Sweden 3 Poland 0
July 8 – Sweden secured their place in the quarter-finals with a dominant 3-0 win over Poland under the Tuesday night lights, as Lucerne’s stunning scenery provided a fitting backdrop to a commanding Group C performance.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 19 – Racism remains a “significant problem” in British football and stewards need additional training to help weed out the culprits, according to a Government committee report.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 18 – Manchester United, regarded as the most popular club in the world, saw their total revenue drop by 3.3 per cent to £320.3 million ($520.5 million/€398.8 million) for the year ending June 30 2012, the club’s annual financial results revealed today.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 18 – Auditors examining the books of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) under the previous regime led by former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner, who resigned from football in the wake of last year’s cash-for-votes scandal, have not yet completed their work, delaying the confederation’s extraordinary congress until next year.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 18 – European leagues could be halted for an entire month before the Christmas period to allow the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup to be staged in winter.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 18 – English football needs to move on from the handshake row that has marred the domestic game, according to Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) chief Gordon Taylor.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 18 – Park Jong-Woo, the South Korean footballer who was banned from receiving his Olympic bronze medal for displaying a political message at London 2012 will have his disciplinary case heard by FIFA on October 5, the world governing body have confirmed.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 17 – Juventus coach Antonio Conte will be conspicuous by his absence when the Italians visit defending champions Chelsea for the opening series of Champions league games on Wednesday (September 19).
By Andrew Warshaw
September 17 – FIFA and Brazil 2014 have announced that a yet to-be-named armadillo will be the World Cup mascot.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 17 – Sporting Lisbon has criticised UEFA’s decision to name it among 23 clubs who have not fulfilled their financial obligations.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 17 – More than a third of Europe’s professional footballers are not receiving their salaries in full according to Theo van Seggelen, the head of the game’s international players’ union.
By David Gold
September 16 – Real Madrid have recorded revenues of €514 million (£414 million/$670 million) for the 2011-2012 season, a seven per cent increase on last year’s figures.
By David Gold
September 15 – Uruguayan forward Sebastián Abreu has served the one-match suspension handed to him by a Brazilian sports tribunal after provoking Flamengo supporters during a Brazilian league game.
By David Gold
September 14 – Cameroon have dismissed coach Denis Lavagne following a disastrous Africa Cup of Nations qualifying tie defeat to tiny Cape Verde.
By David Gold
September 13 – The Itaquera in São Paulo which will host the opening game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, will boast the world’s largest LED stadium panel.
A huge stone has been unturned and a whole lot of worms have been found crawling about underneath.
This is just one of a number of emotion-packed remarks I have heard on radio and television in the wake of the new Hillsborough stadium disaster report that revealed such a monumental cover-up and which has rightly made worldwide headlines.
So overwhelming was the stench of corruption uncovered by those who admirably and painstakingly produced the stomach-churning fresh evidence that some of the relatives of the 96 fans who died at Hillsborough are reported to have fainted when reading about the slurs on their sons and daughters,