By Mark Baber
November 19 – President of the Chile Football Federation (ANFP) Sergio Jadue has dramatically resigned from his post before boarding a plane at Santiago airport late on Tuesday night to fly to New York to speak to the FBI.
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 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 Samindra Kunti
November 11 – Brazilian league leaders Corinthians have announced a partnership with São Paulo-based sports advertising agency TZK.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 10 – The president of the Colombian Football Federation Luis Bedoya has resigned unexpectedly, prompting immediate speculation that his decision was linked to the FIFA corruption scandal. Although Bedoya said he was stepping down for “personal reasons,” government sources were quoted as saying he had flown to New York last week.
By Samindra Kunti
October 28 – A new independent tournament ‘Copa Sul-Minas-Rio’ may redesign the layout of Brazilian domestic football in 2016. The Brazilian FA CBF is watching anxiously from the sidelines.
October 20 – Marco Polo del Nero, the Brazilian FA president who famously made a quick getaway just as seven other football officials, including his predecessor, were detained as part of the US corruption probe on that dramatic May morning in Zurich, has denied he has been forced out of the FIFA executive committee.
By Ben Nicholson
October 20 – CONMEBOL has cut its links with Argentine sports marketing company Datisa, ending agreements that gave sponsorship and broadcast rights to Datisa for the Copa America tournaments, and in particular the Copa America Centenario scheduled to take place in the US next year, the first time the world’s oldest football tournament had been played outside the South American continent.
By Samindra Kunti
October 19 – São Paulo may have found English money to abate their current debt crisis with a €33.7 million cash injection into the club looking likely, though the identity of the English group has not been named.
By Samindra Kunti
October 19 – Flamengo’s chairman Eduardo de Mello wants the club to take management control of Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana stadium to maximise its revenue potential, but is facing opposition from within the sporting club.
By Samindra Kunti
October 2 – Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht is planning to finally deliver the Arena Corinthians on October 16, but the stadium will not be complete. With a number of sectors and areas around the stadium unfinished, Corinthians have expressed concern, but have said they do not intend to open legal proceedings against the builders.
By Samindra Kunti
September 30 – The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) have introduced an American-style draft in Brazilian women’s football to ensure a more competitive balance in the domestic league.
By Samindra Kunti
September 24 – Brazilian club Corinthians have entered into a new partnership with social media network Twitter. At the same time Corinthians are set to break the one million fan attendance mark this season.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 23 – Yet another of those arrested in Switzerland back in May as part of the FBI probe into widespread fraud is a step closer to facing justice in the US.
By Paul Nicholson
September 21 – The South American marketers accused of offering bribes to secure commercial rights for major regional tournaments took the next steps along the judicial process in New York and Argentina. Meanwhile in Trinidad, Jack Warner is scheduled to get a ruling on his potential extradition to the US today.