Snub of the week

Brazilian city Recife: opting out of spending public money on a £2.8m Fifa Fan Fest trade exclusion zone restricted to official World Cup sponsors – a blow for local people, says Fifa's Jérôme Valcke. "To make it very clear, it's a mistake."

• Valcke's overall view on calls for Fifa to help local authorities like Recife cover their World Cup costs, given the governing body's full tax-exempt status: "Cities have to do their own work … it's an obligation of the cities. When it's a financial commitment, why should we take over?"

Meanwhile in Qatar

Ali bin Sumaikh al-Marri, Qatar's human rights head, identifying the real victim in last week's new headlines about the deaths of 884 Indian and Nepali workers since 2012: "There is a [media] campaign against Qatar."

• The UK government's view on the ongoing human rights furore: sending Prince Charles on a trade trip to Doha to "showcase the ties between the UK and Qatar, which we value greatly".

Other news: war on racism

Censured last week:

1) CSKA Moscow given a stadium ban and fine for fan racism, 12 months after CSKA president Yevgeni Giner weighed up British media coverage of the club's diversity issues. "It's nonsense. The British make stuff up because they lost the World Cup bid."

2) Serbia's Under-21s, given a partial stadium ban over monkey chants during a game against Belgium, two years after Serbia's FA said claims of monkey chants during an England Under-21 game were invented. "Serbs never have been, nor will be racist."

Plus: best intentions

Italy: Perugia-based Collepieve players staging a zero tolerance to racism demonstration by blacking-up their faces. Chairman Stefano Violini: "The boys send a clear signal". Regional Olympic head Domenico Ignozza: "It's excellent. If Violini asks, I paint my face black too."

Good news story

2010: Wayne Rooney says he wants to leave United over under-performance and a lack of ambition, not for more money. "I did not get any of the assurances I wanted." 2014: Happy with United's performance and ambition, signs a new £300k-a-week deal. "I'm made up to be staying."

Respect campaign latest

Last week's highlights:

• Brazil: Brasiliense urging fans to vote for the country's worst referee on their official site – choosing from an initial three put forward by club owner Luiz Estevão as "those who have hurt us the most".

• Italy: Amateur side Giovanile Bientina's Gianluca Vincenti banned until 2016 for "spraying a referee with a hose", "manhandling him" and "losing all reason"; with the club fined €400 for failing to return the official's car keys, and "stealing his shoes".

• Spain: Almería prosecutors fining a fan €200 for throwing a dog at a referee during a Comarca del Mármol match earlier this month. Local media: "Goofy is recovering at home."

Crackdown of the week

Spain: Real Jaén player Jonathan Mejia displaying a T-shirt reading: "Get well soon little ones, International Childhood Cancer Day". Competition authorities fined him €2,000 – overturned on appeal.

Best press conference

Croatia: Dinamo owner Zdravko Mamic: reacting to leaked videos showing him dancing shirtless and urging fans to "smash this disco, smash this bar, smash this hotel, I'll pay" by calling a press conference to deny provocation. "It was a motivational speech. Anyone who is normal can see that."

Big month for

Roberto Carlos, signing up for Fifa's 11th Annual Match Against Poverty, and telling Gazzetta dello Sport what gets him down most. "I don't drive my Bugatti Veyron so much now. I keep it in Madrid. I'm not as impassioned as I was, with my cars, watches and women. After a while, you grow weary."

• Also from the interview: "Q: How many wives have you had? A: That's easy: two. More difficult is how many women I've had a child with. It's eight by six or seven mothers. Q: Six or seven? A: I don't know. A Mexican, a Hungarian, Brazilians. Four plus two … six."

Most humble

Ghana: Winger Bernard "Humble Lion" Dong-Bortey, back from a year-long ban for assaulting a referee. "If I offended anybody, I'm pleading for forgiveness. I know I did bad things in the past, but I'm more matured now. To err is human; to forgive, divine."

Moving on

Romania: Craiova coach Nicolo Napoli on life under owner Adrian Mititelu. "I never want to hear his name again, he keeps humiliating me. I had no pay for eight months, and no car. Yesterday I was finally told I could have the car, then he sacked me. It's too much."

Best dressed

Peru: Sport Huancayo coach Daniel "Professor" Córdoba, telling local media he likes to lead training while wearing only his underpants so players can see his tattoos – one reading "nothing is impossible", the other "adrenaline". "This is the key to good work."

Plus: most aggrieved

Spain: Model Cristina Pedroche, upset with Neymar and Dani Alves for dancing during Barcelona's 6-0 rout of her side Rayo Vallecano. "It's a hurtful final straw. If Rayo ever put six past them I'll run naked from Madrid to Barcelona. It's just about respect."