FA: 'No evidence' of racist songs at San Marino game
The FA has said it has not found any evidence that England fans sang a racist song during the World Cup qualifier against San Marino.
It follows media reports that racist chants were aimed at Rio Ferdinand and his brother Anton during last Friday's 8-0 victory for England.
Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) subsequently contacted FIFA about the complaints and the FA is awaiting official notification of the incident, which could lead to England being forced to play behind closed doors.
While we have no reason to dispute the media reports which are without doubt made for the right reasons of fighting racism, at this time we have not found any recorded evidence of the specific discriminatory chanting referring to Rio and Anton Ferdinand and a vile 'bonfire' song.
We will of course continue to review all of our recorded footage. We recognise the importance of FARE's responsibility to report any incidents to FIFA.
We will liaise with FIFA and work with them to assist any investigation. Should evidence of any racial chanting be found we would expect action to be taken against individuals.
– Adrian Bevington, managing director, club england
He became the BBC’s Director-General in January 2000
He was forced to resign four years later in the aftermath of the Hutton inquiry
Dyke has previously worked as a trainee manager at Marks & Spencers, a local newspaper journalist and a TV researcher
He has had successful spells in charge of TV-am, LWT and Pearson
The 65-year-old has a long background in Football including spells as director of Manchester United in the late 90s and as non-executive chairman of Brentford Football Club
Dyke to give up role at Brentford after FA appointment
Greg Dyke has a long background in football. He was a Director of Manchester United in the late nineties and since 2006 he has been non-executive Chairman of Brentford Football Club, the team he supported as a boy.
Greg Dyke will relinquish this role at the end of the season to take up his new post at The FA Credit: Press Association
I would like to congratulate Greg Dyke on his nomination to succeed me in July as FA Chairman. I wish him every success in this stimulating but demanding role.
I will ensure that the handover is dealt with efficiently to help in maintaining the stability that has been achieved by The FA since 2010.
I was brought up in a household where my father was much more interested in whether or not you had won at football than whether you had passed your exams. In my case that was just as well.
I still turn out to play six-a-side some Thursday evenings although at my age I seem to spend more time injured than playing.
I supported my local team Brentford as a kid where my elder brother was a junior, watched York City while at university and followed Manchester United whenever I could.
I got involved in how the game was run when I was first involved in buying sports rights as Chairman of ITV Sport in the late eighties and later at the BBC. I learnt a lot in the years when I was on the Board of Manchester United and have seen the other side of the professional game at Brentford.
FA report 'suspicious betting' in Football Conference South
The Football Conference South is the sixth tier of English football Credit: PA
The Football Association says it has come across "suspicious betting activity" on a number of matches played in the Football Conference South.
The FA said it is assessing evidence with the help of the Gambling Commission’s Sports Betting Intelligence Unit, and had contacted all clubs in the league.
It reminded players and officials of their "responsibilities under betting and integrity rules" and called for people with information about "possible breaches" of the rules to come forward.
The Football Conference South is the sixth tier of English football, sitting two divisions below the Football League.
