By David Gold
November 29 – Tickets for the London 2012 Olympic Games football tournament are going back on sale tomorrow, with 1.5 million tickets available to the public for as little as £20 from 11am.
By David Gold
November 26 – Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has welcomed the potential involvement of several of his young English players in the Olympic Games next year, but warned that he did not want any of them playing at both London 2012 and the European Championships.
By David Gold
November 25 – Eight teams from across Africa are in Morocco for the next fortnight hoping to progress to the London 2012 Olympic Games football tournament.
By David Gold
November 24 – The African Olympic football qualifying tournament gets underway in Morocco this weekend, but a row between the hosts and Nigeria is overshadowing the build up to the event.
By David Gold
November 23 – Malaysia will host the final stage of the Asian men’s football qualifying tournament for the Olympic Games in March next year, following a decision made at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Executive Committee.
By David Gold
November 18 – Lille midfielder Joe Cole has said that he would “love to play in the Olympics” if selected by Team GB manager Stuart Pearce.
By David Gold
November 21 – Australia’s women’s football team will not be competing in the London 2012 Olympic Games after the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) decided not to appeal FIFA’s ruling that North Korea can compete in London next year despite members of their team failing drugs tests at the World Cup earlier this year, inisideworldfootball can reveal.
By David Gold
November 18 – CONCACAF has signed agreements with Telemundo and Universal Sports Network to show both the continent’s women’s and men’s 2012 Olympic football qualifying tournaments.
By David Gold
November 16 – Australia’s women’s soccer team have appealed to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) over North Korea’s controversial qualification for the London 2012 Olympics, and want to take their place at the Games.
By David Gold
November 13 – A small section of Welsh fans rounded on Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey during their 4-1 win over Norway on Saturday over their support for the united British football team taking part in next summer’s London Olympic Games.
By David Gold
November 10 – The Team GB men’s football team will kick off their Olympic Games campaign at Old Trafford on July 26, 2012, the day before the opening ceremony of the London Games, then move on to play games in London and Cardiff.
By David Gold
November 3 – LA Galaxy star David Beckham has again used a high-profile opportunity to continue to push his dream of competing for Great Britain at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
By David Gold
November 2 – Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey has followed Gareth Bale’s example and reiterated his desire to play in the Great British football team at next year’s Olympic Games by posing in a limited edition British Olympic Association (BOA) football supporters shirt.
By David Gold
October 28 – Celtic’s Gary Hooper has said that he would be keen to be a part of the British football team selected by Stuart Pearce at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
By David Gold
October 25 – Canada’s national women’s football team have been drawn alongside Costa Rica, Cuba and Haiti as they look to qualify for the London 2012 Olympic Games.