Canada 2-0 El Salvador
June 24 – Fresh from emerging from a Concacaf-imposed timeout, Canadian head coach Jesse Marsch returned to the technical area at Shell Energy Stadium in Houston, knowing any more misbehaviour would send him back to the naughty room. He needn’t have worried as their opponents El Salvador simply imploded in a red mist.
By David Gold
September 26 – The winner of this season’s Confederation of African Football Orange Champions League will take home $1.4 million (£900,000/€1 million), with the Confederations Cup champions taking just under half that figure.
By David Gold
September 25 – Football Federation Australia (FFA) has announced that Wellington Phoenix will continue to participate in the Hyundai A-League after their licence was given to a consortium led by Rob Morrison.
By David Gold
September 25 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) has announced the creation of a fund to help victims of famine in Somalia.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 25 – UEFA President Michel Platini (pictured right) wants the European Union to protect his organisation against civil court cases brought by clubs in the wake of the FC Sion affair.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 25 – FIFA’s under-fire Executive Committee member Worawi Makudi has failed to follow up his threat to sue former English Football Association chairman Lord Triesman over allegations of corruption involving last December’s 2018 and 2022 World Cup ballots.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 24 – UEFA President Michel Platini has been summoned to appear in court to answer claims that FC Sion were uinfairly expelled from the Europa League, according to the Swiss club.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 24 – The scandal-rocked Caribbean Football Union (CFU) will elect a new chief on November 20 to replace Jack Warner who resigned from all football activities after being suspended in the wake of the FIFA cash-for-votes debacle.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 23 – The ongoing FIFA bribery scandal snared yet another victim today when the President of the Guyana Football Association, Colin Klass, was banned for 26 months by the organisation’s Ethics Committee.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 22 – Players’ agents could have their earnings from transfers capped under a controversial new crackdown being considered by FIFA.
By David Gold
September 23 – The general manager of La Liga outfit Sevilla, Jose Maria Cruz, has warned that unless a new centralised television rights deal is agreed in Spain, Real Madrid and Barcelona could end up winning the European Champions League every year.
By David Gold
September 23 – The Spanish Government has agreed a new law which will prevent the countries’ clubs from using administration to avoid paying players’ wages.
By David Gold
September 23 – Iraq will play its home qualifying games for the 2014 World Cup and the London 2012 Olympic Games at neutral venues, after FIFA expressed concern over security in the country.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 22 – UEFA President Michel Platini has repeated his concern about the 2022 World Cup in Qatar being staged at the usual time in mid-summer because of the searing heat and humidity of the Gulf region.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 21 – In an unprecedented and embarrassing U-turn, FIFA tonight backtracked over the appointment of controversial African football powerbroker Issa Hayatou to spearhead the London 2012 football tournament at a time when he is under investigation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for alleged corruption.
By David Gold
September 21 – Yahoo! has agreed a deal with the League Managers Association (LMA) to renew their online media partnership, giving them access to a variety of video and print content from top Premier League managers such as Sir Alex Ferguson and Kenny Dalglish.