FA Council news

Four nations have submitted bids for the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023 – the latest sign that women's football is undergoing a boom. According to ... More

The London Football Association (LFA) has moved towards a more representative board, with a third of its newly appointed members coming from black, Asian and ... More

Equality campaigner Dr Rimla Akhtar has joined the board of the Sports Ground Safety Authority (SGSA). Dr Rimla Akhtar MBE, the first Muslim and Asian ... More

Fifty national governing bodies – including the Football Association (FA), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Rugby Football Union (RFU) – have agreed action ... More

At least three of the Football Association’s (FA) 10-strong board will be female by 2018 following several reforms the governing body is proposing. To improve ... More

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan, the shadow sports minister, has suggested that there could be “value” in setting quotas for ethnic minority representation on the Football Association ... More

The Football Association’s (FA) governance structure will once again be placed under the microscope when parliament debates a motion of no confidence in the governing ... More

Despite a rocky start to life as a visitor attraction, Fifa’s football museum in Zurich plans to push on, targeting double the amount of visitors ... More

FIFA’s World Football Museum in Zurich has suffered a disappointing start after incurring losses of more than CHF30m (US$30.5m, €27.9m, £24.1m) in its first year. ... More

Karen Bradley, secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport, has echoed her predecessor and warned the Football Association (FA) that it will lose government ... More

Former Football League chair Greg Clarke has been nominated to replace the outgoing Greg Dyke as chair of the Football Association (FA). Clarke was recommended ... More

The Football Association (FA) will lose all its government funding if it fails to undertake significant governance reforms, according to culture secretary John Whittingdale. Whittingdale ... More

Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, has called on the Football Association (FA) to embrace governance reform or get “left behind”. Delivering a speech at ... More

UEFA will elect at least one woman to its board for the first time in May – with Norwegian Karen Espelund tipped for a landmark ... More

Greg Dyke, the chair of the Football Association (FA), has announced he is to step down in the summer after conceding that the governance reforms ... More

Maximum presidential terms limits, a new governance structure and financial transparency are among the reforms agreed by Fifa in the wake of its corruption crisis. ... More

The Irish Football Association (IFA) and Linfield Football Club (LFC) are "very close" to concluding a new agreement for the use of Belfast's Windsor Park ... More

David Bernstein has been confirmed as the new chair of the Football Association (FA) after his nomination was endorsed by the organisation's council. The former ... More

Sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe has warned the Football Association (FA) that it could face a significant funding cut if it failed to implement reforms put ... More

The Football Association (FA) has taken steps towards the implementation of recommendations made by the Burns Review following a meeting of the FA Council. Among ... More

A report from the Commons culture, media and sport select committee is to be published today, calling for greater accommodation of girls who play mixed ... More