FIFA medical committee offer full backing to Eva Carneiro

Carneiro is pursuing legal action against Mourinho personally as well as taking Chelsea to an employment tribunal for constructive dismissal.

She lost her job after Mourinho called her 'impulsive and naive' when she rushed on to the pitch to treat Eden Hazard on the opening day of the season after being summoned by referee Michael Oliver. 

FIFA medical chief Michel D'Hooghe said: 'Of course I support Eva Carneiro. She did her job, she did her duty. When somebody is medically in trouble she has to intervene. She has my support and that of the whole medical committee.

'I have had email contact with her and she is very happy with the global support of the medical world in football.'

Belgian FIFA executive member D'Hooghe also promised Carneiro, who has been linked with a move to Charlton after her legal dispute is settled, support in finding a new job.

D'Hooghe added: 'I can imagine in the short term she might have some problems with that but with her personality and her competence she must certainly have a great future and if I can help her I will.'

Chelsea refused to comment. The case is likely to be heard early next year. 

The desire to improve officiating standards in the top flight has seen the Professional Game Match Officials looking into a plan for some assistant referees either to turn fully professional or part-time next season.

This would see full-time assistants paid £35,000 a year plus match fees, while those who spend two days a week on PGMO duty will receive £17,500. A PGMO spokesman said: 'No final decision has been made.' The top referees are on £90,000 a year plus £450 match fees.

 

RFU chief executive Ian Ritchie told last week's council meeting that he intends to look forward to a new England future under Eddie Jones rather than harking back to the World Cup debacle, which the blazers still haven't properly debated. 

But the councillors — as ever all talk and no action — failed to question Ritchie about what went so wrong on home soil. The RFU say all councillors were given an opportunity to have their say via email in the review of England's humiliating exit in the group stage.

It is always a bone of contention with England's cricketers, who spend so much time away from home, when they are called up for extra duties during holiday periods. 

This week they face a day of medical tests at Loughborough during a nine-day window between the Pakistan and South Africa series. 

An ECB spokeswoman said the upset was less than usual because the players recognised the importance of the tests for insurance purposes.

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