October 29 – Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky looks set to take a £150 million, 27%, stake in Premier League West Ham with the option to take full ownership of the in the future.
October 29 – The head of the Norwegian financial crime unit has said that the country should boycott the 2022 World Cup because of the corruption that led to Qatar being awarded the hosting rights.
October 29 – Following several recent incidents, the Swiss Football League are reportedly discussing whether to ban away fans.
October 29 – English Premier League officials have agreed to meet with Amnesty International to discuss potential changes to the so-called owners and directors test following the recent controversial Saudi-led takeover of Newcastle United.
October 29 – Hosts England will meet Norway, Austria and Northern Ireland in the group stage of the Women’s Euro 2022 tournament, while holders the Netherlands were paired with Olympic silver medallists Sweden following Thursday’s draw.
October 29 – Ajax tops a European ranking of clubs who have developed the most players in 31 top divisions of UEFA member countries.
October 29 – The businessman who organised the flight that crashed into the English channel and killed Argentine footballer Emiliano Sala on his way to sign for Cardiff City from Nantes in France has been found guilty of endangering the safety of an aircraft.
October 29 – Edgars Gauračs, a former striker for the Latvian national team and Director General at Latvian club FK Spartaks Jūrmala, has been sanctioned with a ten-year ban for match-fixing.
October 29 – The FIFA Museum has announced ‘211’, its first collaborative global exhibition on football heritage and culture which will invite all 211 FIFA Member Associations to share their own objects, stories and histories.
October 29 – Food and grocery delivery service Talabat has become the latest sponsor of the Qatar Football Association (QFA), the governing body announced.
October 28 – Conmebol’s 10 FIFA members have shot down once and for all any suggestion that they would favour a World Cup taking place every two years. The South Americans had already indicated their opposition to the idea but have now made that formal, saying they would not play in a biennial event.
October 28 – The temporary move to give teams the option of making five substitutions per game instead of the standard three has been given the green light by football’s lawmakers to become permanent.
October 28 – Inter Milan have formally reported losses of losses of €245.6 million for the covid-impacted 2020/21 season on revenues of €364.7 million.
October 28 – Italian prosecutors have opened a probe into dozens of transfers involving Serie A clubs.
October 28 – FIFA has broken with logo design tradition with the launch of a bold Women’s World Cup 2023 brand identity and tournament slogan.