By Andrew Warshaw in Doha
January 5 – The head of Asian football has fuelled speculation that he may stand against Sepp Blatter when the FIFA Presidency comes up for renewal next summer.
January 5 – There was some consolation today for Australia’s World Cup disappointment when they were awarded the 2015 Asian Cup.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 5 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter wants professional referees to be an established part of the game by the time of the next World Cup in Brazil.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 5 – Tottenham Hotspur have appointed former London 2012 communications director and West Ham United director Mike Lee to spearhead their campaign to take over the Olympic Stadium.
By David Owen
January 4 – The first of many prospective personnel changes on FIFA’s ruling 24-member Executive Committee is set to come this week with elections due in Asia.
So we’ve got Rodney – Marsh, of course, who else? – in the nightclub – Tramps, of course, where else? – with George – Best, of course, who else? – and Michael – Caine, of course, who else?
And Caine’s conversation gets around to all the great things Best – now playing with Marsh at Fulham – did at Old Trafford.
The problem arrives when Caine leans across the table and,
By Andrew Warshaw
December 21 – The union representing professional players worldwide, FIFPro, today added its voice to the growing campaign for the Qatar 2022 World Cup to be held during the winter.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 4 – The head of Asian football insists Qatar can still stage the 2022 World Cup in the heat of mid-summer and has urged FIFA not to make a decision about switching it to the winter until 2018 at the earliest.
January 3 – Rio de Janeiro has hired IBM and other major international firms to help bolster its emergency response operations in the build-up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 2 – Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard (pictured) would play alongside David Beckham for Britain at next year’s London Olympics if Sebastian Coe’s wish is granted.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 2 – Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of taking over the Olympic Stadium following London 2012 suffered a setback today when Sebastian Coe came out and publicly backed the proposal presented by Premier League rivals West Ham United.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 2 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has revealed he wants to set up an anti-corruption unit to weed out football’s worst practices.
By Andrew Warshaw
December 30 – Sepp Blatter has laid down the gauntlet to any potential challengers by clearly indicating he aims to continue as FIFA President and be re-elected halfway through 2011 for what would be an unprecedented fourth term.
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It did not take long for the board of the Football Association to choose David Bernstein as the new chairman. The whole thing, I am told, took a bare five minutes. He was nominated, all hands went up and on to the next business.
However, sometime after this decision, there was a report by Andy Anson on England’s disastrous World Cup bid for 2018. Here something rather curious happened.
Before the meeting there had been much anticipation of what Anson,
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
December 24 – Any Northern Ireland players, like Manchester United’s Corry Evans (pictured), that want to play for Britain in the London 2012 Olympics will not be prevented from doing so, the Irish Football Association’s new President Jim Shaw has promised.