June 25 – The Gold Cup quarter-final line-up was completed yesterday with Panama vs Honduras being scheduled for the State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Saturday June 28.
By Andrew Warshaw in London
March 3 – Asian football supremo Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein (pictured) has reiterated the dangers of match fixing following the suspicious World Cup qualifier between Indonesia and Bahrain on Wednesday.
By David Gold
March 2 – Aston Villa have lost a record £54 million ($86 million/€64 million) for the year ending May 31, 2011, though they have made £92 million ($146 million/€109 million) in revenues, also a new club record.
By Andrew Warshaw
March 2 – A FIFA delegation has concluded its first official working visit to Qatar since the tiny Gulf state was controversially awarded the 2022 World Cup.
By David Gold
March 2 – Wales paid a fitting tribute to Gary Speed during their friendly with Costa Rica on Wednesday (February 29), a match played in honour of their former manager, who died last November.
By Andrew Warshaw in London
March 2 – Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein (pictured), the Jordanian FIFA powerbroker driving the global campaign to lift the ban on women footballers wearing the hijab, or Islamic headscarf, during matches says it would be a backward step if the game’s lawmakers ignore his demands.
By David Gold
March 2 – Flamengo star Ronaldinho (pictured) has reiterated his desire to play for Brazil at the London 2012 Olympic Games and add to the bronze medal he won in Beijing in 2008.
By David Gold
March 2 – FIFA has extended a broadcasting rights agreement with Brazilian broadcaster Globo for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, in Russia and Qatar respectively.
By Andrew Warshaw
March 1 – FIFA have launched a “routine” investigation into Bahrain’s astonishing 10-0 victory over a weakened Indonesia team in a crucial World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.
By David Gold
March 1 – German Football Federation (DFB) chief-in-waiting Wolfgang Niersbach has said that anti-Semitic incidents, following abuse of Kaiserslautern’s Israeli forward Itay Shechter (pictured), will not be tolerated.
By David Gold
March 1- Arsenal have recorded a pre-tax profit of £49.5 million (€58 million/$79 million) for the six months to November 30, 2011.
By David Gold
March 1 – Russia 2018 chief executive Alexey Sorokin has revealed to insideworldfootball that St Petersburg is the favourite to host the second 2018 World Cup semi-final.
By Andrew Warshaw
March 1 – FIFA is being urged by the United Nations (UN) to overturn the ban on women footballers wearing the hijab, the Islamic headscarf, during matches.
By David Gold
March 1 – The Football Federation Australia (FFA) has told Clive Palmer that his license to play his Gold Coast United team in the A-League will be terminated at the end of the season, though they will allow the club to finish the current campaign.
By Andrew Warshaw
March 1 – After weeks of rumour and counter-rumour about whether he was losing his power base, Ricardo Teixeira (pictured) has managed to hang on to his post as boss of Brazilian football.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 29 – An English pub landlady has won the latest stage in her fight with the Premier League over using a foreign decoder to show live top-flight games.