November 17 – CONCACAF director of sports integrity Dr Laila Mintas (pictured) is leaving the confederation. Mintas, one of the world’s most experienced experts in the battle against match-fixing, set up the integrity department in probably the world’s most challenged confederation when it comes to integrity.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 18 – In what could be a huge embarrassment to their most influential sports supremo and FIFA executive committee member Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, Kuwait face the prospect of being thrown out of World Cup qualifying after failing to resolve a case of government interference in the running of the sport domestically.
November 18 – Germany’s high-profile friendly with traditional rivals the Netherlands on Tuesday night was called off because of an “intention to ignite explosives” at the Hannover stadium.
By Samindra Kunti
November 17 – The I-League wants to introduce a single football league in India in two or three seasons with 14 to 16 competing franchises and clubs from both the Indian Super League (ISL) and I-League.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 17 – Already fuming at being forced to play last week’s World Cup qualifier against Saudi Arabia on neutral ground, Palestinian officials are up in arms at being ignored over another fixture they have protested to FIFA about.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 17 – UEFA have confirmed that next summer’s European Championship finals will take place in France as planned despite the deadly terrorists attacks in Paris on Friday.
November 17 – Belgian authorities have called off tonight’s prestige friendly with Spain in Brussels for security reasons after the hosts became the focal point of attention in the wake of the Paris terrorist atrocity.
By Samindra Kunti
November 16 – The Belgian FA KBVB have announced increased security measures for Belgium’s friendly against Spain tomorrow in Brussels following the Paris terrorist attacks.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 16 – The crackdown on corruption by FIFA’s ethics investigators has snared another major figure with Nepal’s Ganesh Thapa banned for 10 years for bribery.
November 16 – Diego Maradona, one of football’s greatest ever strikers whose career on and off the field has nevertheless been blighted by controversy, is recovering after undergoing a gastric bypass in the western Venezuelan city of Maracaibo over the weekend.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 16 – In an act of collective solidarity and defiance, all 23 players in the French squad to face England in a prestige friendly on Tuesday have agreed to travel.
By Samindra Kunti
November 16 – The president of the Brazilian Football Confederation CBF Marco Polo del Nero has submitted a Habeas Corpus request with the Superior Federal Court STF to prevent him from being imprisoned.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 13 – After years of evading punishment and blocking reform while others around him were hit hard, Spain’s Fifa vice-president Angel Villar Llona was finally sanctioned today for failing to co-operate with the official investigation into the 2018 and 2022 World Cup bid process.
By Mark Baber
November 13- According to a report in L’Equipe, Leonardo, the former Sporting Director of Paris Saint-Germain, is intending to sue the French Football Federation for €8.5 million in the wake of having had his suspension for barging a referee in the tunnel rescinded.
By Samindra Kunti
November 13 – Leading Dutch Eredivisie club PSV Eindhoven have agreed a new ten-year sponsorship deal with Philips. The agreement is worth €22.5 million.