July 4 – On June 14 the city of Los Angeles in California was being swarmed by ICE agents, communities were being torn apart and families broken apart, daily protests had seen areas of the city closed, and US president Donald Trump had called in the National Guard and even US Marines from Camp Pendleton to strike fear into the heart of a state that he says is out of control.
July 4 – With no injury concerns, Germany will look to back up their credentials as title contenders at Euro 2025 with a convincing showing against Poland in their opening match in Group C.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 2 – The President of the French Football Federation (FFF), Noël Le Graët, has reassured UEFA that all stadiums will be ready for the 2016 European Championship.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 2 – Turkey is using this month’s Soccerex convention in Rio de Janeiro to further press its claims to stage the 2020 UEFA European Championship finals despite Istanbul’s plan to host the Olympics and Paralympics the same year.
Last Sunday Marcel Schmid was at Wembley to watch the New England Patriots play the St Louis Rams. Nothing remarkable in that you may think, some 84,000 others were also there as NFL made its annual foray outside its homeland in an effort to reach a worldwide audience.
But for Schmid, chairman of the International Football Arena (IFA), it provided renewed focus for one of the themes that will dominate this year’s conference in Zurich on November 12-13.
By Duncan Mackay
November 1 – Irvin Khoza, one of South Africa’s most influential football administrators who was chairman of the Organising Committee for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, is to challenge Gideon Sam for the position of President of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (SASCOC) later this month, it has been revealed.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 1 – Serbian authorities have now named Steven Caulker (pictured, right), Thomas Lees and assistant coach Steve Wigley as the three members of the England party charged over the mass brawl that followed the 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Championship playoff in Kruševac last month.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 1 – FIFA is to confirm next week whether it will have to drop any of the six venues being slated to stage matches at next year’s Confederations Cup, the traditional World Cup dress rehearsal.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 1 – Brazil’s former FIFA President João Havelange has launched a scathing attack on national team coach Mano Menezes and has called on Felipe Scolari to return to the helm.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 1 – Fresh revelations as to why England gained only two votes in its bid to stage the 2018 FIFA World Cup have been disclosed in a new autobiography by Sebastian Coe, who was regarded as one the country’s most influential 2018 voices before going on to organise the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 1 – Mohamed Bin Hammam has lost the latest round of his ongoing campaign to clear his name and regain a place at the top table of Asian and world football.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 31 – Park Jong-Woo, the South Korean footballer who sparked a diplomatic row with Japan at London 2012 by waving a political placard and was subsequently banned from the medal ceremony, is finally set to receive his Olympic bronze.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 31 – Jamaican officials are heading to England to try to sign up as many players as possible in an attempt to qualify for the Brazil 2014 FIFA World Cup.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 31 – Juventus President Andrea Agnelli has told shareholders that Italian football is in serious trouble and needs to take urgent action.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 31 – A star-studded FIFA panel charged with finding ways to make the game more of a spectacle in time for the next World Cup in Brazil has been disbanded.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 31 – Serbian police have filed criminal charges against 12 players, fans and officials, including three from England, following last month’s explosive European under-21 playoff encounter that was marred by allegations of racism and a post-match melee.
By Duncan Mackay
October 30 – Former Blackpool and Torquay United player Tom Sermanni is to take over as coach of the United States Olympic gold medal winning women’s football team, it was announced today.