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Costa Rica stun Suriname with added time penalty in a Gold Cup classic

Costa Rica 4 Suriname 3

June 15 – With the baking sun of a sweltering San Diego day in Southern California giving way to a cool evening, Costa Rica went from red hot to freezing cold as they threw away their lead and had to battle back to win with 10 men and a penalty more than 10 minutes into added time.

USA rebuild shows positive signs against a hapless Trini

Saudi Arabia take a bruising and three points into next round

Mexico open defence with a win but Dominican Republic push them to the last minute

Mexico open Gold Cup defence against aspiring Dominican Republic

Mexican supporters groups fearful of ICE agents

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Brazil turn gloom into glory with Olympic win that revived the nation

By Samindra Kunti in Rio de Janeiro

August 22 – Brazil won their desperately desired gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after a combustive and compelling 120 minutes of box-to-box football in the final at the Maracana against Germany. In a storyline that not even the most clichéd of writers would have dared to write, it was Neymar who delivered salvation from the penalty spot with the fifth and final kick of the shoot out.

Europe

Gunners legends line up for last blast against Milan at Emirates

August 22 – Arsenal legends including Thierry Henry, will play an AC Milan legends team including Paulo Maldini at the Emirates Stadium September 3.

Olympics

Germany beat Sweden for Olympic women’s gold, Canada take bronze

August 22 – Germany’s women won their first Olympic gold medal beating surprise finalists Sweden 2-1 in a tense final at the Maracanã. Canada broke Brazilian hearts beating hosts Brazil 2-1 in the bronze medal play-off.

Olympics

Men’s Olympic final preview: Under the gaze of Christos, have Brazil returned?

Christos and maracana

By Samindra Kunti in Rio de Janeiro

August 19 – Brazil has at last taken discernable steps to footballing redemption – at least on the pitch. On Saturday Brazil will meet Germany in the gold medal match of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, a chance to avenge the unforgiving 7-1 semi-finals defeat at the 2014 World Cup.

FIFA

Nematandani says he didn’t fix matches and FIFA failed in its investigation

By Andrew Warshaw

August 19 – Former South African Football Association (SAFA) president Kirsten Nematandani has come out fighting over allegations of ethics violations related to the fixing of international friendlies in 2010 just weeks before South Africa hosted the World Cup.

Pogba to open his Man Utd account as Sky debuts Friday night football

August 19 – The world’s most expensive footballer is set to make his second spell debut for Manchester United tonight as the Premier League introduces live televised Friday matches.

Europe

Irish back Ceferin for UEFA’s top job

By Andrew Warshaw

August 19 – With the UEFA presidential election a month away, the youngest and least known of all three candidates, Aleksader Ceferin, is picking up valuable support in his bid to take over the governing body of European football.

Olympics

Women’s Olympic final preview: Can German flair break Swedish efficiency?

By Samindra Kunti in Rio de Janeiro

August 19 – Sweden and Germany will dispute the Olympic women’s gold medal match at the Maracana, but the team that is only in Brazil because the Brits stunningly couldn’t agree to play together, has split opinion over their unadventurous style of play.

Europe

Celtic’s Rodgers says UCL pandering to big-money leagues is an unfair shut-out

By Andrew Warshaw

August 19 – The manager of Scottish giants Celtic has urged UEFA not to bow to the demands of Europe’s traditional big-hitters to the detriment of other equally deserving clubs as European football’s governing body prepares to head off the threat of a breakaway Super League.

Europe

UEFA’s club Futsal prelims kick off with challengers bidding to join Euro elite

August 19 – The preliminary round of the UEFA Futsal Cup for clubs completes this weekend with 32 teams battling for 8 places in the Main round of 24. The 2016/17 championship has seen a record entry of 52 clubs including for the first time teams from Kosovo and San Marino,

Football Marketing

Inter book in HotelPlanner for season long deal

August 19 – Inter Milan has signed a one-year partnership with HotelPlanner for the 2016/17 season, making the online booking service the club’s Official Hotel Reservations Partner.

Europe

Celtic fans wave Palestinian flags at UCL play off against Hapoel

By Paul Nicholson

August 17 – Celtic fans, a hard-core group of whom have never been shy to express political opinion at football matches, defied Scottish police and club requests with hundreds of them waving Palestinian flags at their first-leg Champions League play-off against Israeli champions Hapoel Be’er Sheva.

Olympics

Brazil find their Olympic swagger, can they now exorcise their German demons

August 18 – From despair to jubilation. Neymar scored the fastest goal in Olympic football history after just 14 seconds to set up a 6-0 demolition of Honduras in the men’s semi-final of the Olympic tournament.

New Everton stadium plans on owners’ agenda as sites are priced

Goodison Park

August 18 – Everton’s long-held ambitions for a new stadium away from their iconic but creaking Goodison Park are still very much on the club owner’s agenda with two sites in Liverpool being considered.

AFC News

AFC allies with ASEANPOL to strengthen war on match-fixing

August 18 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has met with the 10-nation international police body ASEANPOL with a view to forging closer collaboration, particularly in the battle against match-fixing and organised betting crime in the region.