November 16 – Just four months after winning the delayed Euro 2020, Italy have missed out on an automatic place at the World Cup finals and will have to rely on the playoffs to get them to Qatar.
By Paul Nicholson
November 16 – This week FIFA’s inspectors resume their whistle-stop tour of cities bidding to be host venues for the 2026 World Cup, starting in Edmonton, Canada. It is a hugely important moment for this football city, but before they roll out the red carpet for the FIFA team, they have a more pressing football engagement.
November 16 – Businessman David Henderson, who organised the flight that led to the deaths of footballer Emiliano Sala and pilot David Ibbotson, has been handed an 18-month jail sentence.
November 16 – With two games remaining in the season, Rio giants Botafogo have clinched the Serie B title and promotion to the top flight following a 2-1 rearguard win against Operario.
November 16 – The English Premier League is about to set a new overseas record with the sale of its United States television rights for a staggering figure of nearly $2 billion, according to a Financial Times report.
November 17 – Iran and Saudi Arabia cemented their positions at the top of their Qatar 2022 final qualifying groups with four games left in qualifying.
November 16 – The Premier League has agreed a multi-year extension to its Panini sticker and trading card license agreement that was first granted in 2019.
November 16 – Manchester City have agreed a new regional partnership with decentralised finance (DeFi) advisory business 3KEY.
November 15 – The crisis enveloping Kenyan football has deepened further with the arrest of the federation’s president Nick Mwendwa.
November 15 – Football behind closed doors is back in the Netherlands after the government ordered a three-week partial lockdown on Friday.
November 15 – South African officials suspect match-fixing was at play in Sunday’s crunch 1-0 World Cup qualifying defeat to Ghana and want FIFA and the Confederation of African Football to investigate the conduct of the officials.
November 15 – The Committee on Culture and Education of the European Parliament has called for regulation of football agents, backing FIFA’s plans to reform the agents’ industry.
November 15 – On a night of high drama, Serbia and Croatia booked automatic places in next year’s World Cup finals on Sunday, condemning Portugal and Russia to the playoffs.
November 15 -Former Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness has launched an astonishing attack on Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City for having not won a single Champions League trophy between them despite being back by Middle East fortunes.
November 15 – Real Madrid have founded an investment vehicle with the objective of financing 30 start-up businesses.