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 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.
By Tom Degun
April 29 – London 2012 have revealed that 1.4 million tickets for the Olympic football competition will go back on sale to the public tomorrow morning (April 30) at 11am on a first come, first served basis with Ticketmaster stating they are confident there will be no issues or technical problems for people trying to purchase them via the official website.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 28 – The administrators running beleaguered Scottish giant Glasgow Rangers have confirmed they have finally received two formal bids for the club – one from the Blue Knights consortium controlled by former director Paul Murray and the other from American tycoon Bill Miller.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 27 – Germany have pulled out of the race to stage the 2020 European Championships, a decision that once again impacts on Turkey.
By David Gold
April 27 – Following this week’s draw for the London 2012 Olympic Games football tournament, Brazil and the United States (pictured left) are favourites with the bookmakers for the men’s and women’s gold medals.
By David Gold
April 27 – Turkish side Fenerbahçe have dropped a case with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against UEFA over their expulsion from this season’s Champions League.