Mexico dominate USA to retain their Gold Cup title
Mexico 2 USA 1
July 6 – In front of a sold-out crowd of 70,925 in the NRG Stadium in Houston, Mexico beat the USA 2-1 to win the 2025 Gold Cup.
Women's Euro 2025
Swiss keep knockout hopes alive as Iceland exit
Switzerland 2 Iceland 0
July 6 – Switzerland got their Euro 2025 campaign back on track with a 2-0 victory against Iceland, the first team to be eliminated from the tournament.
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Lennart Johansson calls for FIFA President Sepp Blatter to step down
By Andrew Warshaw
February 3 – Former UEFA boss Lennart Johansson (pictured left) has called for FIFA President Sepp Blatter (right) to step down and hand over the reins now rather than at the end of his four-year term in 2015.
Prime Minister disbands Egyptian FA after deadly riots
By Andrew Warshaw
February 2 – The entire board of the Egyptian Football Association has been dissolved by the Government in the wake of the riots on Wednesday in which 74 people died and over 1,000 were injured, reports said.
David Gold: There are so many compelling reasons for the watching the London 2012 football tournaments
Football at the Olympics is greeted with a shrug here in Europe. Sales of tickets for this summer’s Games in London demonstrate that point illustratively. A total of 1.5 million tickets for the football went back on sale at the end of November, months after the mad dash for seats in the original ballot. With 8.8 million tickets overall for the Olympics, this represents a significant share given that it is one of only 26 sports.
Brazil 2014 World Cup stadium workers threaten strike
By Andrew Warshaw
February 2 – Workers at yet another of the 2014 World Cup stadiums, the Arena Fonte Nova (pictured) in Salvador, Brazil, have threatened to go on strike.
Burrell breaks silence on cash-for-votes scandal
By Andrew Warshaw
February 2 – Horace Burrell (pictured), President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), who was banned for six months – including three suspended – as part of last year’s cash-for-votes debacle, has broken his silence by admitting he failed to cooperate with the official investigation.
Lynch resigns from Visa head of global sponsorship marketing role after 16 years
By Tom Degun
February 2 – Michael Lynch, the Visa head of global sponsorship marketing, has resigned following a successful 16-year career with the American multinational financial services corporation.
Former London 2012 marketing executive forced out at Tottenham Hotspur
By Andrew Warshaw
February 2 – Tottenham Hotspur executive director Charlie Wijeratna, hired little more than a year ago from London 2012 with a brief to bring in fresh sponsorship, has left the club.
Egypt goes into mourning after what Blatter describes as a “black day” for football
By Andrew Warshaw
February 2 – Three days of national mourning have been declared by the Egyptian authorities after at least 74 people died and over 1,000 were injured in one of football’s deadliest cases of fan violence for years.
Dozens killed in football riot in Egypt
By David Gold
February 1 – Thousands have been injured and 73 people have died tonight in clashes between rival fans of al-Ahly and Masry in the Egyptian Premier League, which has been indefinitely suspended as a result.
FIFA promise “definitive decision” on goal-line technology
By Andrew Warshaw
February 1 – After numerous false dawns, FIFA have finally promised a “definitive decision” on goal-line technology but not until July, almost certainly ruling out it out for the start of next season.
UEFA were entitled to expel Sion from the Europa League, explain CAS
By David Gold
February 1 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has published the reasons why it ruled in favour of UEFA in their battle with Swiss side FC Sion over their expulsion from the Europa League in December.
Chelsea achieve record turnover and reduce losses
By David Gold
February 1 – Chelsea have reduced their annual losses to £67.7 million (€80 million/$106 million) for the year ending June 30, 2011, largely thanks to record turnover of £222 million (€266 million/$357 million).
London Mayor Boris Johnson urges Tottenham to move on with new ground development
By Andrew Warshaw
February 1 – Tottenham Hotspur, whose battle to move into the Olympic Stadium was abandoned last year following a bitter wrangle, have been urged by London Mayor Boris Johnson (pictured) to press ahead with a new ground in their own back yard after the parties struck a fresh £27 million ($43 million/€33 million) funding agreement.
Exclusive: CFU Normalisation Committee initiate talks to restore region’s integrity
By Andrew Warshaw
February 1 – Caribbean football officials meet in Cuba tomorrow (February 2) in a concerted drive to restore credibility for the region after the worst period in its history.
Almost 70 Zimbabwean players suspended in match fixing probe
By Andrew Warshaw
February 1 – The global crackdown on match fixing has achieved one of its biggest coups to date after the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) suspended a staggering 67 players, including the core of its national team, following a long-standing investigation.