In the aftermath of dismissing Mark Sampson as English women's national team coach, the FA has named under-19 coach Mo Marley to replace him on an interim basis. The shakeup comes at a critical time for English women's soccer. Full-time professionalism is the goal for a revamped domestic league in 2018-19.

Well, Bayern Munich CEO Karl-Heinz Rummenigge wasn't fooling around when he said there would be consequences to Bayern's 3-0 loss to Paris St. Germain in the UEFA Champions League.

The true test for English clubs will come in February when the knockout stage begins and after a long winter marked by the annual holiday rush -- four EPL games in 10 days this season! -- but for now things are looking good in the UEFA Champions League. Seven clubs are unbeaten and untied after two games, and four of them are English.

The German media have dubbed Wednesday's Bayern-PSG Champions League clash Experience vs. Transfer Insanity and a Kampf der Systeme -- a battle of systems.

Agnelli is one of the great family names of Italian business and Italian soccer. Giovanni Agnelli founded Italian automaker Fiat in 1899. Gianni Agnelli, his grandson, was known as L'Avvocato ("The Lawyer") and served Juventus as president during its heyday in the 1970s and 1980s. Under Gianni's nephew, Andrea Agnelli, Juve remains a European powerhouse.

The potential field of challengers for U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati is getting a bit crowded and the star power of former U.S. international Eric Wynalda would change the dynamic dramatically.

I taught a re-certification referee course this weekend. My students were mostly teenagers who had been refereeing for at least one year. We covered the new changes to the Laws of the Game (LOTG). Since 1987, I have been mostly instructing top level referees in Turkey and around the world. Teaching young referees is exciting and also challenging. Especially, teaching a class of new referees whose ages range between 10 and 45 is very challenging pedagogically. I personally would prefer to have a minimum age limit of 13 or 14 for refereeing.

A day after he coached England to a 6-0 win over Russia, Mark Sampson was removed as England women's national team coach. The move followed a year in which Sampson -- and the English FA -- had been in the spotlight for allegations made by English star Eniola Aluko against Sampson.

The hero of last weekend's Bundesliga action was Raymond Best, the doctor credited with saving the life of VfB Stuttgart captain Christian Gentner after VfL Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels smashed his knee into Gentner's face. Most, but not all, of the immediate comments from referees and TV commentators expressed shock at the referee's response.

After the infamous "L'Affaire Sextape" that likely ended the French national team careers of Mathieu Valbuena and Karim Benzema and also implicated former French international Djibril Cisse, there's been a second blackmail attempt against a French soccer star involving a stolen tape.

More than a year after taking control of Premier League club Swansea City, owners Steve Kaplan and Jason Levien have gone through three managers, narrowly avoided relegation, and sold off top players.

FIFA's organizing committee for competitions has announced plans for the World Cup 2018 draw in Moscow on Dec. 1. The new procedure will divide the 32 teams entirely into four pots based on their ranking in the October FIFA rankings (after the final qualifying matches) and not primarily based on geography as was done in recent competitions.

How has FIFA changed since Sepp Blatter stepped down as president and Gianni Infantino was elected to replace him? The governing body of soccer has been restructured, there's been a huge turnover of elected and staff executives and reforms have been instituted. But what about the underlying culture?

Those getting tired of Bayern Munich's Bundesliga dominance -- it has won the last five titles - have been treated to a good serving of schadenfreude: a 2-0 loss to Hoffenheim, criticism of the club by its leading scorer, Robert Lewandowski, complaints about the coach from fan favorite Thomas Mueller, and a tantrum from Franck Ribery.

Cybersecurity has been an issue in our lives since the Internet took off in the mid-1990s. It became a central issue in the 2016 presidential campaign -- from Hillary Clinton's famous e-mails to the DNC hacking -- and introduced us to the term "trolling farms," a key part of Russia's efforts to manipulate public opinion leading up to the November 2016 election.