By Tom Degun at the Aspire Dome in Doha
November 15 – Former England and Liverpool player John Barnes has said that football must not look for racism where it doesn’t exist despite the fact that it is one of the most high-profile issues in the sport at present.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 14 – Serbian football, already under the threat of disciplinary sanctions by UEFA, has now fallen foul of FIFA as well as a result of crowd disturbances in a World Cup qualifying match against Wales.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 14 – Romanian football has been plunged into disgrace after prison sentences were handed out to some of the country’s most influential senior executives and former players for tax evasion and money laundering in connection with the overseas transfers of 12 players over a six-year period.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 12 – French football is reeling from one of the most stringent domestic bans ever imposed after star midfielder Yann M’Vila was kicked out of the international game until June 2014 after an unauthorised night out while on under-21 duty.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 8 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has welcomed efforts by the Swiss Government to crack down on match-fixing and corruption by considering the introduction of fresh laws to make all international associations based in the country subject to Swiss criminal law.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 8 – Spanish authorities have acquired almost €133 million (£107 million/$170 million) in back-taxes owed by debt-ridden clubs in this year alone, authorities have revealed.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 7 – European football was plunged into a fresh hooligan problem yesterday when police detained scores of Dinamo Zagreb fans in the French capital ahead of the UEFA Champions League group game against Paris Saint Germain.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 7 – London is to host this season’s Women’s Champions League final with Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium selected by UEFA – two days before the final of the men’s competition at Wembley Stadium.
By Mike Rowbottom
November 7 – Former Welsh international footballer Ivor Powell, whose role as the world’s oldest working football coach was recognised in 2006 by the Guinness Book of Records, has died aged 96 after a short illness.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 6 – Scotland are looking for a new manager after Craig Levein was dismissed following three years in the job.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 5 – English Football Association (FA) chairman David Bernstein says he is keeping an “open mind” over the possibility of referees’ comments during matches being recorded following the ongoing row over Mark Clattenburg.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 1 – Serbian authorities have now named Steven Caulker (pictured, right), Thomas Lees and assistant coach Steve Wigley as the three members of the England party charged over the mass brawl that followed the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship playoff in Kruševac last month.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 31 – Juventus President Andrea Agnelli has told shareholders that Italian football is in serious trouble and needs to take urgent action.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 31 – Serbian police have filed criminal charges against 12 players, fans and officials, including three from England, following last month’s explosive European under-21 playoff encounter that was marred by allegations of racism and a post-match melee.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 30 – Greek club PAOK Salonika have been ordered to play their next three European home games behind closed doors after losing an appeal against sanctions imposed by UEFA following a riot in August.