Valcke has also been charged with accepting bribes over World Cup television rights. Al-Khelaifi is the chairman of beIN Media Group and also on the UEFA executive committee.

Premier League referees David Coote and Andy Madley have passed a fitness test at the second attempt to become members of the FIFA International List.

FIFA announced that its football stakeholders committee had endorsed new regulations which would place limits on the number of international loans permitted of players aged 22 and over.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has spoken in favour of introducing the 'daylight' principle to the offside law to bring extra clarity. There has been a lot of controversy over offsides this season.

It's the acrobatic volley that has left awe-struck football fans picking up their jaws from the floor. Jordan Flores' sublime strike for Dundalk has been given the nod for a FIFA Puskas award.

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT HUGHES: UEFA will escalate their battle with FIFA for control of the international calendar by endorsing a new Champions League-style tournament in 2021.

With the suspension of the Premier League and EFL, Orient have taken it upon themselves to start a 128-team FIFA 20 tournament, with clubs including Man City, Brentford and Derby set to take part.

With the season possibly extending into July, Sportsmail revealed on Saturday how out-of-contract players are on a collision course with their clubs due to the fact their deals expire on June 30.

FIFA's competition was meant to be played in a new, expanded format between mid-June and the start of July of next summer, with 24 teams from six confederations taking part.

The group will look at issues related to the international fixture calendar, and amendments and special dispensations that might be required on contracts to protect players and clubs.

Times feel rather bleak right now, with life drastically altered due to the ongoing spread of coronavirus. Football fans are looking to fill the void in their lives, and FIFA are now providing the answer.

Gareth Bale is among a number of footballers hoping to raise funds to fight against coronavirus by playing a series of competitive matches in the video game FIFA 20.

Real Madrid continue to lift silverware even in the absence of La Liga action, after star Marco Asensio was crowned the winner of a FIFA 20 tournament between a number of the division's stars.

The ongoing pandemic has heavily disrupted the football calendar, with countless domestic competitions postponed and Euro 2020 having been pushed back until next year.

The club were reluctant to let Son leave for the tournament after he signed a new long-term contract and had already missed some of the season through injury.

West Ham forward Michail Antonio committed the ultimate Hammers sin by wearing a Tottenham Hotspur shirt after losing to defender Ryan Sessegnon on FIFA 20 last week. 

MIKE KEEGAN: The global game's governing body has recognised the current coronavirus crisis as a 'force majeure' - an unforeseen circumstance that prevents a contract from being fulfilled.

Antonio is primed to face one of the club's young fans as a game against the winger is the prize in their newly-launched Young Hammers at Home initiative to help those at home due to COVID-19.

The fund needs to be signed off but should it be ratified as expected, it would help a series of authorities across the planet who are already struggling thanks to a lack of revenue and cashflow.

As the world enters a state of lockdown in a bid to combat the coronavirus pandemic, many people have been told to work from home in self-isolation to reduce the deadly virus' spread.

FIFPRO has been part of working groups set up by European football's governing body UEFA and world governing body FIFA to look at the issue of player contracts which normally end on June 30.

The Chelsea star was the first Premier League player known to have contracted the illness and has now fully recovered. The 19-year-old has been self-isolating since the season was suspended.

The governing body of world football is also set to change the dates of this summer's transfer window and will also allow players whose contracts run out on June 30 to extend their deals.

Disgraced ex-FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, who was hit with a lifetime ban, is said to have received $5 million in exchange for his vote in favour of Russia hosting the 2018 tournament.

The coronavirus outbreak has given plenty the chance to stop and take stock. Here, Sportsmail's experts offer their suggestions as to how football could improve once it returns.

The two-time World Player of the Year was released from jail yesterday and placed under house arrest after reportedly paying a £1.3million bond but could be removed from the latest edition of FIFA.

England stars at all levels are set to battle it out in a FIFA 20 tournament to raise awareness for the National Emergencies Trust amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Arteta is likely to want to overhaul this squad at the end of the season, and the future of captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang will also need addressing.

Despite most domestic leagues having been indefinitely suspended due to the escalating pandemic, discussions over re-introducing football around the world are ongoing.

For almost a decade many of us have suspected, or known, that the hosting rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar were awarded after a corrupt process - and bribery.

If some leagues continue well into the year then FIFA are considering a flexible approach to transfers to allow teams to buy and sell players at different times and ease their financial woes.

IAN LADYMAN: Barely a month into football's current state of inertia and the head of FIFA has arrived with a basketful of meaningless platitudes to make us all feel better. 'Health must come better.'

FIFA vice president Victor Montagliani has admitted that priority will be given to domestic football over the international game when it is safe to continue playing again.

David Beckham, Harry Kane and Harry Maguire are part of a FIFA campaign showing appreciation for healthcare workers around the world leading the fight against coronavirus.

The Liverpool goalkeeper has been on-loan with the Turkish side but now wants to return to Anfield early because of a withheld payment.

Wolverhampton Wanderers' Diogo Jota flexed his gaming muscles on Thursday, showing off his FIFA 20 skills by beating Leicester's Wilfred Ndidi in the ePremier League Invitational.

The game's world governing body said each of its 211 member countries would receive £404,000 in the coming days plus any entitlement under the Forward 2.0 development programme.

Germany's Bundesliga has plans in place, subject to approval from the federal government and state health authorities, to get going again on May 9 while other leagues are keen to follow suit.

FIFA is refusing to give up on resolving a corruption case relating to Germany's successful 2006 World Cup bid, despite a trial in Switzerland ending due to a statute of limitations.

Rizzoli, the Italian official who took charge of the 2014 World Cup final and is now a referee designator for Serie A, said one change could be five subs instead of the usual three.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: The real threat to free speech comes not from a totalitarian government. It comes from UK university campuses that are supposed to be hotbeds of debate and disagreement.

WARNING: Graphic footage has emerged of the horrifying moment a man was shot dead by police after he allegedly doused himself in fuel in a McDonald's car park south of Brisbane.

A heartbreaking viral video changed Quaden Bayles' life forever in February. 

Virgin Australia fleet engineer and Brisbane dad Tony Hill believes he'll struggle to find another job in Australia's embattled aviation industry if the airline can't survive the coronavirus crisis.

Brisbane Dr Evan Jones said staff in high risk working environments should be tested immediately to prevent another spike in COVID-19 cases.

A 62-year-old man and a 58-year-old woman allegedly had their phones and green Toyota Camry stolen by four teenagers on Saturday morning at their home in Rangeville, Queensland.

Daniel Langanis from Wishart in Brisbane appeared in Holland Park Magistrates Court on Tuesday after he was caught stealing from Woolworths Garden City at Upper Mount Gravatt.

An Indian man has been jailed for stabbing his wife more than 20 times during a frenzied attack at their Brisbane home after she asked for a divorce.

The victim of a sadistic bank worker who was raped, tortured and set on fire over 23 days has been left with 'absolutely nothing' and is at risk of going blind due to her injuries.

Katie Anne Castel, 38, from Brisbane, was granted parole eligibility by the Queensland Court of Appeal on Wednesday after arguing her sentence was 'manifestly excessive'.