By Andrew Warshaw
October 6 – In a radical move clearly designed at gaining widespread support amongst the FIFA membership, Spain and Portugal added Ukraine to their 2030 World Cup bid on Wednesday in what they hailed as an act of European solidarity.
October 6 – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says the three remaining European rebels are afraid of being chucked out of the new-look Champions League.
October 6 – With two months to go until the World Cup kicks off in Qatar, Brazil will head to the global finals at the top of the FIFA ranking.
October 5 – On Thursday, tickets for the 2023 Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand will go on sale, FIFA confirmed, with prices as low as AUD/NZD$20.
October 5 – Just as the United States women’s team is preparing for its prestige international on Friday against England at Wembley, its players are taking in the findings of a damning report which found that emotional abuse and sexual misconduct had become systemic throughout the US National Women’s Soccer League.
October 5 – The French Football Federation (FFF) is spearheading a campaign for the creation of a compensation fund for migrant workers in Qatar, the host nation of the World Cup.
October 4 – Ukraine wants to help organise the 2030 World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal.
October 4 – Paris has become the latest French city to decide against broadcasting World Cup matches on giant screens in public amid concerns over rights violations of migrant workers in Qatar.
October 4 – After months of internal wrangling, Ibrahim Musa Gusau has been elected president of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), fending off challenges from former vice-presidents Seyi Akinwunmi and Shehu Dikko as well as former international goalkeeper Idah Peterside to emerge as successor to long-term incumbent Amaju Pinnick.
October 4 – A new kit unveiled by Algeria’s national team has drawn the ire of arch-rivals Morocco who have asked for it to be pulled.
October 3 – The Confederation of African Football is to re-open bidding for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) after stripping Guinea of hosting rights to host the competition, with Morocco among the nations set to apply.
October 3 – Qatar will host the 16-team U-23 Asian Cup in 2024, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has confirmed.
October 3 – Real Madrid president Florentino Perez has reaffirmed his club’s commitment to a Super League, arguing that football in its present form is “sick” and is “losing the global entertainment battle.”
October 2 – Paris St Germain boss Nasser Al-Khelaifi, European football’s most powerful executive, has taken a swipe at Barcelona’s financial policy after the Catalan club signed a string of elite players in the summer despite being heavily in debt.
October 2 – UEFA have confirmed that concussion substitutes are not permitted in any of their competitions following an incident in the Women’s Champions league clash between Arsenal and Ajax.