By Andrew Warshaw
November 9 – Fabrice Muamba, the Premier League footballer who suffered a massive cardiac arrest and almost died during a cup game at Tottenham Hotspur in March, made an emotional return to the club’s White Hart Lane stadium for the first time yesterday.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 8 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has welcomed efforts by the Swiss Government to crack down on match-fixing and corruption by considering the introduction of fresh laws to make all international associations based in the country subject to Swiss criminal law.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 8 – Spanish authorities have acquired almost €133 million (£107 million/$170 million) in back-taxes owed by debt-ridden clubs in this year alone, authorities have revealed.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 8 – The 2014 FIFA World Cup has come under fresh pressure because of new legislation that would seriously slash Rio de Janeiro’s revenues and therefore its ability to stage the tournament as well as the summer Olympics and Paralympics two years later.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 8 – The sister of Brazil’s Zenit St Petersburg striker Hulk has been reunited with her family after being kidnapped for 24 hours.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 8 – Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) first vice-president Raymond Tim Kee looks set to be appointed the federation’s new President on Sunday (November 11) after the only other candidate Colin Murray pulled out.
By Andrew Warshaw at the International Sports Event Management conference in London
November 7 – Any decision on whether to switch the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup from summer to winter must be taken within the next two years to make it logistically possible.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 7 – FIFA has dramatically ditched plans to use Bangkok’s showpiece $40 million (£25 million/€31 million) Futsal Arena during the current Futsal World Cup in Thailand, deeming the venue unsafe after missing several construction deadlines.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 7 – European football was plunged into a fresh hooligan problem yesterday when police detained scores of Dinamo Zagreb fans in the French capital ahead of the UEFA Champions League group game against Paris Saint Germain.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 7 – London is to host this season’s Women’s Champions League final with Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge stadium selected by UEFA – two days before the final of the men’s competition at Wembley Stadium.
By Mike Rowbottom
November 7 – Former Welsh international footballer Ivor Powell, whose role as the world’s oldest working football coach was recognised in 2006 by the Guinness Book of Records, has died aged 96 after a short illness.
By Emily Goddard
November 6 – Manchester United have announced today, to mark Sir Alex Ferguson’s 26 years in charge of the club, that the statue of Britain’s most successful manager will be revealed at Old Trafford on November 23.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 6 – Mark Clattenburg, the referee at the centre of English football’s latest storm, is being stood down for a second successive round of Premier League action next weekend as an investigation continues into allegations that he used “inappropriate language” towards a Chelsea player during last month’s controversial 3-2 defeat by Manchester United.
By Duncan Mackay
November 6 – A new set of draconian legislation to help fight corruption and match-fixing in football is being introduced by the Russian Government.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 6 – Scotland are looking for a new manager after Craig Levein was dismissed following three years in the job.