By Andrew Warshaw
December 9 – Mohamed Bin Hammam, still suspended from world football pending possible fresh sanctions after FIFA-appointed prosecutors completed their inquiry into alleged malpractice by the former head of Asian football, is set to make a rare public appearance in Europe.
By Andrew Warshaw
December 6 – FIFA has welcomed the introduction of goal-line technology, being rolled out for the first time in official competition at the Club World Cup in Japan starting today.
By Andrew Warshaw
December 5 – The ongoing probe into alleged malpractice by Asian football powerbroker Mohamed Bin Hammam, which has seriously split his increasingly dysfunctional confederation, reaches a crucial stage within the next 48 hours during which FIFA-appointed United States investigators must decide what action to take against him, if any.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 29 – Both venues for the upcoming Club World Cup in Japan will employ goal-line technology to assist the officials, FIFA has confirmed, ending years of foot-dragging by the authorities.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 29 – The English Premier League has maintained its decision-making status on the top table of the European Club Association (ECA) with Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis elected to the organisation’s executive board.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 27 – Emirates Airlines, one of FIFA’s most important sponsors, want to see some kind of improvement in the organisation’s image before putting pen to paper on any further deals.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 19 – FIFA’s Football Committee, the body comprising some of the most influential figures in the game and charged with tackling the game’s major issues of controversy, has called for third-party ownership of players to be banned.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 13 – The much publicised road map to reform undertaken by FIFA after the most scandal-tainted period in its history will come to a definitive end in May next year when the organisation’s 209-member congress is presented with a series of proposals designed to bring transparency and accountability back to world football’s governing body.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 1 – Mohamed Bin Hammam has lost the latest round of his ongoing campaign to clear his name and regain a place at the top table of Asian and world football.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 30 – Lionel Messi is favourite to pick up a fourth consecutive FIFA World Player of the Year award after being selected among 23 candidates for the prestigious annual prize.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 24 – In a major breakthrough for goal-line technology, both the Hawk-Eye and GoalRef systems have now been licensed for worldwide use by FIFA.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 23 – One of the two companies developing goal-line technology say “all the big leagues” in Europe including the Premier League have made contact with a view to implementation its system.
By Tom Degun
October 16 – Domenico Scala, the chairman of the FIFA Audit and Compliance Committee, believes the reforms his team are making to football’s world governing body are helping to make it more clear and transparent.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 12 – FIFA Executive Committee vice-president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan is pushing for a revolutionary corruption ranking system among FIFA members to make them more accountable when it comes to match-fixing and illegal betting.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 8 – Jérôme Champagne, an influential former FIFA administrator says the reform process instigated by Sepp Blatter, while “starting to adapt to the 21st century”, fails to address the need for greater democracy within the organisation.