Fox Soccer Channel becomes partner of USA World Cup bid
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June 30 – Fox Soccer Channel has become an official partner of the United States bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup, it has been announced.
Forget the football, who is winning battle of the brands?
By David Owen in Johannesburg
June 30 – The 2010 FIFA World Cup pauses for breath for the first time these next two days.
Nigerian President “bans” national team for two years
June 30 – Nigeria have been suspended from international football for the next two years – by the country’s President.
Australia forced to defend World Cup bid after allegations
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
June 29 – Australia’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup has been fiercely defended following allegations published in the Sydney Morning Herald, claiming they had given pearl necklaces to the wives of the FIFA Executive Committee and offered an all-expenses paid trip to one of the voting members.
Budget for Lviv is doubled so it will be ready for Euro 2012
June 29 – The budget for preparations in Lviv for the 2012 European Championships have been doubled, it has been announced.
Blatter apologises to England and does U-turn over technology
June 29 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter (pictured) has apologised to the Football Association over Frank Lampard’s disallowed goal against Germany, he revealed today.
Prime Minister backs Minister after Hillsborough gaffe
By Tom Degun
June 29 – Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt (pictured), has been forced to apologise after suggesting that hooliganism was to blame for the Hillsborough disaster.
Mike Rowbottom: Capello “psychologically demolished” his England players
England’s World Cup chances were doomed by their manager’s failure to understand or inspire his players, a state of affairs which meant that the team which took to the field had a subsconscious wish to punish him by failing to do their best.
And that ambivalence was strongest of all in the former captain, John Terry, whom Fabio Capello had stripped of his position and publicly rebuked during the group stages.
French Football Federation President resigns after World Cup fiasco
June 28 – Jean-Pierre Escalettes (pictured) has resigned as President of the French Football Federation (FFF) in the aftermath of the French national team’s disastrous performance at the World Cup that was a national embarrassment.
England got their “just desserts” claims Welsh boss who voted against goalline technology
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By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
June 28 – Wales, one of only four countries in the world that can decide whether goalline technology is introduced to avoid controversies like the one that has overshadowed Germany’s victory in the World Cup over England, said again today they were against it.
Andrew Warshaw: Are FIFA embarrassed? They should be
The line of questioning thrown at FIFA spokesman Nicolas Maingot the morning after the night before Frank Lampard’s already imfamous “goal-that-wasn’t” included the words laughing stock and embarrassment. You can understand why.
When football’s lawmakers ditched goal-line technology once and for all just over three months ago, FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke said he hoped the decision did not come back to haunt the organisation at the World Cup.
[b]David Owen:[/b] Germany avenge 1966 and all that – but FIFA the real loser
By David Owen in Bloemfontein
June 27 – I need to make one thing clear at the outset: England were beaten today at Free State Stadium by a much better team: the 4-1 scoreline did not flatter Germany.
Sao Paulo urged to find new venue for 2014 World Cup
June 26 – Brazil’s largest city Sao Paulo needs to find an alternative venue for the 2014 World Cup after the Morumbi stadium was dropped due to lack of financial guarantees for renovation, FIFA said tonight.
Qatari Sheikh seals deal to become first foreign owner in Spain
June 26 – Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani, a member of the Qatar ruling family, has bought the struggling Primera Liga club Malaga for $44 million (£29 million), the first foreigner to own a Spanish club.
FIFA reject Nigerian Government plea to hold onto World Cup cash
June 26 – Nigerian Sports Minister Ibrahim Bio has asked FIFA to hold on to the payment of the $8 million (£5 million) due to the Super Eagles for featuring in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.