Reggae Girlz crash out of W Gold Cup qualifiers as fingers pointed at JFF chauvinism

By Paul Nicholson
November 4 – Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz have crashed out of the Concacaf W Gold Cup without even making the play-in qualifiers.
By Paul Nicholson
November 4 – Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz have crashed out of the Concacaf W Gold Cup without even making the play-in qualifiers.
December 4 – Sweden have failed to qualify for the Olympic Games for the first time following a 1-0 defeat to Switzerland. England remain in contention for the Paris 2024 play-offs after a dramatic 3-2 comeback win against the Netherlands.
By Paul Nicholson
December 2 – Concacaf have unveiled plans for a multi-million dollar state-of-the-art football facility in Cap Cana, Dominican Republic.
December 4 – UEFA has released details of prize money distribution or the Germany 2024 European Championships that will be played from June 14 to July 14. The winning team will receive a maximum of €28.25 million – if they win all their games on the way to the title.
December 4 – A fan of French Ligue 1 club Nantes has been killed during a brawl before the club’s 1-0 win over Nice in the latest outbreak of violence to hit French football.
December 4 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has signed a broadcast rights deal with New World TV for the confederation’s competitions for the 2023-2025 cycle in Sub-Saharan Africa.
December 4 – Inter Miami and Lionel Messi’s end of MLS season trip to China may have been cancelled last month, but their globe trotting ambition hasn’t been. The club has announced they will play the El Salvador national team in January.
December 1 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has launched the African Club Association to empower the continent’s clubs and represent their interests.
December 1 – Thirty-nine people were arrested and four police officers hurt in clashes with Legia Warsaw fans in the build-up to Thursday’s Europa Conference League game at Aston Villa.
December 1 – Canadian Soccer Business (CSB), the commercial arm of the Canadian Premier League (CPL), has sold the York United FC franchise to Game Plan Sports Group with the deal coming into effect immediately.
December 1 – Jamaica’s Reggae Girlz, who in the summer reached the knockout stages of the Women’s World Cup in Australia/New Zealand, have missed out on automatic qualification for next year’s inaugural Concacaf W Gold Cup after a 1-1 draw with Panama at home.
December 1 – UEFA joined forces with the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF), the Council of Europe, the International Olympic Committee, Interpol and the Greek National Platform for Sport Integrity (EPATHLA) for a series of meetings and workshops – tagged Sport Integrity Week – that focused on fighting match-fixing.
November 30 – A day after the English FA formally announced the breakaway of the top tier Women’s Super League, the governing body has announced a £30 million fund for grassroots women’s football in England.
November 30 – Following in the footsteps of FIFA, UEFA has teamed up with Betano, who will become the European confederation’s betting partner for Euro 2024.
November 30 – Switzerland coach Murat Yakin has kept his job for next year’s European Championship after the national federation resisted calls to fire him.