November 5 – Under huge pressure from fans’ groups, Premier League clubs are reportedly poised for a u-turn over the controversial pay-per-view initiative that has caused outrage among subscribers of Sky and BT Sport.
November 5 – Scottish Premier League leaders Rangers have announced a second share issue in less than a month, with the second issue set to raise £4 million with the club having last month raised £4 million from an Asia-based investor.
November 5 – Serie A giant Juventus has increased its club TV channel distribution making it available via Prime Video, the first club in Europe to TV channel available on the Amazon service.
November 5 – Zamalek scored two late goals as they came from behind to beat Raja Casablanca 3-1 on Wednesday for a 5-1 aggregate victory that sets up a mouth-watering all-Egyptian African Champions League final against arch-rivals Al Ahly on November 27.
By David Owen
November 5 – Norwich City, the club known as the Canaries, managed to record a small profit in their brief return to the Premier League, in spite of finishing a distant last in the table.
By David Owen
November 5 – Crystal Palace and former Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho has won “substantial” damages from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in settlement of a long-running dispute.
November 5 – Sheffield Wednesday have had their points deduction for breaching EFL spending rules halved from 12 to six points.
November 5 – Not for the first time this season but even more so now, pressure is mounting on Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following the end of their winning start in the Champions League, coupled with a poor run of domestic form.
November 4 – UEFA has moved swiftly to provisionally ban Qarabağ FK communications officer Nurlan Ibrahimov after comments made on social media calling for the killing of all Armenians.
November 4 – More than 100,000 people have so far signed a petition calling for grassroots football to be allowed to continue during the English national lockdown.
November 4 – With the world in various stages of lockdown and fans in most countries unable to attend matches in stadia, the opportunity of engaging with fans via esports has not been lost on clubs or leagues.
November 4 – Austria has postponed domestic cup matches that were scheduled to place this week following the terror attack in Vienna.
November 4 – Italy’s football federation FIGC has launched an investigation into Serie A club Lazio over potential violations of coronavirus health protocols in recent weeks.
November 4 – After it was initially reported that he had been hospitalised purely for tests, Diego Maradona, widely regarded as one of three finest footballers ever along with Pele and Lionel Messi, has undergone successful brain surgery for a blood clot in a specialist private clinic, his doctor confirmed.
November 4 – Serie A’s AC Milan has entered the esports with a strategic partnership with Italian organisation QLASH to form a new team that will be called AC Milanm QLASH.