September 20 – The French Football Federation has agreed to review its agreement on players’ image rights following reports that star striker Kylian Mbappe has refused to take part in national team sponsorship activities.
September 20 – Paul Pogba’s brother Mathias has been detained and placed under formal investigation over an alleged plot to extort money from his sibling and belonging to a criminal gang, according to French reports.
September 20 – Meeting to review the social impact projects the Asian Football Confederation is supporting, the AFC Social Responsibility Committee received detail and briefings on a number of proposed initiatives across the region.
September 20 – With the international break about to start and the 2022 FIFA World Cup fast approaching, a number of big name players are still scrambling to get on to their national teams’ final rosters.
September 20 – La Liga has condemned “hate speech” against Real Madrid star Vinicius and promised that it will work with authorities after further racist abuse of Real Madrid’s Vinicius Junior at the weekend.
September 19 – Bournemouth could be the next Premier League club to fall under US ownership after reports in the US and England that a Las Vegas-led consortium had bid for the club.
September 20 – Bacuya the rhino has been unveiled as the mascot for the U-20 World Cup in Indonesia in 2023.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 16 – Chile have failed in their attempt to have Ecuador kicked out of the World Cup by FIFA, infuriating the head of their FA who described the judgement as a “dark day” for the sport.
September 16 – Private equity group Silver Lake has become the second-largest shareholder in City Football Group (CFG), upping their stake to 14.5%.
September 16 – UEFA has charged Marseille and Eintracht Frankfurt with a raft of offences, including a fan of the German club making a Nazi salute, following their Champions League group game clash on Tuesday.
By Samindra Kunti in Leuven
September 16 – With a second-half rearguard action, Union St Gilloise overcame Sweden’s Malmo 3-2 to jointly top Group D in the Europa League and wrap up a near-perfect week for Belgian football on the continent.
September 16 – Germany’s DFL has signed a collaboration agreement with the National Football League (NFL) from the US that will cover “production, broadcast and programming, digital innovation and marketing.”
September 16 – Nigerian football has been plunged into a new crisis with the September 30 elections to replace the outgoing board, including embattled Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) president Amaju Pinnick, put on hold.
September 16 – Inter Milan have renewed their official water partnership with Acqua S.Bernardo for a further two seasons.
September 16 – The Spanish FA (RFEF) has vehemently denied accusations by the uncle of its president that it used funds to host a party with “young ladies” and to hire a detective to investigate the head of Spain’s players’ union.