Qatar’s Supreme Committee commits to Kakuma refugee project in Kenya
November 10 – Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy (SC) has donated $500,000 to the Kakuma project in Kenya.
SAFF Women’s Championship to kick off tomorrow despite security concerns
By Mark Baber
November 10 – The 2014 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Championship kicks off on Tuesday in Islamabad featuring eight women’s national teams including hosts Pakistan, arch-rivals India, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
IFAB broadens global input with rules advisory panels
November 10 – Footballing experts from across the world who will advise FIFA over future implementation of any changes to the laws of the game will be officially announced at this month’s annual business meeting (ABM) of the International Football Association Board in Belfast.
CAS to review FIFA’s life ban on Fernando next week
By Andrew Warshaw
November 10 – Sri Lanka’s former FIFA executive committee member Vernon Manilal Fernando, once regarded in some quarters as the footballing Godfather of South Asia, will have his Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) appeal against being banned by FIFA for alleged corruption heard next week.
Stadium analysis puts D.C. United at heart of regeneration plan
By Ben Nicholson
November 10 – A report has been published in the US detailing a cost-benefit analysis of Washington-based MLS club D.C. United’s proposed soccer specific stadium development. The 406-page report suggests that the benefits will outweigh the costs.
CSA refuses mediation as 2015 World Cup turf war gets muddier
By Andrew Warshaw
November 10 – The Canadian Soccer Association (CSA) has rejected a request to participate in mediation to resolve the increasingly fractious dispute over the of use of artificial turf at next year’s Women’s World Cup.
AFCON 2015 under threat as Morocco miss CAF deadline
By Andrew Warshaw
November 10 – The future of January’s African Cup of Nations has been plunged into further jeopardy after Morocco failed to meet Saturday’s deadline to confirm it will host the event.
David Owen: Premier League club profits are improving – so who is responsible? Lord Livingston, we presume
It is, to use the technical term, early doors in the English Premier League club financial reporting season. Publication this month of Everton’s figures brings to all of three the number of clubs who have so far reported. Yet 2013-14 is already shaping up to be a landmark year for profitability in the English top tier.
South Korea and New Zealand add to WADA anti-doping fund as deadline looms
By David Owen
November 9 – Two more countries have made contributions to the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) embryonic fund for new anti-doping research, enabling the initiative to creep closer to its $20 million target.
Shakhtar Donetsk owner in talks to buy Lviv Arena in western Ukraine
By Jaroslaw Adamowski
November 7 – Rinat Akhmetov, the owner of Shakhtar Donetsk, is considering buying Arena Lviv, where the Ukrainian club is currently hosting its home matches, according to local authority representatives.
Sportradar expands data gathering with Ukrainian partnership
November 7 – The Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) has signed a data partnership deal with Sportradar taking them to the end of the 2017/18 season.
Call for Ligue 1 boycott as comments reignite French racism row
By Mark Baber
November 7 – Racist comments by Bordeaux coach Willy Sagnol have ignited a new row in French football with his remarks being defended in some quarters whilst Pape Diouf, the former president of Olympique de Marseille) called for a boycott of Ligue 1.
ECA clubs claim that May 2022 was a ‘welcomed’ option
By Andrew Warshaw
November 7 – Angry European clubs claim their case for staging the 2022 World Cup in May has not been sufficiently publicised by FIFA and insist that a winter tournament in Qatar is by no means a fait accompli.
Puma extends Elephants deal through to 2015
By Mark Baber
November 7 – German sportswear company Puma has extended its contract with the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) for a further four years from January 2015.
Exclusive: Mayne-Nicholls gains support for FIFA race but waiting before declaring
By Andrew Warshaw, chief correspondent
November 7 – Harold Mayne-Nicholls, the former Chilean FA president who announced last month that he was considering taking on Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency, says he will make a final decision in the New Year even though Blatter is odds-on favourite to clinch a fifth term next May.