By David Gold
August 6 – With a penalty shoot out looming in their Olympic women’s football semi-final with Canada, Alex Morgan (pictured top, centre) struck the winner as the United States (US) set up a rematch with Japan, a year after losing to the same team in the World Cup final.
By David Gold
August 6 – UEFA is to look into allegations of match fixing in a match between Aalesunds and Albanian side Tirana (pictured) in the Europa League qualifiers.
By David Gold
August 6 – A new competition for players under 21 years of age in England is being launched to help improve the quality of home-grown young footballers in the country.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 6 – A pre-season friendly between Blackburn Rovers and Dutch club NEC Nijmegen (pictured left) was called off on Sunday because of the threat of fan violence.
By David Gold
August 5 – Leonardo Bonucci is facing a ban of up to three and a half years following a request by the prosecutor in the Italian match fixing scandal.
By David Gold at Wembley
August 4 – If the London 2012 Olympic football tournament was meant to be dominated by Brazil’s Neymar, obviously no-one told Honduran Roger Espinoza, who lit up today’s quarter-finals, although it was not enough as his team crashed out.
Financial uncertainty is hindering the pre-season preparations of La Liga outfit Málaga. Despite being bankrolled by its wealthy Qatari owner, players’ wages have, reportedly, not been paid.
The club is also on the brink of losing its best player, the Spain international Santi Cazorla (pictured below, centre), to Premier League side Arsenal. A number of Spanish newspapers have also reported that Málaga’s owner Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nassar Al-Thani is looking to sell the club.
By David Gold
August 3 – The United States continued the defence of their Olympic women’s football title with a 2-0 victory over New Zealand at St James’ Park in Newcastle, to reach the semi-finals.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 3 – Organisers of the 2016 Rio Olympics have controversially decided to keep João Havelange’s name on their main stadium (pictured) despite the former FIFA President being tarnished by the ISL bribery scandal.
By Tom Degun
August 3 – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has admitted it is content with the decision from FIFA not to punish the Japan women’s football team after the head coach asked his team not to win in order to avoid playing their Olympic quarter-final in Glasgow.
By David Gold at Club France in London
August 3 – French Guiana has unveiled a project it hopes will encourage leading athletes and nations to base themselves in the region prior to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in neighbouring Brazil.
By David Gold
August 3 – Former Barbados international Mark McCammon has won an employment tribunal case against Gillingham after his dismissal last year for alleged misconduct, claiming the club treated black players differently from their white counterparts.
By David Gold
August 3 – A new way of utilising space inside football stadiums, pioneered by Championship side Brighton and Hove Albion, could influence the design of venues used at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, if Phil Nutley has his way.
By David Gold
August 2 – Juventus coach Antonio Conte could be handed a lengthy ban after the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) rejected a plea-bargain from the former Siena manager.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 2 – Uruguay striker Luis Suárez has accused British fans of showing no respect after booing his country’s national anthem before last night’s do-or-die Olympic men’s group game in Cardiff.