic meltdown with new scandals being thrown around almost everyday. Its like the greatest circus of all time.

In the months leading up to and during the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, the French National Team found itself and its players involved in numerous scandals. One of the most infamous of those scandals involved allegations that Franck Ribery, Karim Benzema, and Sidney Govou had sex with an underage prostitute.

As everybody is doubtless already aware, Manchester City and Manchester United face each other at Wembley for the first time this weekend, in the first of two FA Cup semi-finals. To mark this, we are running a week's worth of articles about football in the city of Manchester, kicking off with an overview of a city rivalry that has intensified in recent years.