NRG Stadium sold out for Gold Cup final
July 6 – Concacaf has announced that today’s 2025 Gold Cup Final at NRG Stadium, Houston, between the United States and Mexico, is sold out.
Women's Euro 2025
Norway dispatch Finland to take control of Group A
Norway 2 Finland 1
July 6 – Norway battled to a hard-fought victory 2-1 victory over Finland in Sion to all but guarantee their place at the top of Group A with one match left to play.
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Arsenal shareholder Usmanov at centre of controversy after Wikipedia entry doctored
By Duncan Mackay
November 12 – Alisher Usmanov, a major shareholder in Premier League club Arsenal and Russia’s richest man, today found himself at the centre of controversy after a London-based public relations firm edited his Wikipedia entry to remove information that could cast him in a bad light.
Ex-Everton striker Branch jailed for drug offences
By Andrew Warshaw
November 12 – Former Everton and Wolves footballer Michael Branch, who was once also on loan to Manchester City, has been sentenced to seven years in jail after pleading guilty to drugs offences.
M’Vila banned from French squad until 2014
By Andrew Warshaw
November 12 – French football is reeling from one of the most stringent domestic bans ever imposed after star midfielder Yann M’Vila was kicked out of the international game until June 2014 after an unauthorised night out while on under-21 duty.
Chelsea to strike groundbreaking new deal with Sauber F1
By Andrew Warshaw at the International Football Arena conference in Zurich
November 12 – A groundbreaking new sponsorship deal will be announced in the next two months between Chelsea and the Sauber Formula One team, the club’s chief executive Ron Gourlay revealed today.
Delroy Alexander: No more monkey business
As United States President Barack Obama swept back into power, I felt a real surge of pride because young, old, white, black, gay, straight, Hispanic and people of all dispositions had voted once again to make a man of colour the most powerful person on the planet.
It didn’t take long for me to realise that perhaps my own footnote in history might not be any of my professional deeds. Rather a sporting happenstance that saw me become Malia and Sasha Obama’s first “soccer”
CONMEBOL boss recovering in hospital after heart surgery
By Andrew Warshaw
November 11 – Nicolás Leoz, the 84-year-old President of the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), is recovering in hospital in São Paulo following heart surgery.
ZIFA sets up match-fixing appeals body
By Andrew Warshaw
November 9 – The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has set up a special body to deal with appeals over the bans handed out in the country’s infamous match-fixing scandal.
AFC document “theft” charges suspiciously dropped
By Andrew Warshaw
November 9 – Senior Asian officials are privately questioning why prosecutors in Malaysia have suddenly dropped charges against a man accused of stealing documents linked to banned former powerbroker Mohamed Bin Hammam.
Confederations Cup host cities make the cut as FIFA confirms venues
By Andrew Warshaw
November 9 – All six venues slated to stage next year’s Confederations Cup – the dress rehearsal for the 2014 World Cup – have now been confirmed by FIFA though some will face a race against time.
Muamba pays emotional visit to White Hart Lane
By Andrew Warshaw
November 9 – Fabrice Muamba, the Premier League footballer who suffered a massive cardiac arrest and almost died during a cup game at Tottenham Hotspur in March, made an emotional return to the club’s White Hart Lane stadium for the first time yesterday.
FIFA President welcomes Switzerland’s crack down on match-fixing
By Andrew Warshaw
November 8 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has welcomed efforts by the Swiss Government to crack down on match-fixing and corruption by considering the introduction of fresh laws to make all international associations based in the country subject to Swiss criminal law.
Spain receives €133 million in taxes debts from ailing clubs
By Andrew Warshaw
November 8 – Spanish authorities have acquired almost €133 million (£107 million/$170 million) in back-taxes owed by debt-ridden clubs in this year alone, authorities have revealed.
Brazilian oil revenue sharing bill casts new shadow on 2014 World Cup
By Andrew Warshaw
November 8 – The 2014 FIFA World Cup has come under fresh pressure because of new legislation that would seriously slash Rio de Janeiro’s revenues and therefore its ability to stage the tournament as well as the summer Olympics and Paralympics two years later.
Hulk’s sister reunited with family after kidnapping
By Andrew Warshaw
November 8 – The sister of Brazil’s Zenit St Petersburg striker Hulk has been reunited with her family after being kidnapped for 24 hours.
Tim Kee set for TTFF Presidency as Murray withdraws candidacy
By Andrew Warshaw
November 8 – Former Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) first vice-president Raymond Tim Kee looks set to be appointed the federation’s new President on Sunday (November 11) after the only other candidate Colin Murray pulled out.