Guatemala 0-1 Panama:
June 20 – Friday night at Q2 Stadium bore no resemblance to the venue that hosted football just 24 hours earlier. The transformation was complete, and the catalyst was simple: unbridled passion provided by the hordes of Guatemala supporters who descended on Austin. Stark contrast to the lack of interest shown by US fans on Thursday.
By Mark Baber
September 16 – An Information Commissioner in the UK has ruled that the 99-year tenancy agreement between the managers of the Olympic Stadium and West Ham United must be published in response to a Freedom of Information request.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 16 – The English FA has re-iterated that it will support Michel Platini in next year’s FIFA presidential election – even though it nominated Prince Ali bin al-Hussein last time.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 16 – The saga of World Cup broadcast rights sold to the Caribbean for the 2010 and 2014 tournaments has taken another twist with FIFA saying it never received its share of any of the TV or ad sales revenue it was due under the agreement.
By Ben Nicholson
September 16 – Following the U.S. Senate Hearing on July 15, where the integrity of international governance took center stage, Senator Maria Cantwell (pictured) followed up with questions for the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) regarding training compensation to which USSF has now provided a written reply.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 16 – South America’s football confederation CONMEBOL has approved an anti-corruption reform plan it hopes will herald a new era after a string of its senior officials were caught up in the US probe into alleged widespread fraud.
September 16 – Players in German football’s top two divisions will this weekend put on a collective front by wearing shirts carrying messages supporting the refugees pouring into Europe.
By Paul Nicholson
September 16 – Manchester City, who opened their Champions League campaign last night with a 1-2 home loss to last year’s beaten finalists Juventus, are top of one table with an almost unassailable lead but it will be little consolation. The club tops the rankings of club spending both in the transfer window just closed, and in spending since 2010.
September 15 – Barcelona have announced a total restructuring of its business model with a new department to be headed by Francesco Calvo (pictured), appointed as the club’s new commercial director and joining from Juventus where he was sales manager.
September 15 – The Homeless World Cup is currently underway in Amsterdam and can be watched live on Insideworldfootball at http://www.insideworldfootball.com/watch-live-football/17870-homeless-world-cup-field-1
September 15 – Premier League club Liverpool have expanded their soccer development coaching programme to the United Arab Emirates with the launch of an International Academy.
By Mark Baber
September 15 – Arsenal have appointed Cheshire-based DJI Holdings as their Official Lottery Partner in China despite the ongoing suspension of on-line lotteries by the Chinese government.
September 15 – Bolivian football, already rocked by their federation chief being arrested, has been further hit by a players’ strike.
By Jaroslaw Adamowski
September 15 – Romanian government authorities have launched the construction of a new stadium for CS Universitatea Craiova. The build will cost about €50 million, and will see the Romanian side move to a new stadium with a seating capacity of 30,854.
By Mark Baber
September 15 – Suzuki Motor Corporation has been unveiled as the title sponsor of the next edition of the South Asian Football Federation Championship which will be known as the SAFF Suzuki Cup 2015.
It was the word “entities” that got tongues wagging. What was the US attorney general referring to when she opened up a fresh can of worms by warning football to expect a another surge of corruption-related arrests, this time involving entities as well as individuals? Companies? Confederations?