NRG Stadium sold out for Gold Cup final
July 6 – Concacaf has announced that today’s 2025 Gold Cup Final at NRG Stadium, Houston, between the United States and Mexico, is sold out.
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Norway dispatch Finland to take control of Group A
Norway 2 Finland 1
July 6 – Norway battled to a hard-fought victory 2-1 victory over Finland in Sion to all but guarantee their place at the top of Group A with one match left to play.
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Dutch argue use of video refs is evolution not revolution
By Andrew Warshaw at Soccerex in Manchester
September 8 – Video technology, arguably the biggest ever law change to football, must be given the green light sooner rather than later to pull the game into the modern age, according to Dutch pioneers of the idea.
US court allows Webb to return to Georgia home
By Paul Nicholson
September 8 – Former FIFA vice-president and CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb has had his bail conditions altered allowing him to return to his US home in Loganville, Georgia. Webb had been restricted to living within 20 miles of the Brooklyn, New York, courthouse where the case against him is being heard.
EA Sports demos FIFA 16 using top 50 player ratings
By Mark Baber
September 8 – EA Sports FIFA 16 is today (depending on geographical location) available to users in demo version. The company has been promoting the new game through release of its ratings for players, including a top 50, with the full version of the game due for release around September 22.
Indians build on youth plan but keep eyes firmly on the ISL money
By Samindra Kunti
September 9 – Indian football is a parallel world of a struggling national team and a vibrant Indian Super League, but the All Indian Football Federation considers the 2017 U17 World Cup as a stepping stone for the development of the domestic game.
Man Utd time new steps with Sbenu and Bulova watch range
August 8 – Manchester United continue to drive regional partnerships with the announcement of Sbenu, South Korea as the club’s Official Casual Footwear Partner in South Korea. The club’s Official Timekeeping Partner, Bulova has also unveiled its Manchester United Club Watch.
Watch Rodriguez and Falcao live for Colombia vs Peru tonight on Insideworldfootball
August 9 – Watch James’ Rodriguez’s Colombia play Peru international friendly live on Insideworldfootball today. A rematch of their meeting at the Copa America this summer, the match, being played in the Red Bull Stadium in New York, is live on insideworldfootball at http://bit.ly/1OubYJQ. Kick off is 8pm EST, 1am UK.
When friends become foes. Prince Ali lines up second shot at FIFA crown
By Andrew Warshaw at Soccerex in Manchester
August 7 – Breaking a three-month silence since losing to Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency, Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan gave the broadest hint yet today that he wants to have another crack at the job but left a number of questions unanswerered, not least where his votes might come from next time.
Pedro to Benteke – the money impact of the summer transfer window and why Liverpool top table
By David Owen
August 7 – Which Premier League club had the best summer transfer window in purely financial terms? By which I mean whose player trading will have the most positive direct impact on their club’s bottom-line?
Palestine prepare to host World Cup Qualifier (again)
By Mark Baber
September 7 – Headlines around the world have been incorrectly proclaiming ‘Palestinians ready to host 1st ever World Cup qualifier’, ahead of Tuesday’s 2018 qualifier against UAE which will be held at the Faysal Al-Husseini Stadium in Al Ram.
Chung releases 8-point manifesto promising he would serve just one term
By Andrew Warshaw
September 7 – While Michel Platini bides his time before declaring exactly how he intends to improve FIFA if elected its president, his only heavyweight rival for the job so far has stolen a march on the UEFA chief.
Bell tolls the end of TPO but Tebas accuses lawmakers of wrong ‘mindset’
By Paul Nicholson
September 7 – The divisions over the ban on third-party ownership of players’ commercial rights were opened up again in a no-holds barred debated at the FITS Forum in Geneva last week.
ICSS’s Medeiros closes FITS Forum with call for global integrity body
By Paul Nicholson
September 7 – Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros (pictured), CEO of ICSS Europe and Latin America, closed the FITS Forum last week with a powerful and passionate call for an international, independent and neutral clearing house for sport related financial transactions. His call was backed by ICSS president Mohammed Hanzab who said that the world needs an independent, neutral global integrity body.
David Owen: The migrant crisis gives sport a chance to show it can make the world a better place
Sports leaders are often keen to ascribe a higher purpose to the gloriously trivial pursuits to which they owe their positions. Hence last year’s agreement aimed at strengthening collaboration between the United Nations (UN) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC); hence FIFA President Sepp Blatter’s dogged attempts to use football to help map out a modus vivendi between Israel and Palestine.
Infront makes inroads in Italy with sports agency buys
By David Owen
September 6 – Infront Sports & Media, the Chinese-owned international sports marketing company, has announced a major expansion of its Italian football activities. The company has acquired Gsport, a leader in marketing rights management in Italian club football, as well as Sport09, an Italian sports media agency.
Real Madrid pledge €1m to aid refugee crisis
September 6 – Real Madrid, the world’s richest club, has become the latest side to join the drive to aid Europe-bound refugees after announcing it will donate €1 million to help those arriving in Spain.