USA 1 Saudi Arabia 0
June 19 – American comedian Rodney Dangerfield used to say, “I don’t get no respect.” The same could be said for the United States Men’s Soccer Team as barely 10,000 fans showed up for a supporter friendly 8.15 pm kickoff versus Concacaf Gold Cup, Group D opponents, Saudi Arabia in a 1-0 win that again raised more questions than answers.
By David Gold
October 3 – The Council for East and Central African Football Associations (CECAFA) secretary general Nicholas Musonye has hit out at Kenyan Football Federation (FKF) chairman Sam Nyamweya for boycotting this year’s regional tournament.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 3 – The campaign by FIFA’s new Ethics Committee to get to the bottom of Mohamed Bin Hammam’s alleged improper cash dealings has led to the suspension of his former personal assistant at the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).
By Andrew Warshaw
October 2 – The sale of broadcasting rights for qualifying matches for the 2016 European Championship and the 2018 World Cup will be handled by the newly created CAA Eleven agency, UEFA has announced.
By David Gold
October 2 – The tiny pacific nation of Tuvalu is determined to win membership to FIFA next year at its annual congress, despite having never played a home match.
By David Gold
October 2 – Dynamo Moscow’s new stadium may be reduced in size after it was not selected to stage FIFA World Cup matches in 2018.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 2 – Egypt, African football’s most successful nation, is in danger of being suspended by FIFA amid continuing unrest following February’s deadly riots in Port Said.
By David Gold
October 2 – Ottawa will not host the FIFA Under-20 Women’s World Cup in 2014 as its new Lansdowne Park stadium may not be ready in time.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 1 – UEFA opened a political can of worms today by deciding to admit Gibraltar as a provisional member in a move that is bound to incur the wrath of Spain.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 1 – UEFA President Michel Platini reiterated today he has not given Turkey an ultimatum with regard to the 2020 European Championship finals but that “it was not logical” for the country to maintain their interest if Istanbul stages the summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in the same year.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 1 – The difference of opinion between FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his UEFA opposite number Michel Platini over whether to use goal-line technology or extra referees’ assistants has been stoked up once again.
It may still be six years away, but the first major milestone of the Russia 2018 World Cup was reached this weekend as FIFA announced the 11 cities and 12 stadiums that will host matches at the tournament. The world knew that Moscow, St Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Saransk would be staging games. The news of note was that they would be joined by Kaliningrad, Samara, Rostov-on-Don and Volgograd. Yaroslavl missed out,
By David Gold
September 30 – The new Perform centre at St George’s Park, which will be used by the England national team as its training base, has opened to the public.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 30 – Accusations that it put commercial considerations, in particular television coverage in Europe, before the health of players when deciding on kick off times for the 2014 World Cup were totally rejected today by FIFA.
By Duncan Mackay
September 30 – Russia will spend a projected $19.2 million (£11.9 billion/€14.9 billion) on getting ready to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018, the country’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko revealed today.
By David Gold
September 29 – Fans attending the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup could spend whole days or more travelling after the confirmation tonight that Kaliningrad and Yekaterinburg are among the 11 cities chosen to host matches.