Gold Cup 2025

Mexico secure final slot on a pulsating San Jose evening

Mexico 1 Honduras 0

July 2 – The question on the lips of pundits and fans at Levi Stadium, Santa Clara, was “would tonight be business as usual or unusual business?” as Mexico and Honduras met for the right to face the United States in the Concacaf Gold Cup Final on Sunday in Houston.

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Women's Euro 2025

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DateGroup    VenueKick off (local)
July 2Grp ASwitzerland12NorwayBasel, St-Jakon Park9pm
July 2Grp AIceland01FinlandThun, Arena Thun6pm
July 3Grp BSpain50PortugalBern, Stadium Wankdorf9pm
July 3Grp BBelgium01
ItalySion, Stade de Tourbillon6pm
July 4Grp CGermany--PolandSt Gallen, Arena St Gallen9pm
July 4Grp CDenmark--SwedenStade de Genève6pm
July 5Grp DFrance--EnglandStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 5Grp DWales--NetherlandsAllmend Stadion, Lucern6pm
July 6Grp ASwitzerland--IcelandStadion Wankdorf, Bern9pm
July 6Grp ANorway--FinlandStade de Touillon, Sion6pm
July 7Grp BPortugal--ItalyStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 7Grp BSpain--BelgiumArena Thun6pm
July 8Grp CGermany--DenmarkSt Jakob Park, Basel6pm
July 8Grp CPoland--SwedenAllmend Stadion, Lucerne9pm
July 9Grp DEngland--NetherlandsStadion Letzigrund, Zurich6pm
July 9Grp DFrance--WalesArena St Gallen9pm
July 10Grp AFinland--SwitzerlandStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 10Grp ANorway--IcelandArena Thun9pm
July 11Grp BItaly--SpainStadium Wankdorf, Bern9pm
July 11Grp BPortugal--BelgiumStade de Touillon, Sion9pm
July 12Grp CSweden --GermanyStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 12Grp CPoland--DenmarkAllmend Stadion, Lucerne9pm
July 13Grp DNetherlands--FranceSt Jakob Park, Basel9pm
July 13Grp DEngland--WalesArena St Gallen9pm
July 16QF1Winner Grp A--R-Up Grp BStade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 17QF2Winner Grp C--R-Uo Grp DStadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 18QF3Winner Grp B--R-Up Grp AStadion Wankdorff, Bern9pm
July 19QF4Winner Grp D--R-Up Grp CSt Jakob Park, Basel9pm
July 2Semi-finalWinner QF1--Winner QF42Stade de Genève, Geneva9pm
July 2Semi-finalWinner QF3--Winner QF4Stadion Letzigrund, Zurich9pm
July 7 FinalTBA--TBASt Jakob Park, Basel6.00pm

IMG picks up master licensee rights package for Euro 2016

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May 21 – IMG Licensing has been appointed by UEFA as the master licensee for Euro 2016 and will have global rights until the end of the following year. The contract, to be run from IMG’s Paris office, also covers the UEFA European U21 Championship, the UEFA European Women’s Championship and the UEFA Futsal Euro.

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Webb calls for more education and tougher sanctions in the fight against racism

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By Andrew Warshaw
May 21 – The FIFA vice-president leading the campaign to wipe out racism in football says there must be no let-up in the effort to spread the message and punish the offenders. Jeffrey Webb, President of CONCACAF and head of FIFA’s anti-discrimination Task Force, was a guest speaker at Tuesday night’s star-studded 20th anniversary of Britain’s Kick It Out movement and called for collective solidarity and inclusion.

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BSports releases Power50 rankings, Suarez tops list

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By Paul Nicholson
May 21- Bloomberg have released their ‘BSports Power 50’ ranking of the top European footballers over the 2013/14 season. Liverpool’s Luis Suarez tops the ranking while, not surprisingly, Spain’s Atlético de Madrid were the top represented club with eight players in the top 50.

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FIFA call for extra test event in Sao Paulo as Pele turns up the heat on corruption

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By Andrew Warshaw
May 21 – Brazilian legend Pele says the delays that have plagued the World Cup in his country have been “a disgrace” as FIFA called for a further test event at the stadium that is hosting the opening game. Sao Paulo’s Itaquerao, Cuiaba’s Arena Pantanal and Curitiba’s Arena da Baixada are all unfinished despite the tournament starting in less than a month, and Pele is dismayed.

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INSIDE nominated in World Soccer Talk Awards; help David beat the Goliaths

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May 21 – With good fan support upstart minnows can occasionally knock out the bigger and bullying football fish. INSIDEworldfootball has been nominated for a Readers’ Choice award in two categories in the 2013/14 World Soccer Talk Awards. Nominations are for Best Online Coverage for insideworldfootball.com, while Matt Scott has been nominated in the Best Writer category for his columns on the site.

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Matt Scott: FFP Judgement Day tests the work clubs have done

“Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw – each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done.” Corinthians 3:12-13

When the angel comes out of heaven with the key to the Abyss and holding that great big chain thingy,

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UNCAF to play its 2014 Cup in the US in September

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May 21 – The US has rapidly become the country of choice for Central and South American championships. Earlier this month CONCACAF announced it would be hosting the Copa America Centenario in the US in 2016. Now the Central American Football Union (UNCAF) have confirmed they will play their 25th anniversary Central American Cup in the US.

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Brazil races towards stadium handover day, as FIFA chiefs set up camp

Jerome Valcke at Itaquerao stadium

By Andrew Warshaw
May 20 – FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has arrived in Brazil for the final time to oversee the run-up to the start of the World Cup, saying he expects “busy days ahead” to make sure everything is ready on time. Valcke arrived 24 hours after Brazil held the last two test events at its delayed stadiums, notably at the Sao Paulo venue that will host the opening game, and will visit all 12 host cities one last time “to see that the finishing touches”

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