Tuesday briefing: FIFA and Diarra settle transfer rights legal dispute

FIFA and former France midfielder Lassana Diarra have settled all legal proceedings between them in a long-running dispute over player transfer rules, according to a statement issued by FIFA, Reuters reports.

The settlement follows an October ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which found that parts of FIFA’s regulations governing player transfers and contractual disputes breached European Union law.

Diarra had sought €65 million in damages from FIFA an