Abu Dhabi Sports Council general secretary Aref Hamad Al Awani underlined their ambition to make the United Arab Emirates a "central hub for sporting events" after being awarded the rights to stage the delayed 2021 FIFA Club World Cup.

Holding the men's FIFA World Cup every two years "cannot be accepted" because of the impact on the club game, the body representing Europe's leagues has claimed.

FIFA has begun the second leg of its inspection tour of the 2026 World Cup candidate host cities in North America, following the first visits which took place in September.

The final round of qualifying matches for the 2023 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Asian Cup is set to be held at centralised venues due to the coronavirus pandemic.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino says the organisation is "certainly not" planning to take football out of the Olympics and remains "a proud part of the Olympic Movement", despite the potential for its flagship men's World Cup to clash with the Summer Games should it be staged every two years.

The FIFA Council has approved a global summit on the international calendar - and principally the proposal to stage World Cups every two years - on December 20.

A joint bid between the United Kingdom and Ireland to stage the 2030 FIFA World Cup is not "up in smoke", it has been claimed, despite England's recent punishment over the "horrific" fan disorder at this year's UEFA European Championship final.

FIFA is expecting "a lot more" cases of sexual abuse in women’s football to come out after the recent revelation of scandals in Australia, the United States and Venezuela.

Marla Messing, who helped Los Angeles secure the hosting rights for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has been named interim chief executive of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) after the former leadership was toppled by a sexual misconduct scandal in the league.

Despite Jill Ellis' clear advocacy for a biennial FIFA Women's World Cup, the leader of the governing body's Technical Advisory Group (TAG) remains adamant that it is not inevitable.

England have been ordered to play their next UEFA match behind closed doors following crowd trouble before and during the Euro 2020 final against Italy at Wembley Stadium in London.

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Women's Football Committee has praised member associations for successfully organising the resumption of the AFC Women's Asian Cup India 2022 Qualifiers, especially considering the challenges posed by COVID-19.

Four Nordic countries have joined forces to launch a bid to host the 2025 UEFA Women's European Championship.

FIFA has worked with the Qatari Government to evacuate "almost 100 members of the football family from Afghanistan, including female players," it has claimed.