October 1 – Cameroon’s greatest footballing icon, Samuel Eto’o, president of his country’s FA since 2021, has been banned by FIFA from attending any national team games for six months.
October 1 – The MLS is taking an ownership position in mobile streaming platform OneFootball in a deal that will give OneFootball access to MLS highlights.
October 1 – Atletico Madrid have imposed a permanent stadium ban on a fan who police identified as throwing an object on to the pitch during Sunday’s LaLiga match against local rivals Real Madrid that was halted for 15 minutes.
October 1 – Paris St Germain have axed one of their star players, Ousmane Dembélé, from tonight’s mouth-watering Champions League clash at Arsenal for apparent disciplinary reasons.
October 1 – EA Sports has announced a continuation of its partnership with Uber Eats for a second year, which will see Uber Eats and Uber One branding on virtual pitch-side boards for the video game maker’s new FC25 release.
October 1 – Following an extraordinary meeting of Barcelona’s directors, the club are reporting a loss of €91 million for the 2023/24 financial year, though maintain that it is still moving financially towards profitability as it prepares for a return to its revamped Nou Camp Stadium.
October 1 – UEFA and UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) are teaming up once again for the Unity Euro Cup, a football tournament designed to promote refugee access to sport and foster inclusion within host communities across Europe. This year’s edition will be held on October 10 at the Colovray Sport Centre in Nyon, Switzerland.
October 1 – The Albanian Football Federation (FSFH) has begun the hunt for local sponsors for the upcoming European U17 Championship, which will be hosted in the country next year.
October 1 – The AFC is doubling the funding it provides to its five Regional Associations (RA) in the 2025-28 cycle to $500,000 a year.
October 1 – France forward Antoine Griezmann has called time on his decade-long international career with his national team, the 33-year-old Atletico Madrid forward announced via Instagram on Monday.
September 30 – FIFA has named the 12 stadiums in the US that will host matches at the expanded 32-team Club World Cup 2025.
September 30 – The Football Association of Wales has confirmed a new structure for the JD Cymru Premier league for the 2026/27 season onwards, in a ‘major overhaul’ that will completely change the complexion of Wales’ top tier league.
September 30 – The Spanish league has called for the arrest of fans behind a hate campaign aimed at Real Madrid forward Vinicius Jnr.
September 30 – UEFA has banned Barcelona from selling tickets for their next away Champions League game following racist behaviour of their fans at Monaco on September 19.
September 30 – The inaugural AFC Women’s Champions League is poised for kickoff this week with three centralised groups of four clubs each open the group stage to qualify eight teams to the knock-out rounds.