By Andrew Warshaw
January 15 – The Association of Football Agents (AFA) has angrily criticised FIFA’s plans to introduce a new system to reduce the influence of agents, denouncing it as unworkable. The UK-based body represents about 350 agents.
By Andrew Warshaw, Chief Correspondent
January 15 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has given his strongest indication yet that he will definitely stand down at the end of his fourth and final term as head of world football’s governing body.
By Andrew Warshaw, Chief Correspondent
January 15 – All 53 members of UEFA will meet later this month to discuss FIFA’s reform programme which is due to be voted on at the world governing body’s annual congress in Mauritius in May.
By Mark Baber
January 14 – The Russian FA (RFU) and its former president Sergei Fursenko (pictured) have been cleared of criminal wrongdoing by a state Audit Chamber investigation.
By Andrew Warshaw, Chief Correspondent
January 14 – Senior Asian football officials have stepped up their campaign to give women’s football a greater platform in a vast Continent where the game, in certain areas, is treated very much as a male preserve.
By David Owen
January 14 – Three new regional Turkish stadia will host Olympic football matches if Istanbul succeeds in its bid to stage the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
By Mark Baber
January 14 – The central Russian city of Samara awarded the design contract for its new 2018 World Cup stadium to the State Unitary Enterprise of the Samara Region Institute (‘TerrNIIgrazhdanproekt’).
By Mark Baber
January 14 – The president of the United Arab Emirates, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan has given direct orders for Etihad Airways to operate flights to carry football fans to Bahrain, to support the UAE national football team in tomorrow’s semi-final of the 21st Gulf Cup of Nations against Kuwait.
By Andrew Warshaw, Chief Correspondent
January 14 – Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore is confident the division’s 20 clubs will all be able to meet UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules – and has also addressed the debate over inflated ticket prices.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 14 – FIFA Vice President Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein’s efforts to use football as a tool for change in Asia has been extended to the Syrian refugee crisis in his native Jordan.
By Andrew Warshaw, Chief Correspondent
January 14 – In a move that seems likely raise eyebrows among its critics, Qatar appears to have used its financial muscle to stage a friendly between world and European champions Spain and South American champions Uruguay next month.
By Andrew Warshaw, Chief Correspondent
January 14 – Deportivo La Coruna, who won the league title only 13 years ago, have become the latest Spanish top-flight club to be plunged into financial crisis.
January 13 – Liverpool FC has settled out of court its dispute with former owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett (pictured) after two years of bitter recriminations following the sale of the club in 2010.
By Mark Baber
Janaury 11 – Major League Soccer will host the 2013 MLS All-Star Game on July 31 at Kansas City’s Livestrong Sporting Park.
By Andrew Warshaw, Chief Correspondent
January 11 – A bitter 18-month dispute that polarised the game in the Caribbean state of Guyana has been resolved after the intervention of FIFA and Concacaf.