November 14 – FIFA has changed its traditional model of delivering the greatest show on earth, the FIFA World Cup. Rather than working through a national Local Organising Committee, FIFA has mandated an increased level of management and delivery of the first 48-team, 104-match tournament to host cities.
November 14 – Speaking at the opening session of the Soccerex Convention in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Concacaf general secretary Philippe Moggio said his confederation has been transformed in recent years, and that looking to the future of the game in his region “the sky is the limit” for stakeholders.
November 14 – Israel coach Ran Ben Shimon has urged the watching world to separate football from politics as his side prepare to take on France amid high security in the Nations League in Paris tonight.
November 14 – South African football boss Danny Jordaan has been released on bail following his arrest in a fraud probe.
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 14 – At COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, FIFA president Gianni Infantino has once again pledged that his organisation will help combat climate change. His own incessant use of private jets contradicts those claims.
November 14 – Germany captain Joshua Kimmich says he and his team-mates should not have “expressed political opinions” during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
November 14 – Tottenham Hotspur are set to be without Uruguayan midfielder Rodrigo Betancur for seven games with the club expecting the midfielder to be slapped with a hefty ban for suggesting South Korean team-mate Heung-min Son and his cousins “all look the same”.
November 14 – FC Bayern have teamed up with FTA Holdings to announce a partnership aimed at transforming youth futsal development across North America.
November 14 – Peter Moore, former CEO of Premier League and EA Sports president and Electronic Arts’ chief competition officer, is back in the football business.
November 14 – The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has changed its official health sponsor Acıbadem to Medicana Health Group in a three-year deal that will cover all national teams, including the country’s age group teams.
November 13 – South African media report that long-time football official and South Africa FA (SAFA) president Danny Jordaan has been arrested in a fraud probe.
November 13 – Canada Soccer has dismissed Bev Priestman following an independent report into the Olympic drone-spying scandal.
November 13 – Ecuador international Marco Angulo has tragically died at the age of 22 just over a month after being seriously injured in a car crash.
November 13 – Tickets for the first FIFA Intercontinental Cup Qatar 2024 finals – the club tournament to be played annually in the years between FIFA’s new 32-team Club World Cups – will go on sale November 21.