Ghana’s Dwamena dies on pitch during Albanian Super League match
November 13 – Former Ghana international striker Raphael Dwamena has died after collapsing Saturday during an Albanian Super League match at the age of 28.
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UEFA holds first forum for club and national team youth coaches
November 13 – UEFA hosted its inaugural Youth Football Forum last Friday, marking the first event tailored for technical and academy directors and youth coaches of both clubs and national teams.
Women’s Leagues Forum will give professional game a stakeholder voice in global football
November 12 – The World Leagues Forum has formalised the establishment of the Women’s Leagues Forum, which will provide professional women’s football leagues worldwide with a group platform to share information and best practise and to crucially lobby governing bodies on issues facing the development of the women’s professional game.
Upbeat Rapinoe exits with an injury as Krieger’s Gotham lift NWSL Championship
November 12 – US superstar Megan Rapinoe had an early exit on six minutes from the NWSL Championship game at the Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego that signified the end of the global football icon’s playing career.
Kipsta to take over from Molten as Europa and Conference Leagues’ official ball
November 12 – French football brand Kipsta has made its first entry into the pan-European market with a three-year licensing deal to be the official ball sponsor of UEFA’s Europa League and the Europa Conference League.
Lyon fury over Marseilles venue for postponed Ligue 1 clash
November 10 – The Ligue 1 clash between Olympique de Marseille and Olympique Lyonnais, rescheduled for December 6 after being postponed due to an attack on the Lyon team bus, will still be played at Marseille’s Stade Velodrome, the French League (LFP) have announced, prompting an angry response from Lyon.
Cameras keep rolling as CAF and BeIN Sports settle $415m differences
November 10 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and global sports broadcasting network BeIN Sports are reported to have ended a long-running dispute that came to a head with CAF’s unilateral termination of their $415 million contract in September.
Armenia and Hungary to host Israeli women’s ‘home’ matches in Nations League
November 10 – UEFA have announced the ‘home’ venues for Israel for their upcoming UEFA Women’s Nations League matches as conflict continues in the Gaza strip.
Textor looks to offload NWSL’s OL Reign to MLS’s Seattle Sounders
November 10 – Seattle Sounders are reportedly in advanced talks to buy Seattle-based NWSL outfit OL Reign as the side looks ahead to its first ever shot at the NWSL Championship title against Gotham FC at the weekend.
Kidnappers release Luis Díaz’s father
November 10 – The father of Liverpool’s Colombian international striker Luis Díaz was released Thursday by members of a guerrilla group who had kidnapped him, ending a 12-day ordeal for the family.
Europa League: Toulouse surprise Liverpool, Bayer dominant, Seagull soar against Ajax
November 10 – Thursday night saw a host of upsets and deciding moments as the UEFA Europa League Group Stage enters its final chapters.
World Leagues Forum gathers women’s pro-leagues in San Diego ahead of NWSL season close
By Paul Nicholson in San Diego
November 10 – This weekend the NWSL closes its season with its Championship Final between OL Reign and NJ/NY Gotham FC at the Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego. It will also close out the careers of two US footballing legends, Megan Rapinoe and Ali Krieger.
NWSL inks record $240m US broadcast deal
November 10 – The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) in the US has unveiled what will be a financially game-changing set of domestic broadcast deals worth $60 million per season for the next four years.
Levski starts to clear its Bulgarian tax mountain
November 10 – Bulgaria’s Levski Sofia has paid nearly BGN 2.5 million (€1.25 million) of its debt to the National Revenue Agency (NRA) in the last eight months, according to information given to shareholders at the club’s AGM this week.
King’s Speech paves way for regulator ‘to safeguard the future of (English) football clubs’
November 9 – Plans for a new independent regulator for English football have been confirmed in the annual King’s Speech which formally rubber-stamps government policy.