By Paul Nicholson and Samindra Kunti
October 17 – Qatar will stage the 2023 Asian Cup, beating South Korea and Indonesia to the hosting that was originally scheduled for China.
October 17 – The stampede that killed more than 130 people in the recent Indonesian stadium disaster was directly caused by tear gas, the country’s security minister has confirmed.
October 17 – Portugal will have to defeat Cameroon or Thailand to ensure their presence at the 2023 Women’s World Cup following the draw for the playoffs, which will decide the final three spots for the global finals.
October 17 – FIFA has agreed a multi-year agreement with digital consultant and software provider Globant who will become the Global Platform Supporter of FIFA+, FIFA’s newly launched streaming platform.
October 17 – Liverpool have condemned a section of the travelling Manchester City support for “vile chants relating to football stadium tragedies” during Sunday’s high-profile clash between the two Premier League heavyweights.
October 17 – French superstar Kylian Mbappé has denied reports that he wants to leave Paris St Germain during the January transfer window insisting he was “just as shocked as everyone else” over the claims.
October 17 – German sportswear giant Adidas says a row with Morocco over a controversial new Algerian kit has been resolved, and that it regretted the controversy.
October 17 – Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the latest football stakeholder to become a member of the United Nations’ (UN) Football for the Goals (FFTG) initiative.
By Samindra Kunti in Mumbai
October 17 – After shipping 11 goals in just two matches, India are once again out of their own U-17 World Cup. India’s U-17 women lost their second Group A match 3-0 to Morocco to exit the tournament early and leave question marks over the long-term development of the women’s game in India.
October 24 – France, Poland, Switzerland and a quartet of Nordic countries will vie to land the hosting rights for the 2025 Women’s Euro, European governing body UEFA confirmed on Thursday.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 14 – Just weeks before leaving for the World Cup, Brazilian ace Neymar stands trial next week on fraud and corruption charges over his transfer to Barcelona from Santos in 2013.
October 14 – A former president of Venezuela’s football federation (VFV) has been banned by FIFA for five years and fined more than $410,000 after being found guilty of financial corruption.
October 14 – In a remarkable turn round, the FBI and FIFA have teamed up to protect this winter’s World Cup in Qatar from potential crime including match-fixing.
October 14 – Through a high-ranking administrator, global governing body FIFA has suggested it’s considering compensation for migrant workers in Qatar who suffered human rights abuses in the build-up to the World Cup.
October 14 – The ball used by Diego Maradona to score his notorious ‘Hand of God’ goal against England in the 1986 World Cup quarterfinal has been put up for auction by the Tunisian referee who was in charge of the game and missed the most infamous handball in history.