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The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) has today (Monday) unveiled a major overhaul of its club competition model, including the introduction of a new tournament that will allow the participation of more teams from the region.

Football officials in the Americas are considering creating a new tournament grouping together the best national teams from the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf), according to Bloomberg.

The Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Football (Concacaf) has confirmed the 2017 edition of its showpiece Gold Cup will take place at 14 stadiums across the US, including four venues that will feature in the national team tournament for the first time.

The investigatory chamber of the Fifa Ethics Committee has today (Friday) opened formal proceedings against former president Sepp Blatter and ex-secretary general Jérôme Valcke over the salaries and bonuses they received while in office, while former Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) president Jeffrey Webb has been issued with a life ban.

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football’s (Concacaf) new president, Victor Montagliani, will deliver a keynote address at the 2016 Leaders Sport Business Summit.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) is in advanced talks over an agreement that would see its Copa America national team tournament hosted on a permanent basis by the United States, according to reports.

Canadian Soccer Association president Victor Montagliani has today (Thursday) been elected as the new leader of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) as the organisation seeks to move on from a troubled recent history.

Member associations of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) have today (Thursday) voted unanimously to approve a package of reforms that are deemed critical to the long-term future of the embattled organisation.

Gordon Derrick, president of the Caribbean Football Union, and Canadian Soccer Association president, Victor Montagliani, have confirmed that they will run to become the next leader of the troubled Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) regional governing body.

Fifa has blocked $20m (€18.5m) in funding to the South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) and Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) in the latest blow to the governing bodies at the centre of the corruption scandal that has enveloped the world game.

Fifa has unveiled the reforms that football’s global governing body will ask its members to adopt at a special congress in February 2016.

The US has been confirmed as the host of a special edition of the Copa America national football team tournament next year.

Former Fifa powerbroker Jack Warner was today (Tuesday) banned from all football-related activities for life by the ethics committee of the sport’s world governing body.

The South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) has said a meeting will be held next week over the future of the Copa America Centenario, adding it is committed to going ahead with next year’s special edition of the national team tournament.

South American Football Confederation (Conmebol) president Juan Angel Napout has cast doubt over whether the United States will retain hosting rights to the planned Copa America Centenario tournament next year.