By Andrew Warshaw in Geneva
February 8 – Chelsea’s £50 million ($80 million) fee for Fernando Torres left European champions Barcelona “shocked”, with one club director today describing the Spaniard’s move from Liverpool as “overpriced”.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 8 – There is a new row over the 2012 Olympic football tournament, with Europe’s top clubs warning their players should not be forced to compete in more than one major event per season, which could affect the participation of players like Wayne Rooney.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
February 7 – Tottenham Hotspur tonight released the first image of how the proposed 60,000-capacity football stadium will look if their bid to take over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 is successful as the war of words between their chairman Daniel Levy and Karren Brady from Premier League rivals West Ham United continued to escalate.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 7 – Sepp Blatter appears to have performed a major U-turn over the 2022 Qatar World Cup, now declaring the tournament will be held in summer after all.
By Andrew Warshaw
Febuary 7 – Amos Adamu, one of the two FIFA powerbrokers banned over the World Cup cash-for-votes scandal, is to take his case all the way to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) after an Appeals Committee upheld the three-year sanction against him.
By Mike Rowbottom in Abu Dhabi
February 6 – Sir Bobby Charlton, part of England’s delegation which supported the failed bid for the 2018 World Cup finals in December, has spoken out here against the decision to award the 2022 tournament to Qatar.
By Mike Rowbottom
February 3 – The majority of Tottenham Hotspur and West Ham United fans are opposed to their clubs taking over the Olympic Stadium site once the London 2012 Games are over, with Spurs fans almost 10-1 against, according to an extensive poll by the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF).
By Mike Rowbottom
February 4 – Support for West Ham United and Newham Council’s joint proposal for the Olympic Stadium and its legacy has spread across the nation.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 3 – Ukraine has heeded UEFA’s threat to strip of them of Euro 2012 co-hosting rights by dropping calls for the departure of their federation’s long-time President, Hrigory Surkis (pictured).
By Andrew Warshaw
February 3 – A surburban English publican has won a crucial stage in her claim to screen unauthorised live Premiership football in a landmark case described as potentially the Bosman of broadcasting.
February 3 – The German Football Federation (DFB) is planning to cash in on hosting the Women’s World Cup in June with a football version of the children’s doll Barbie wearing the national team’s colours.
February 3 – The League Managers Association (LMA) and Yahoo! have announced the launch of an online media partnership that will see video and print content from some of the biggest names in football management published across Yahoo!’s UK media platforms and social media channels.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 2 – UEFA has issued a fresh reminder about overspending following the record-breaking January transfer window in the Premier League, including Fernando Torres’ £50 million ($81 million) move from Liverpool to Chelsea.
By Mike Rowbottom
February 2 – England Athletics, the official representative body for all English athletics clubs, has attacked the endorsement of Tottenham Hotspur’s bid for the Olympic Stadium by the Association of British Athletics Clubs (ABAC), claiming the body has “no legitimacy”.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 1 – The staggering £225 million spent by Premier League clubs in the January transfer window, including the £35 million Liverpool paid to buy Andy Carroll (pictured) from Newcastle United, beat the previous record in 2008 by £50 million, according to report by accountants Deloitte.