November 17 – Barcelona have been given the green light by the local Catalan authorities to hold their presidential election on January 24 following the recent resignation of Josep Maria Bartomeu.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 16 – The race to become the most powerful figure in African football is now a five-man contest after Senegal Football Federation president Augustin Senghor just beat last Thursday’s deadline to submit his candidacy.
November 16 – Already facing a multi-pronged challenge to his power base, Ahmad Ahmad, President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), has temporarily handed over the reins to CAF first vice president Constant Omari while he completes his convalescence after contracting Covid-19.
November 16 – The infamous CHF2 million “disloyalty payment” that helped bring down both Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini is back in the news with Platini due to appear today before the Swiss judiciary for the third time in two and half months and the fourth time in all.
November 16 – RB Leipzig, the football equivalent of a challenger brand in Germany’s Bundesliga, has taken a step outside the general European club comfort zones with a strategic partnership with Indian Super League club FC Goa.
November 16 – La Liga president Javier Tebas has again spoken out of the damage a ban on betting sponsorships will have on club and their ability to trade solvently, especially with the covid crisis preventing fans in stadia for what is likely to be until at least the end of the current season.
November 16 – Norway will play Austria after all in their final Nations League group game on Wednesday after the team forfeited their match against Romania following a government travel ban due to a covid-19 case in the squad.
November 16 – The United Soccer League, which runs second and third tier professional leagues in the US, has signed a three-year deal sports leisure brand Puma.
November 16 – Former England, Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur goalkeeper Ray Clemence, who won every major European and domestic honour, has died aged 72.
November 16 – November 14 will go down in history for European football minnows San Marino.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 13 – Musa Bility, the banned former Confederation of African Football (CAF) executive committee member and ex-president of the Liberian FA, has written an open letter to CAF presidential candidate Patrice Motsepe warning him “to be wary” of Gianni Infantino’s influence in the election process.
November 13 – South America’s World Cup qualifiers are never short of drama. On Thursday, the boss of the Bolivian FA (FBF) Marco Rodriguez was arrested during the Bolivia vs Ecuador over allegations of corruption.
November 13 – EFL clubs have accepted a £50 million Premier League rescue package for League One and League Two.
November 13 – England’s Nations League match against Iceland next week is no longer under threat after the government staged a u-turn over its travel ban and granted special dispensation to the visitors.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 12 – Former English Football Association chairman Greg Clarke, who resigned on Monday, has bowed to the inevitable and also relinquished his positions as a FIFA vice-president and a FIFA Council member in what was an apparent u-turn.