“Let me tell you something: a few months ago, about seven or eight months ago, we were about to buy shares in Manchester United.
“We kept it secret because I thought we were going to do it, but now it’s impossible, so let’s talk about it.”
It was, quite simply, one of the most surreal moments of my journalistic career.
By David Gold
March 14 – Time to organise the dates and venues for the 2013 Confederations Cup is running out according to FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke, who says that the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was easier to organise than the 2014 tournament in Brazil.
March 13 – The England women’s team manager Hope Powell has spoken of her excitement at the prospect of seeing the UEFA women’s Champions League final being staged at Fulham’s Craven Cottage on May 26.
By Tom Degun in Barcelona
March 11 – Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo leads the way in showing how an athlete can use social networking to their own advantage according to Christian Hernandez, the Head of International Business Development at Facebook.
By Duncan Mackay
March 10 – The Football Association have denied to FIFA that they are preparing to back any “credible rival” to Sepp Blatter in this year’s elections for the President of the world governing body.
By Andrew Warshaw
March 10 – Asian football supremo Mohamed Bin Hammam will decide within 10 days whether to challenge Sepp Blatter for the Presidency of FIFA.
By Mihir Bose in Doha
March 10 – Leyton Orient will move to the courts next week asking for a judicial review of the Government’s decision to house West Ham United in the Olympic stadium after the 2012 Games.
March 10 – This June, insideworldfootball.biz is proud to be teaming up with Eventica to launch an exciting new initiative: the first ever Inside World Football Moscow Forum.
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By Andrew Warshaw
March 10 – FIFA have opened disciplinary proceedings against six match officials in relation to a possible match-fixing charge following an investigation into two international European friendlies.
By Duncan Mackay in Doha
March 9 – Qatar today launched a new non-profit organisation aimed at sharing information about security at major sports events around the world and helping them prepare to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup.
By Andrew Warshaw
March 9 – An American sportswear manufacturer has broken into the English Premier League, with Under Armour Inc. signing a deal to become kit suppliers for Tottenham Hotspur.
March 9 – Sebastian Coe (pictured) has claimed he understands Scotland’s lack of enthusiasm for joining a Great British football team to compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
March 8 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter reprimanded Brazilian politicians for promising that the opening match of the 2014 World Cup would be staged in Sao Paulo.
By Andrew Warshaw
March 7 – Hawk-eye Innovations, the ball-tracking technology system used in cricket and tennis, has been sold to Sony for an undisclosed sum reported in some quarters as around £20 million ($32 million).
By Andrew Warshaw
March 7 – The English Football Association will support any credible rival to FIFA President Sepp Blatter (pictured) when he stands for re-election on June 1.