November 14 – A Premier League player under investigation for more than two years has been further questioned for allegedly raping three women and sexually assaulting a fourth, according to multiple reports.
November 11 – The former president of Turkey’s Ankaragücü Faruk Koca was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for attacking referee Halil Umut Meler late last year.
November 7 – Former Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy won a partial victory in his case against the club on Wednesday when a UK judge ruled he should be paid the majority of £11.5 million in unpaid wages that were withheld after he was charged with and later acquitted of sexual offences.
November 6 – The offices of the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) in Paris and private equity firm CVC Capital Partners were raided yesterday by French fraud investigators following allegations of embezzlement of public funds, active and passive bribery of a public official and illegal taking of interest.
November 4 – Evangelos Marinakis, the Greek shipping magnet and owner of Premier League club Nottingham Forest, is suing a football rival from Greece for more than £2.1 million in a high court libel claim over an alleged “smear campaign” including “false” allegations of match-fixing.
November 4 – Paris prosecutors have dropped sexual harassment charges against Noël Le Graët, the long-time head of the French Football Federation, who stepped down in February last year following a damning report commissioned by the sports ministry.
October 30 – Girondins de Bordeaux secured a much-needed lifeline on Tuesday, allowing the club to continue operations following a commercial court ruling.
October 28 – Paris St Germain look set to take their bitter wage dispute with Kylian Mbappe to court after the French football league’s governing body (LFP) ruled in favour of the national team captain.
October 28 – The executive chairman of Mexican media giants Televisa, Emilio Azcarraga, is stepping down from Grupo Televisa SAB in the wake of the FBI’s bribery probe into broadcast rights sales for FIFA World Cup matches. The resignation comes with immediate effect.
October 25 – The horror stories from the disaster that was the Copa America final between Colombia and eventual winners, Argentina continue to emerge as lawsuits, and court records are released into the public domain.
October 25 – Four people who have not been named have been arrested and questioned in Spain on suspicion of conducting an online hate campaign encouraging Atletico Madrid fans to racially abuse Real Madrid star forward Vinicius Jr.
October 22 – A man who lit two flares and threw them into the crowd at the Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando, Florida, has been charged with arson that led to personal injuries.
October 16 – In 2023, former Manchester City and France international Benjamin Mendy was cleared of seven charges of rape and another of sexual assault, in two separate trials. Due to this legal situation, City stopped paying Mendy’s wages.
October 15 – FIFA has said that it will open dialogue with stakeholders an article 17 of its Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP) following the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in the Lassana Diarra case that found of its transfer rules are contrary to EU law.
October 14 – FIFPRO Europe and the European Leagues association have followed through on their threat and, filed a complaint tothe European Commission against FIFA over the international match calendar.