The President of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, has said FIFA have been in touch with authorities in the country to improve the safety of football stadiums after a stampede led to the deaths of 131 people at a match at the Kanjuruhan Stadium.

Spain and Portugal have added Ukraine to their joint bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

Paris is among a group of French cities that have decided against showing FIFA World Cup matches on big screens or setting up fan zones, in protest at host nation Qatar's record on human rights.

US Soccer insists it is putting into place key recommendations to safeguard players in the women's professional game after an independent investigation found "verbal and emotional abuse and sexual misconduct... had become systemic" in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).

The French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority has approved a licence for the FIFA Clearing House (FCH) to enable it to operate as a payment institution.

Algeria and Morocco have reportedly launched rivals bids to host the 2025 African Cup of Nations after Guinea was stripped of the right to stage the competition.

The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) Executive Board has held a one minute's silence here to commemorate the victims of yesterday's disaster at an Indonesian top flight football match.

Japan hosted international beach football matches against Ukraine as a gesture of friendship between the two countries, with Ukrainian refugees among the estimated 730 people watching from the stands.

At least 125 people have died at an Indonesian Premier League football match after police fired tear gas, leading to a stampede in which fans were trampled and crushed in one of the worst sporting disasters in history.

Australia's football governing body has condemned the actions of a "small minority" of fans for engaging in behaviour against its values.

Ibrahim Gusau has been elected as President of Nigeria's Football Federation (NFF), replacing long-term incumbent Amaju Pinnick.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has registered appeals from Chile and Peru, who are seeking the expulsion of Ecuador from the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup due to the disputed eligibility of Byron Castillo.

Football clubs in Germany and England have begun altering kickoff times to reduce floodlight usage during the current energy crisis.

Women's rights group Open Stadiums has called on FIFA to "immediately expel Iran" from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar because of the country's mistreatment of women, amid protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death. 

Reynaldo Vasquez, the former President of the Salvadoran Football Federation (FESFUT), has been given a 16-month prison sentence in the United States for accepting bribes from television companies in exchange for broadcast rights to El Salvador's matches.