November 12 – Growing the chorus of rights groups criticising FIFA, Amnesty International has said that the world governing body must stop the 2034 World Cup bid process because of human rights concerns in Saudi Arabia.
November 12 – The Europa League match between Beşiktaş and Maccabi Tel Aviv will be played in Debrecen, Hungary behind closed doors. UEFA has made the announcement after the Turkish authorities refused to allow the game to go ahead in Istanbul.
November 11 – The former president of Turkey’s Ankaragücü Faruk Koca was sentenced to nearly four years in prison for attacking referee Halil Umut Meler late last year.
November 11 – The bottom line for football clubs around the world is critical and budgets are often manipulated and stretched to perform financial tricks. In a surprising move, Real Madrid who have one of the world’s biggest budgets have not factored any income for next year’s FIFA World Club Cup, “as there is no precise information on the subject”.
November 12 – FIFA will draw the groups for its expanded 32-team Club World Cup in Miami on December 5.
November 12 – Flamengo player Bruno Henrique has denied his involvement in match fixing after police raided 12 addresses linked to him.
November 11 – Maheta Molango, the chief executive of the Professional Footballers Association (PFA) has told ESPN that leading players at the elite levels of football need to be protected.
November 12 – The BBC has announced that Gary Lineker will step down as host of Match of the Day at the end of this season. However, he will continue to lead BBC Sport’s coverage of major tournaments, including the 2026 World Cup and the 2025/26 FA Cup.
November 12 – Pelé’s old club Santos have confirmed their return to the Brazilian top flight after gaining an insurmountable lead in the Serie B.
November 12 – One of the top referees in the English Premier League has been suspended with immediate effect. David Coote was allegedly caught on video allegedly making derogatory comments about Liverpool FC and their former manager, Jurgen Klopp.
November 12 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) marked the return of its Women’s Football Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after a five-year hiatus. First held in 2019, the conference reopened with the AFC Special Grassroots Awards and AFC Special Elite Youth Football Awards, celebrating the dedication of AFC Member Associations (MAs) in building future generations of Asian football talent.
November 12 – Taking place on the sidelines of the 3rd AFC Women’s Football Conference, the 2024 edition of the awards saw Japan’s Nozomi Hiroyama and Miyo Okamoto recognised as the Youth Coach of the Year (Male) and (Female) respectively while the Prince Takamado U-15 Regional League won the Youth League of the Year title.
November 11 – FC Barcelona have announced a record $1.82 billion, 14-year deal with Nike, just six months after club president Joan Laporta publicly threatened to end their long-term partnership.
November 11 – The France-Israel Nations League fixture on Thursday will go ahead as planned, confirmed French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau, despite last week’s violence in Amsterdam at the Europa League match between Ajax and Maccabi Tel Aviv.
November 11 – Peruvian police have arrested the head of the country’s FA, Agustín Lozano, as part of an investigation into allegations that he abused his position to extort local clubs into surrendering their television rights.