November 10 – Sports broadcast platform Eleven has acquired live streaming company MyCujoo and its Live Services streaming technology for an undisclosed sum.
November 10 – Former Manchester United, Fulham and France striker Louis Saha will lead the line at a special ‘SIGA Champions’ session on November 18.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 9 – Under-fire African football supremo Ahmad Ahmad’s already tenuous grip on power has come under further threat with not one but two dramatic and unexpected challenges to his leadership of the Continent.
November 9 – Teams that are unable to travel to Africa Cup of Nations Cameroon 2021 Qualifiers this month will not be given the opportunity to reschedule but will record 2-0 losses.
November 9 – FIFPro has warned that the current congested calendar and demands being placed on players could lead to both poor performances at Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup.
November 9 – England’s Nations League match against Iceland next week has been plunged into doubt because of the UK government’s travel ban which has now been extended to Denmark.
November 9 – Austrian prosecutors are said to have dropped proceedings, stretching back almost three years, against the country’s FA President Leo Windtner (pictured) over a $100,000 payment made shortly before Sepp Blatter’s re-election as FIFA president in 2015.
November 9 – VAR intervention on offside reached a new level of absurdity at the weekend when Leeds United striker Patrick Bamford had a goal ruled out.
November 9 – Having debuted on social media platform TikTok last week, Manchester United have rapidly followed up with a launch on Douyin, China’s leading destination for short-form mobile video content.
November 9 – Manchester United striker Marcus Rashford has forced the UK government into a second u-turn with his calls to extend free school meals to children from low-income families during school holidays in England.
November 9 – Zinedine Zidane’s rotation policy backfired once more after his Real Madrid slid to a dispiriting 4-1 defeat at Valencia, missing a chance to go top of the table in La Liga.
November 6 – The international players’ union FIFPro, battling to build a significant presence from a low base in Asia, has accused the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) of a “lack of consultation” over the decision to complete the eastern zone of its elite club competition in Qatar due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
November 6 – Fans will be able to see exactly how much agents earn from transfer deals when a raft of new FIFA regulations come into force next year.
November 6 – The Swiss government has earmarked loans totalling CHF175 million ($194 million) per year 0 for 2020 and 2021 – for sports clubs in the country to enable them to survive the financial impact of the coronavirus.
November 6 – The English Premier League’s controversial pay-per-view model that has caused outrage amongst fans’ groups has moved a step closer to being scrapped after this weekend.