Seven teams to battle in Oceania’s Olympic men’s football qualifiers
By David Gold
March 15 – Oceania’s Olympic men’s football qualifiers get underway tomorrow in New Zealand, with seven teams battling for one spot at London 2012.
By David Gold
March 15 – Oceania’s Olympic men’s football qualifiers get underway tomorrow in New Zealand, with seven teams battling for one spot at London 2012.
By David Gold
March 15 – The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has released a list of 52 players, including Ronaldinho, Neymar and Dani Alves, longlisted to play for the country during the London 2012 Olympic Games men’s football tournament.
By David Gold
March 14 – Japan and the United Arab Emirates both booked places at the London 2012 Olympic Games men’s football tournament, though their fortunes differed wildly during the final round of group games in the third phase of Asian qualifiers.
By David Gold
March 5 – FIFA general secretary Jérôme Valcke (pictured) has said that Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland’s Football Associations should embrace being a part of Team GB at the Olympic Games.
By Tom Degun
March 5 – Tickets have gone on sale for the London 2012 Olympic football test event on April 23 at the City of Coventry Stadium (pictured) where a vital match will take place offering the final qualifying place in the men’s Olympic football tournament.
By David Gold
March 2 – Flamengo star Ronaldinho (pictured) has reiterated his desire to play for Brazil at the London 2012 Olympic Games and add to the bronze medal he won in Beijing in 2008.
By David Gold
February 25 – French women’s football coach Bruno Bini has set his team the target of picking up a medal at this summer’s Olympic Games in London.
By David Gold
February 23 – South Korea will be at London 2012 after a comfortable 3-0 win over Oman in their penultimate Olympic men’s football qualifier, whilst Japan are as good as qualified.
By David Gold
February 8 -Oceania’s football qualifying tournament for the London 2012 Olympic Games will be held at the Owen Delany Park in Taupo, New Zealand, from March 16 until 25, after they moved from Fiji following a legal row involving a leading official.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 31 – Qatar’s hopes of participating in this summer’s London Olympics have been dealt a potentially critical blow after FIFA ruled they fielded an ineligible player in last year’s 1-1 draw against Oman in Muscat.
By David Gold
January 29 – The United States crushed Canada 4-0 to cap a dominant showing at BC Place in Vancouver, where they have strolled through the CONCACAF qualifiers for the London 2012 Olympic Games women’s football tournament.
By David Gold
January 28 – The United States and Canada will both be at the London 2012 Olympic Games after victories over Costa Rica and Mexico respectively in the semi-finals of the CONCACAF women’s football qualifiers at BC Place in Vancouver.
By David Gold
January 26 – The Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) Competitions Committee has moved the region’s qualifiers for the London 2012 Olympic Games football tournament from Malaysia to Vietnam.
By David Gold
January 24 – The former Japan Football Association (JFA) general secretary Takeo Hirata has said that Japan’s rivals will be more wary of the women’s world champions at the London 2012 Olympic Games this summer.
By David Gold
January 22 – Canada, Costa Rica, Mexico and the United States are all in the semi-finals of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Olympic football women’s qualifiers, with all four winning their first two games of the competition with relative ease at BC Place in Vancouver.