Inside World Football - Page 1783 of 1945 - For the Business of Football

Andrew Warshaw: Please sort out this Olympic Stadium saga before everyone gets fed up

Andrew_Warshaw_new_byline

Please just sort it out. Sit round the table, thrash out a deal and stop the squabbling before everyone gets thoroughly fed up with the whole interminable saga.

Whatever the rights and wrongs of Tottenham Hotspur’s refusal to pull out of the race to take over the Olympic Stadium after next summer’s Games, the entrenched positions of all parties has got to an embarrassing and, quite frankly, irritating stage.

How must the International Olympic Committee (IOC) be feeling when,

Archive

Myanmar banned from Russia 2018 after crowd violence

Myanmar_Oman

By David Gold

September 30 – Seven years before games get underway at the first ever World Cup to be held in Russia, Myanmar have become the first country eliminated from the competition after violence erupted during a Brazil 2014 Asian qualifying clash with Oman in July.

Archive

Head of Brazil 2014 taken to hospital

Ricardo_Teixeira_behind_name_badge

By Andrew Warshaw

September 30 – Ricardo Teixeira, controversial president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), has been admitted to hospital with abdominal pain.

Archive

Exclusive: UEFA have no power to ban Tevez for refusing to play

Carlos_Tevez_leaving_Bayern_Munich_September_27_2011

By Andrew Warshaw

September 29 – UEFA says it has no power to ban Carlos Tevez for apparently refusing to play for Manchester City in Tuesday’s Champions’ League fixture against Bayern Munich.

Archive

“I can recognise a bung when I see it” says Leyton Orient chairman after £17 million offer to Tottenham

Barry_Hearn_grimacing

By Duncan Mackay

September 29 – Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn today accused London Mayor Boris Johnson of trying to give Tottenham Hotspur “a bung” to try to get them to drop their claim to the Olympic Stadium in the hope of removing the main obstacle to London’s bid to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships being successful.

Archive

Exclusive: Tottenham given 24 hours to accept Mayor’s offer and drop Olympic Stadium objection

Boris_Johnson_at_Olympic_Stadium_with_London_2012_pin

By Duncan Mackay

September 29 – Tottenham Hotspur have been given a deadline of until tomorrow to accept an £8.5 million ($13.5 million/€10 million) offer of help from London Mayor Boris Johnson to build a new stadium and drop their complaint over the Olympic Stadium being given to West Ham United or risk it being taken off the table.

Mihir Bose

Mihir Bose: Segregating fans has helped foster climate of hatred

Mihir Bose blog picture(1)

English football fans are be capable of much humour, no little inventiveness and a warmth and goodness that can be truly uplifting, but the capacity for some fans to be vile should not be underestimated. Events at some recent matches have once again demonstrated that.

So during their Carling Cup encounter, Manchester United fans were taunted by chants from Leeds fans about the Munich air crash and United fans, in turn, retaliated with chants of Istanbul,

Archive

Platini calls for tougher penalties on match fixing

michel_platini_29-09-11

By Andrew Warshaw

September 29 – UEFA President Michel Platini has urged all European countries to outlaw match fixing as a criminal offence warning it brings fears to the entire continent.

Archive

We will be reinstated to the Europa League, insist Sion

sion_stadium_28-09-11

By Andrew Warshaw

September 28 – FC Sion have claimed again that they will soon be reinstated to the Europa League in their legal battle with UEFA.

African Nations Cup

South Africa officially replace Libya as hosts of 2013 African Nations Cup

African Nations Cup trophy(1)

By David Gold

September 28 – South Africa will host the 2013 African Nations Cup, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed after an Executive Committee meeting in Cairo.

Africa

South Sudan welcomed to CAF HQ ahead of FIFA admission

caf_and_south_sudan_27-09-11

By David Gold

September 28 – Confederation of African Football (CAF) President Issa Hayatou (pictured left) has welcomed a delegation from South Sudan to his office in Cairo, as the two-month-old state looks to receive admission into the FIFA family.

Archive

Minor problems still exist ahead of Euro 2012 but much has changed, says Platini

michel_platini_ukraine_27-09-11

By Andrew Warshaw

September 27 – UEFA President Michel Platini claims he has been reassured by the progress made by Ukraine in preparation for next year’s European Championships, being organised jointly with Poland, and that only “some little problems” remain to be sorted out.

Archive

Bermudan FA President warns of FIFA ban over finances probe

Larry_Mussenden_27-09-11

By David Gold

September 27 – The Bermuda Football Association (BFA) President Larry Mussenden (pictured) has warned his country’s Sports Minister Glenn Blakeney that FIFA could ban the country from international competition if he presses ahead with an inquiry into their finances.

Archive

Teixeira to be investigated for money laundering by Brazilian prosecutor’s office

Ricardo_Teixeira_at_Beach_Football_World_Cup_September_11_2011

By Andrew Warshaw

September 26 – Ricardo Teixeira, head of the Organising Committee for the 2014 World Cup who only two months ago described English journalists as corrupt, is reportedly to be investigated for alleged money laundering and tax crimes.

Archive

Barcelona members approve Qatar Foundation deal

Qatar_Foundation

By David Gold

September 26 – Barcelona’s $230 million (£168 million/€194 million) shirt sponsorship deal with Qatar Foundation, the European champions’ first of its kind, has been ratified by the club’s members.