Scotland reiterates interest in Euro 2020 finals
By Andrew Warshaw
November 30 – Scotland has reiterated its interest in playing a part in the 2020 European Championship finals after representatives attended a UEFA summit in Dublin.
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Platini’s pan-continent Euro 2020 plans are picking up support, claims Germany
By Andrew Warshaw
November 28 – UEFA President Michel Platini’s plan to stage the 2020 European Championship finals across the entire continent is picking up support among national European federations, according to the Germans.
Euro 2012 will be bigger than the “Barcelona Effect” economists claim
By Duncan Mackay
November 25 – Poland’s successful co-hosting of the UEFA European Championships earlier this year is likely to have a bigger long-term impact on the economy there than Barcelona reaped from staging the 1992 Olympics and Paralympics, it has been claimed.
Euro 2012 director to lead organisation of basketball championships
By Duncan Mackay
November 20 – Markiyan Lubkivsky, the man who helped make this year’ UEFA European Championships so successful, has been handed a new role, it has been announced.
Namibia women’s footballers to represent Africa at 2014 Youth Olympics
By Duncan Mackay
November 20 – Namibia’s women’s football team have been put forward to represent Africa at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing.
FIFA Disciplinary Committee to review whether Park should receive London 2012 bronze medal
By Duncan Mackay
November 20 – FIFA will today revisit the long running case of South Korea’s Park Jong-woo and whether he should receive his Olympic bronze medal following his political protest which sparked a diplomatic row with Japan at London 2012.
“We’re on the waiting list for the Olympics” says Blatter after futsal World Cup
By Duncan Mackay
November 19 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter will continue to try to get futsal or beach football on to the Olympic programme, he has promised.
Exclusive: Get rid of Olympic overage player rule, urges FIFA’s Prince Ali
By Andrew Warshaw
November 5 – FIFA vice-president Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein has called for the abolition of football’s overage player rule for the Olympic Games saying it does nothing to enhance the credibility of the event.
South African officials head to Europe to bring back players for Africa Cup of Nations
By Andrew Warshaw
November 5 – South African officials are trying to get players contracted to European clubs released early in order to prepare for January’s Africa Cup of Nations.
Exclusive: UEFA to reveal multi-country Euro 2020 plans next month
By Duncan Mackay
November 2 – UEFA has drawn up detailed proposals for Michel Platini’s radical idea to spread the 2020 European Championship finals across Europe – and will present the unprecedented blueprint to its top brass next month, insideworldfootball understands.
We will be ready for Euro 2016, insists French football President
By Andrew Warshaw
November 2 – The President of the French Football Federation (FFF), Noël Le Graët, has reassured UEFA that all stadiums will be ready for the 2016 European Championship.
Turkey to promote Euro 2020 bid at Soccerex despite Olympic bid
By Andrew Warshaw
November 2 – Turkey is using this month’s Soccerex convention in Rio de Janeiro to further press its claims to stage the 2020 UEFA European Championship finals despite Istanbul’s plan to host the Olympics and Paralympics the same year.
South Korea’s Park to receive London 2012 Olympic bronze
By Andrew Warshaw
October 31 – Park Jong-Woo, the South Korean footballer who sparked a diplomatic row with Japan at London 2012 by waving a political placard and was subsequently banned from the medal ceremony, is finally set to receive his Olympic bronze.
2016 Copa America in the US is not confirmed, says CONCACAF bosses
By Andrew Warshaw
October 26 – An embarrassing difference of opinion has broken out between two of FIFA’s six Confederations after the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) announced it was staging a special centenary edition of its Copa América in the United States.
Exclusive: Powell pushes for women’s Team GB football squad at future Olympics
By Andrew Warshaw
October 25 – England women’s national football coach Hope Powell says a way must be found to allow a unified Team GB squad to participate in future Olympic Games to help develop the sport.