By Andrew Warshaw
May 2 – Roy Hodgson, the new England manager, was not just the unanimous selection of the four-man panel who identified their man almost a month ago but also the preferred choice of other senior figures within the game.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 2 – Team GB head coach Stuart Pearce seems likely to be able to focus 100 per cent on preparing a team for London 2012 as a result of Roy Hodgson’s appointment as manager of the England senior squad.
By David Gold
May 2 – Leading Russian players have criticised the state of football pitches in the country according to evidence published by the world players’ union FIFPro.
The conventional view in English football is that the Football Association, in going for Roy Hodgson as the next England manager, has made the safe choice. The argument is the people’s favourite, Harry Redknapp, would have been the bold move.
How utterly absurd. Redknapp (pictured below, on left alongside Hodgson) would have been the easy choice, hailed by the media and the supporters. It is Hodgson who is the brave, unconventional appointment, and the FA ought to be congratulated.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 2 – Brazilian Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo and members of Brazil 2014 will meet FIFA President Sepp Blatter next week for potentially breakthrough talks on the troubled hosting of the World Cup.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 1 – One of football’s most widely travelled coaches is about to embark on his toughest journey to date after Roy Hodgson was officially appointed as the new England manager today on a four-year contract, the Football Association announced.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 1 – Chris Eaton, FIFA’s former director of security, has taken up his new role with the Doha-based International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), the not-for-profit institution that specialises in helping sports events develop their security and safety strategies.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 1 – UEFA have been quick to defend Ukraine as safe 2012 European Championship joint hosts after the country was rocked by a series of blasts in Dnipropetrovsk that injured 30 people.
By David Gold
May 1 – Brazil “must break” its record of never having won an Olympic football gold medal, legendary forward Ronaldo has insisted.
By David Gold
April 30 – Arsenal’s minority shareholder, billionaire oligarch Alisher Usmanov, has reiterated his desire to increase his stake in the Premier League club to over 30 per cent.
Penny for Harry Redknapp’s thoughts. Just when neutral fans everywhere were anticipating an imminent call from the English Football Association to the man dubbed the “people’s choice” to be the next England manager, the favourite to replace Fabio Capello has been overlooked in favour of Roy Hodgson.
The move has inevitably led to a media frenzy and emotion-packed accusations that the FA have bottled it, that yet another major blunder has been made by the inner sanctum responsible for choosing Capello’s successor.
By David Gold
April 30 – FIFA has continued its inspection of potential host cities for the Russia 2018 World Cup with visits to St Petersburg and Kaliningrad.
By David Gold
April 30 – Brazil’s Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo has sought to allay fears about the 2014 World Cup they are hosting, insisting that they are working hard and that the country “has done more important and more difficult things”.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 30 – After years of false dawns and broken promises, goal-line technology is to be officially trialled in a match scenario as football’s lawmakers press ahead with further testing pending a final decision on July 2.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 29 – Roy Hodgson (pictured) looks set to become the surprise choice as the new manager of England, ending months of intense speculation that has focused almost exclusively on the favourite, Harry Redknapp.