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 1 – Manchester United has announced profits of £29.7 million ($48 million/€34 million) as the English outfit’s owners, the Glazer family (pictured), prepare to partially float the club on the Singapore Stock Exchange in an attempt to reduce their £308 million ($499 million/€349 million) debts.
By David Gold
September 1 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) has denied claims that it will host the 2013 African Nations Cup, insisting that the final decision would be taken by the African Football Confederation (CAF) next month.
By David Gold
September 1 – North American Asian sports network One World Sports (OWS) has agreed a multi-platform rights deal in the region for a number of football matches from the third stage of qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, to be held in Brazil.
By David Gold
September 1 – Zico, the legendary Brazilian midfielder, has taken over as coach of the Iraqi national team, as the 2007 Asian Cup winners look for fresh inspiration following poor Gulf Cup and Asian Cup tournaments in the last year.
By David Gold
September 1 – Yousuf al-Serkal has announced his intention to run for the Presidency of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) as he looks to replace Mohamed Bin Hammam, who was banned from all football activities by FIFA after being found guilty of attempting to bribe Caribbean officials.
By David Gold
September 1 – World Cup winners Japan were one of six sides who kicked off the final women’s football qualification tournament for the London 2012 Games in Kuala Lumpur today.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 31 – UEFA were perfectly within their rights to replace disgraced Turkish champions Fenerbahçe with another Turkish club in this season’s Champions League, according to their competitions director.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 30 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has taken another swipe at the English as he prepares to outline plans to reform the world governing body in the light of recent bribery scandals.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 29 – Mohamed Bin Hammam has again queried FIFA’s decision to ban him for life via his personal website.
By David Gold
August 30 – FIFA has banned North Korea from competing in the next Women’s World Cup, due to be staged in Canada in 2015, after five players failed drugs test in Germany last month.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 29 – UEFA is set to decide tomorrow whether to kick Swiss side Sion out of the Europa League and replace them with Celtic in a case that has served as a dangerous precedent for European football.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 28 – Sepp Blatter’s eagerly awaited set of reforms to clean up FIFA after a year of scandal will be announced in October, he has claimed.
By David Gold
August 27 – Russia’s 2018 World Cup stadium in Yekaterinburg has been re-opened after renovations which began in 2006 were completed on the 54-year-old ground.
By David Gold
August 25 – South Africa will host the 2013 African Nations Cup instead of Libya after their respective football federations agreed a deal.
By Andrew Warshaw in Monaco
August 26 – Players who surround the referee to protest decisions could be red-carded in a new crackdown initiated by Pierluigi Collina, arguably the game’s most famous official who is now UEFA’s chief refereeing officer.