Canada 5 Honduras 0
June 17 – Canada over the past six years have forced their way into Concacaf’s elite but have so often flattered to deceive. They are the team everyone quite likes but have never delivered the championship title their talent screams for. Re-adjust everyone.
If it was not a true story, the so-called Parma Case could make you laugh (or cry). Take a Serie A club, with a significant history (their roll of honour includes one Cup of Cups, one UEFA Cup, two UEFA Super Cups, three Italian Cups, one Italian Super Cup), located in one of Italy’s richest geographical areas and see if you make it fail, but not at the end of the season – this unfortunately actually happened to important clubs like Florence,
April 10 – Paris St-Germain’s star Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been suspended for four league games as a result of his foul-mouthed outburst that was captured live on TV.
By David Owen
April 10 – North London club Tottenham Hotspur have taken over from Swansea City as Premier League champions – Premier League profitability champions, that is. With the vast majority of financial information for the 2013-14 season now available, Spurs are well clear of Manchester United’s Red Devils in second place, with the Saints of Southampton – as surprising off the pitch as on – finishing third.
April 10 – Albert Ebosse, the Cameroon striker who died following a match in Algeria last August – ostensibly from injuries sustained by an object thrown from the stands – was murdered, according to his father.
April 10 – After a five-day wait, they ended up playing for just 18 seconds! UEFA’s unprecedented decision to order England and Norway to replay the last moments of their women’s under-19 European qualifier duly took place Thursday night with the English grabbing the 2-2 draw they thought they had achieved first time round.
By David Owen
April 10 – Switzerland’s status as the prime global location for International Sports Organisations (ISOs), such as Zurich-based FIFA and Nyon-based UEFA, brings substantial economic benefits, according to a new study.
April 9 – In an extraordinary decision that UEFA admit is unprecedented in their competitions, England and Norway have been ordered to replay the last few seconds of their women’s under-19 European qualifier tonight – starting with a retaken 96th-minute penalty.
By Mark Baber
April 9 – The UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body (CEDB) has hit back at those using football to spread their message of racial hatred with an order that Croatia’s upcoming game against Italy must be played behind closed doors.
By Jaroslaw Adamowski
April 9 – The failure of Hungarian financial services group Quaestor has pushed top division club Gyori ETO FC out of their stadium, into bankruptcy and almost out of the league.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 9 – Gabon have been chosen to host the seemingly perennially troubled Africa Cup of Nations in 2017 as a replacement for war-torn Libya who withdrew last year.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 9 – FIFA presidential outsider Luis Figo is disputing the claim that the whole of Africa will back Sepp Blatter in next month’s election.
April 9 – Manchester United have announced a new date for their United:LIVE roadshow, this time in Beijing, China, on April 26.
By Paul Nicholson
April 9 – The trends of the previous six weeks were followed last week with no change in the Insideworldfootball table of Premier League club Twitter followers. Manchester United again surged forward to continue their standout gains against their rivals as they chase the total number of followers to overtake Arsenal and Chelsea who head them in the overall table.
April 9 – UEFA have awarded Russia a 3-0 walkover win over Montenegro following the abandonment of their Euro 2016 qualifier that saw Russian keeper Igor Akinfeev felled soon after kickoff when struck on the head by a flare.
April 9 – Sepp Blatter has given a strong indication that he will oppose a Palestinian bid to throw Israel out of FIFA. At this stage it appears Blatter is still hopeful of finding a mediated solution, despite the frustration of the Palestinians and the intransigence of the Israelis.