Mexico 1 Honduras 0
July 2 – The question on the lips of pundits and fans at Levi Stadium, Santa Clara, was “would tonight be business as usual or unusual business?” as Mexico and Honduras met for the right to face the United States in the Concacaf Gold Cup Final on Sunday in Houston.
Spain 5 Portugal 0
July 3 – With an imperious display, world champions Spain waltzed past neighbours Portugal at the Wankdorff Stadion in Bern, winning 5-0 to back up their status as tournament favourites.
By David Gold
August 14 – Malawi have cancelled an international with Uganda which was due to take place tomorrow due to an outbreak of Ebola.
By David Gold
August 14 – Following a threat by 13 La Liga teams to delay the start of the season, the Spanish league has called a meeting of all first and second tier teams to take place today.
The Olympics always puts football in the box, if only for a brief two-week period.
Indeed, the very nature of football’s participation in the Games, with teams composed of players who hope to aspire to be the best, but are not yet the best, give it the status of an interloper. And as if to emphasise this status, football starts even before the Opening Ceremony. In the wider world, it may be the greatest of all sports,
By David Gold
August 13 – Liverpool owner John W Henry has cast doubt on whether UEFA’s Financial Fair Play rules will work.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 13 – English Football Association (FA) chairman David Bernstein wants players to copy the sporting spirit shown by athletes at London 2012.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 13 – Less than a month after having his life ban for bribery overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), former FIFA Presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam (pictured) is back in the seemingly inescapable claws of FIFA.
By David Gold
August 13 – Verona’s Emanuele Pesoli, who has been banned for three years as part of the Italian match-fixing scandal, has chained himself to the gates of the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) headquarters in Rome.
By Andrew Warshaw at Wembley Stadium in London
August 11 – A diplomatic row involving South Korea and Japan marred the latter stages of an otherwise high-quality and unpredictable men’s football competition at London 2012.
By Andrew Warshaw at Wembley Stadium in London
August 11 – Brazil’s Olympic dream was shattered once again today as unheralded Mexico, who have never done better than fourth, staged one of the great upsets to clinch gold on the proudest day in their footballing history.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 10 – Antonio Conte, who led Juventus to the Serie A title last season without losing a single game, has been banned for 10 months for his role in the Italian match-fixing scandal.
By David Gold
August 10 – Manchester United have announced they will float on the New York Stock Exchange for $14 (£9/€11) per share, rather than the $16 (£10/€13) originally announced.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 10 – Russia have won their appeal against the threat of a six-point deduction in the case of crowd trouble in the next European Championship qualifying competition, according to the Russian Football Union (RFU).
By Andrew Warshaw
August 10 – Britain will at least have some representation at tomorrow’s men’s football final when Mark Clattenburg, chosen by FIFA, referees the climax of the Olympic tournament between Brazil and Mexico.
By Andrew Warshaw at Wembley
August 9 – In front of a record crowd for an Olympic women’s match of 80,203, the United States gained sweet revenge for last year’s World Cup final defeat to Japan as they tightened their firm grip on the gold medal on a tense, sticky and absorbing night at Wembley.
By David Owen at Wembley Stadium
August 9 – “Absolutely” the best Olympic football tournament in his time at FIFA.