By Tom Degun at Team GB House in London
July 18 – Scotland’s Ifeoma Dieke admits she is enjoying life with Team GB, despite being just one of two non-English players named in coach Hope Powell women’s football squad for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 17 – Despite constant assurances that the tournament would be packed out and a huge success, London 2012 organisers were forced to retreat today when they announced that half a million Olympic football tickets for men and women combined are to be removed from sale.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London
July 17 – Ryan Giggs, captain of the first all-British team to take part in the Olympic football tournament in the modern era, hopes London 2012 can act as a springboard for future participation in the Games.
By Andrew Warshaw at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London
July 16 – Team GB head coach Stuart Pearce says he will not take a chance on his main striker Daniel Sturridge – unless he is 100 per cent convinced of the player’s fitness ahead of the country’s opening London 2012 fixture against Senegal at Old Trafford on July 26.
By Sara Evans
July 16 – Sports Turf Research Institute (STRI) have overhauled the pitches at London’s Eltham College in preparation of the arrival of Team GB’s Olympic football squad.
By David Gold
July 13 – Brazilian star Neymar insists they have what it takes to bring back Olympic gold for the first time in history this summer.
By David Gold
July 12 – The United States women’s team goalkeeper Hope Solo has been given a warning after testing positive for a banned substance.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 11 – The Football Association of Wales (FAW) has reiterated that it will not punish any of the five Welsh players selected for Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics.
By David Gold
July 10 – A strong Uruguay squad for the London 2012 Olympic tournament will feature Liverpool duo Luis Suárez and Sebastián Coates as well as Edinson Cavani of Napoli.
By David Gold
July 10 – Younès Belhanda has been left out of Morocco’s squad for the London 2012 Olympic football tournament, a significant blow for the North African country.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 8 – Ryan Giggs, who retired from international football five years ago, will captain Team GB at London 2012, it was announced today.
By David Gold
July 6 – Brazil’s coach Mano Menezes has named Thiago Silva, Hulk and Marcelo as his overage players in his squad for this summer’s London 2012 Olympic Games.
By David Gold
July 5 – Bayern Munich’s Xherdan Shaqiri is the major absentee from Switzerland’s Olympic men’s coach Pierluigi Tami’s squad for London.
By David Gold
July 5 – Three members of the Spain squad which made history at the 2012 European Championship last weekend have been named in the country’s provisional 22 man squad for this summer’s Olympic Games in London.
By David Gold
July 5 – Team GB men’s coach Stuart Pearce has yet to decide on his captain for the London 2012 Olympics, despite having named his 18-man squad for the Games.