By David Gold
March 31 – Mexico (pictured below) and Honduras booked their spots at this summer’s football tournament at the London 2012 Olympic Games with semi-final victories at the Confederation of North, Central and Caribbean Football (CONCACAF) men’s qualifiers.
By David Gold
March 31 – Controversial politician Silvio Berlusconi has once again returned to the helm as President of Italy’s Serie A reigning champions, AC Milan.
By David Gold
March 31 – The United States Sports Academy (USSA) has unveiled a bronze bust to commemorate legendary Brazilian footballer Pelé.
By Andrew Warshaw
March 30 – A hard-hitting dossier into the way FIFA has dealt with a mountain of corruption over the past two years has accused Sepp Blatter’s organisation of a “systematic” lack of transparency and “clearly unconvincing” sanctions.
By David Gold
March 30 – Progress has been made in Brazil’s Congress on the controversial 2014 World Cup law, with the bill passing a crucial stage on the way to being formally approved by President Dilma Rousseff.
By David Gold
March 30 – Oman will face Senegal at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, next month for a place at the London 2012 Olympic football tournament after a 2-0 win over Uzbekistan on Thursday.
By David Gold
March 30 – Football Federation Australia (FFA) and Hyundai A-League clubs have agreed to form a new governing body for the national league.
By Andrew Warshaw
March 29 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter, in classic tactical mode, says he is looking forward to hearing what recommendations will be made to clean up his organisation after the most scandal-tainted couple of years in its history.
By Andrew Warshaw
March 29 – Anti-corruption expert Mark Pieth tomorrow publishes his eagerly awaited report into the way FIFA operates amid growing concern he will recommend a review into the process that led to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups being awarded respectively to Russia and Qatar.
By David Gold
March 29 – Al-Ahly have vowed to boycott Egyptian football in protest at the decision of the Egyptian Football Association (EFA) to ban Al-Masry from the game for two years.
By Andrew Warshaw at Soccerex in Manchester
March 29 – Former England manager Terry Venables (pictured) has added his voice to the clamour to give the England job to Harry Redknapp in succession to Fabio Capello.
By Andrew Warshaw
March 29 – Jeffrey Webb, President of the Cayman Islands Football Association (CIFA), will stand alone for the Presidency of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) at its annual Congress on May 23 in Budapest, the confederation has confirmed.
By Andrew Warshaw at Soccerex in Manchester
March 29 – UEFA have given the biggest hint yet that it may ignore goalline technology, even if it is brought into law on a global level.
By Andrew Warshaw at Soccerex in Manchester
March 29 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter suddenly halted a much-lauded whistle blowing programme designed to weed out match-fixing and illegal gambling before it even got off the ground, it has emerged.
By Andrew Warshaw at Soccerex in Manchester
March 29 – The man charged with saving crisis-stricken English Championship club Portsmouth painted a bleak picture of all second tier teams by describing them as “a scene of carnage” in terms of their finances.