November 11 – Kenya has little more than seven months to prepare for its co-hosting Africa’s biggest football tournament. Its football federation, meanwhile, has spent the past week mired in a leadership dispute. The latest round of the Football Kenya Federation’s (FKF) leadership battle ended with police firing…

November 10 – Iceland, followed by three Scandinavian nations top UEFA’s fair play rankings for 2025/26, while Wales topped fair play ranking for the behaviour of spectators. Both national associations were rewarded with €50,000 for good behaviour. The rankings are based on the fair play results from all…

November 6 – Campaigners have called for FIFA, its leadership and governance to be subjected to a permanent external regulator.  The Football Action Network, Fossil Free Football and Champions for Earth want a “independent external oversight body” to be established to scrutinise FIFA, a demand that comes as…

November 6 – FIFA wants the IOC to restrict the women’s Olympic football tournament to under-23 players, citing fixture congestion and the workload on senior players. No formal proposal has been made, and eligibility for LA 2028 is already set, with qualifying under way in some regions. Any…

November 4 – UEFA has drawn the groups for the 2027 Women’s Nations League which will also act as a qualifier for four nations to the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic games. Reigning world and UEFA Nations League champions Spain have been drawn with Norway, Ireland and Switzerland in…

November 2 – The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) is set to host the opening session of UEFA’s educational programme dedicated to fighting match-fixing. The Belgrade edition of the biennial ‘Fight The Fix’ programme will run from November 2 – 6. The meeting brings together sports integrity specialists,…

October 30 – European governing body UEFA is inching closer to selecting a candidate to run against FIFA boss Gianni Infantino in the presidential elections.  It’s understood that UEFA is waiting for the November 2 deadline it set FIFA to lapse before announcing a candidate to challenge Infantino.…

October 28 – The Welsh FA and its chief executive Noel Mooney maintain that FIFA boss Gianni Infantino should resign following his World Cup sell-off plans. “The governance of the global game needs to be reviewed – the system is not working for us,” Mooney said. “We were…

October 26 – Embattled FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has said that he is “backed by the vast majority” of football associations as he seeks a new term at the helm of the governing body.  On the sidelines of the U-15 World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, Infantino defended his…

October 23 – The Asian Football Confederation’s president Shaikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa has pledged Asia’s support to embattled FIFA president Gianni Infantino in his bid for re-election for a fourth term. The AFC had initially called for the removal of Infantino after his failure to explain…