By Paul Nicholson
February 3 – FIFA’s consultation process over its proposed football agent regulations has been called a “pantomime”, “fake” and a distortion “of the reality of a process which is far away from being genuine or robust”.
February 3 – Brazilian clubs have received an offer of 4.2 billion reias ($800 million) from an unnamed investor to form a breakaway league that would not be under the management of the Brazilian FA (CBF).
February 3 – The European Commission has registered a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) entitled ‘Win It On The Pitch’, which, if it gains enough public support, will force the EC to consider the proposal aimed at protecting the European sports model.
February 3 – Mexico returned to winning World Cup qualification ways with a crucial 1-0 win over their nearest rival Panama for an automatic spot at Qatar 2022.
February 3 – Chinese technology company Vivo has signed a two-year deal to become LaLiga first smartphone partner.
By Samindra Kunti
February 3 – Senegal didn’t do it the easy way, but a hard-fought 3-1 victory against Burkina Faso will see the Lions of Teranga in their third Africa Cup of Nations final on Sunday against either hosts Cameroon or Egypt.
February 3 – The European Leagues association has condemned the European Parliament for what it says is a failure to enact new law that would protect the sport from digital piracy, the biggest single threat to its members’ revenues.
February 3 – On Thursday, host club Al Jazira from the United Arab Emirates and AS Pirae from Tahiti kick off the Club World Cup, the much-maligned tournament that remains a sideshow in the annual calendar.
February 3 – AS Monaco has unveiled Purnell as the club’s official timekeeper in a deal that will run until 2025.
February 2 – The World Leagues Forum (WLF) and players union FIFPRO held their second summit in Madrid and via video conference yesterday to discuss key issues around football’s governance.
February 2 – South Korea reached their 10th consecutive World Cup with a 2-0 win against Syria, but Australia’s hopes of automatic qualification were dented after a lacklustre 2-2 draw against Oman.
February 2 – FIFA will trial ‘robot referee’ technology at the Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi which kicks off on Thursday with host club Al Jazira taking on Tahiti’s AS Pirae.
February 2 – FIFA has completed a two-day consultation on football agent regulations in Montevideo, Uruguay, where the world governing body met with agent organisations from Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe.
February 2 – Players in the Women’s Super League and second-tier Championship will receive maternity and injury cover as part of an agreement between the English FA and the Professional Footballers Association (PFA).
February 2 – Concacaf have announced the Dominican Republic as the centralised host for its Caribbean Club Championship, May 13-25, in the Dominican Republic.