By David Gold
September 13 – South Africa’s women have qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games football tournament for the first time in history after a 1-1 draw with Ethiopia saw them through 4-1 on aggregate.
By David Gold
September 11 – North Korea’s women’s football team qualified for the London Olympic Games after crushing Thailand 5-0 in the final round of qualifiers in Jian, China, finishing second behind Japan.
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 3 – Libya won their first game since the overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi with a 1-0 win over Mozambique in neighbouring Egypt to put them in with a great chance of qualifying for next year’s African Nations Cup, being held in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
By David Gold
September 1 – The South African Football Association (SAFA) has denied claims that it will host the 2013 African Nations Cup, insisting that the final decision would be taken by the African Football Confederation (CAF) next month.
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 30 – FIFA has banned North Korea from competing in the next Women’s World Cup, due to be staged in Canada in 2015, after five players failed drugs test in Germany last month.
By David Gold
August 25 – South Africa will host the 2013 African Nations Cup instead of Libya after their respective football federations agreed a deal.
By David Gold
August 24 – Polish Parliamentarians have discussed the issue of racism following evidence presented to them by the anti-racial prejudice organisation Never Again ahead of next year’s European Championships, which are being held jointly with Ukraine.
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 Emily Goddard
August 4 – PROSKE sports has appointed Christian Fuchs as an account director for its client UEFA TOP sponsor Coca-Cola, with a primary focus on supporting the hospitality and ticketing management programmes at Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.
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 22 – Mayor of Bordeaux Alain Juppé has announced that the Vinci Concession and Fayat architectural group has won the right to construct a new stadium in the city, which will host games at the 2016 European Championships.
By David Gold
July 22 – The popularity of the Women’s World Cup, which concluded last Sunday (July 17) with Japan’s dramatic penalty shoot out win against the United States, was demonstrated by provisional profit figures and the success of MATCH Hospitality in selling 28,000 commercial hospitality packages for the tournament.