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 Tom Degun at the Park Lane Hilton in London
February 7 – Sergey Bubka (pictured), one of the one of the most influential figures in world sport, has calmed fears that preparations for the 2012 European Championships in Ukraine and Poland are behind schedule as he assured that huge progress has been made over the last two years to ensure everything is ready on time.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 31 – Poland is hoping it can buck the trend of European countries being plunged into economic crisis by using this summer’s European Championships to its advantage.
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 Andrew Warshaw
January 30 – Poland’s showpiece venue for this summer’s European Championship finals was opened on Sunday – eight months late.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 30 – Zambia’s coach at the African Cup of Nations, Hervé Renard (pictured), has called on FIFA to tighten the regulations on naturalised players.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 30 – The man leading the Ukrainian side of Euro 2012, Markiyan Lubkivskyi, insists there will be enough hotel rooms to accommodate the thousands of fans expected to pour into the country for the world’s third largest sports event this summer.
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 27 – French Sports Minister David Douillet (pictured) has suggested that the French Government should not have to spend money on stadia to be used during the European Championships in 2016 and that any renovation or construction costs should be met with Ligue 1 television revenues.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 27 – UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino (pictured) insists Poland and Ukraine will be able to cope with the massive transport and infrastructural issues at the 2012 European Championships even though preparations were too slow at first.
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 23 – Poland and Ukraine have been urged by UEFA President Michel Platini (pictured right) and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to ease visa restrictions for Russian fans due to attend this summer’s Euro 2012 tournament.
By David Gold
January 23 – Ghana’s Government has bought the broadcasting rights to the African Nations Cup, as the competition began in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon this weekend.