By Duncan Mackay at the Olympic Stadium in London
September 9 – West Ham United’s plan to move here after London 2012 has been backed by Sir Geoff Hurst, one of the club’s most revered players.
By David Gold
September 8 – A delegation of FIFA and Brazil 2014 members have visited the renovation works on the iconic Maracanã stadium in Rio de Janeiro.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 7 – The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), the not-for-profit organisation based in Qatar, highlighted a number of pressing needs to make sport events safer when its officials attended this week’s Sponsors Sports Venue Summit in Munich.
By David Gold
September 7 – Goran Tufegdžić, the coach of the Kuwaiti national football team, has come out of a coma after being shot last month by a neighbour in his native Serbia.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 7 – UEFA President Michel Platini has reiterated his call for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be played in winter to avoid the searing heat of the desert summer where temperatures can reach 50 degrees.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 7 – Australian soccer has broken new ground with Sydney FC’s signing of iconic Italian playmaker Alessandro Del Piero.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 7 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has written to the Swedish Football Association (SvFF) to express his regret following the death of 29-year-old striker Victor Brännström, the latest footballer to collapse on the field of play.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 6 – The much-maligned Europa League, the UEFA Cup in its former guise, has gained strong support from Europe’s top club coaches who believe it is now a credible tournament in its own right.
By David Gold
September 6 – Fulham are pursuing a complaint against Premier League rivals Liverpool over the chase for American midfielder Clint Dempsey this summer.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 6 – The Russian Premier League has sealed a three-year media rights deal with IMG, the latest move in the country’s increasing affluence at club level.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 6 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) says its investigation into allegations of financial mismanagement by its former President Mohamed Bin Hammam is continuing even though his latest suspension has now expired.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 6 – A new women’s transnational league featuring teams from Belgium and the Netherlands has been given the green light by UEFA, evoking the so-called men’s Atlantic League several years ago that never got off the ground.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 5 – Political opponents of Jack Warner continue to turn up the heat on the former FIFA powerbroker with a demand that he be kicked out of Government in his native Trinidad and Tobago.
By David Gold
September 5 – Athletic Bilbao President Josu Urrutia has indicated that the Basque club could sue German giants Bayern Munich over the signing of Javi Martínez.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 5 – Manchester United chief executive David Gill admits he will have to put his club allegiances to one side to clinch a place on UEFA’s top table next year.
