By David Gold
September 9 – World champions Japan qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games after a 1-1 draw with North Korea whilst Australia beat China 1-0 in the Asian football women’s qualifying tournament in Jinan today.
By David Gold
September 5 – Arsenal and Scotland midfielder Kim Little (pictured) has said she wants to play for Britain’s Olympic football team during next year’s Olympic Games.
By David Gold
September 1 – World Cup winners Japan were one of six sides who kicked off the final women’s football qualification tournament for the London 2012 Games in Kuala Lumpur today.
By David Gold
August 23 – Egypt has been selected to host the men’s qualifying football tournament for the London 2012 Olympic Games, despite the precarious security situation in the North African nation.
By David Gold
July 25 – Following an exhaustive search by London 2012 Official Sportswear Partner Adidas for a name for the football to be used in next year’s Olympics, it has been revealed that it will be called “The Albert”.
By David Gold
July 12 – The draw for the final third round of Asian qualifying for the London 2012 men’s Olympic football tournament was made today, with top seeds South Korea given the toughest task.
By David Gold
July 11 – Germany will not be in attendance at the London 2012 Olympic football tournament after the women’s World Cup favourites suffered a shock 1-0 defeat to Japan in the quarter finals in Wolfsburg.
By David Gold
July 2 – FIFA has banned Equatorial Guinea’s women’s team from qualifying for the London 2012 women’s Olympic football tournament for fielding an ineligible player.
By David Gold
June 26 – Spain, Switzerland and Belarus have all qualified for the football tournament at the London 2012 Olympic Games, following their performances in the European Under-21 Championships.
By Duncan Mackay
June 7 – New FIFA vice-president Prince Ali of Jordan promised today that he will try to find a solution to the row which has seen the chances of Iran’s women’s Olympic football team competing at London 2012 because of their refusal to stop wearing their Islamic headscarf.
By Duncan Mackay
June 6 – Australia will host both legs of their Olympic football qualifier against Yemen later this month because of the political turmoil in the Middle Eastern state, Football Federation Australia (FFA) announced today.
By Duncan Mackay
June 5 – Iran’s women’s football team are involved in a new row over their dress after they were banned from playing their second qualifying round of the London 2012 Olympics against Jordan in Amman because, it was claimed, they were wearing “inappropriate” clothing.
By David Gold
May 31 – CONCACAF has confirmed that the women’s football qualifying tournament for the London 2012 Olympic Games will take place at the BC Place Stadium in Vancouver from January 19 until 29 next year.
By David Gold
May 4 – Thailand has been expelled from qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games in London after fielding a suspended player during the first qualifying round.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 3 – The three British Football Associations refusing to take part in next year’s Olympic Games look set to continue their boycott despite a written guarantee from FIFA that a unified team will not affect their individual independence.