England 4 Netherlands 0
July 9 – The European champions responded in style to the pressure that had been building after their opening 2-1 defeat against France. England comprehensively demolished the Netherlands 4-0 with Lauren James scoring a brace.
By Duncan Mackay in Zurich
June 1 – New Asian Football Confederation (AFC) President Zhang Jilong today promised a “revolution” to help repair the damage caused by the alleged bribery allegations involving Mohamed Bin Hammam.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
June 1 – An attempt by Arab nations to relax the rules on players switching nationality was thrown out by FIFA today, a blow to countries like 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar to buy up and develop young talent ahead of the next World Cup in Brazil.
By David Gold
June 1 – FIFA has expressed fresh concerns over Brazil’s progress in developing its infrastructure sufficiently in time for the 2014 World Cup.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
June 1 – England’s gamble to try to get FIFA Presidential election called off today failed as expected even though 16 other countries supported the move.
By Duncan Mackay in Zurich
June 1 – Sepp Blatter today announced that FIFA’s 208 member federations will select the host country of the 2026 World Cup rather than the ruling Executive Committee.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
June 1 – Mohamed Bin Hammam, the one-time challenger to Sepp Blatter for the FIFA Presidency before being charged with alleged serious bribery, flew out of here today a few hours before his rival was about to be appointed for a fourth and final term.
By Duncan Mackay in Zurich
June 1 – Germany has called for the circumstances that led to Qatar being awarded the 2022 World Cup to be investigated as the controversy surrounding the decision to award the tournament to the tiny Gulf state refuses to subside.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
May 31 – Chuck Blazer, the prominent FIFA official who blew the whistle on the biggest bribery scandal in its history, faced a battle to keep his position as general secretary of the CONCACAF Confederation tonight as the crisis at the heart of the world governing body took a farcical turn.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
May 31 – English Football Association chairman David Bernstein has claimed he wants his organisation to play a significant role in reforming FIFA having decided to abstain in tomorrow’s Presidential vote.
By David Gold
May 31 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has taken a break from defending world football’s governing body from public criticism and bribery allegations to confirm that Bosnia has had a suspension preventing it from competing in international football lifted.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
May 31 – International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Jacques Rogge has claimed here today that under-fire FIFA will emerge from their current crisis if they copy the way the IOC reformed itself more than ten years ago.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
May 31 – Veteran FIFA vice-president Jack Warner has been reported for allegedly violating the terms of his ban from all football-related activities.
By Duncan Mackay in Zurich
May 31 – Secret negotiations are taking place for Sepp Blatter to step down as President of FIFA in 2013 rather than serve the full four-year term he would be due if he is elected here tomorrow, it has been claimed.
By David Gold
May 31 – St. Etienne and Toulouse missed out as the French Football Federation (FFF) confirmed the nine cities to host games during the 2016 European Championships, which will include new stadiums in Lille and Lyon.
By Andrew Warshaw in Zurich
May 31 – Asian football chief Mohamed Bin Hammam has ordered his members not to walk out of tomorrow’s eagerly awaited FIFA Congress as he and veteran FIFA powerbroker Jack Warner stepped up their legal fight against being suspended for allegedly paying thousands of dollars in bribes to Caribbean nations.