NRG Stadium sold out for Gold Cup final
July 6 – Concacaf has announced that today’s 2025 Gold Cup Final at NRG Stadium, Houston, between the United States and Mexico, is sold out.
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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Makudi confident of re-election
By David Gold
May 6 – Worawi Makudi, the chief of the Thai Football Association, is confident that he will be re-elected to the post next week despite the country’s expulsion from the 2012 Olympic football qualifiers.
Impressive World Cup gives New Zealand Football record budget surplus
By David Gold
May 6 – New Zealand’s appearance in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa led to the country’s football governing body posting a record budget surplus of $7.7 million (£3.7 million) last year.
Polish clubs forced to play in front of empty stadiums after cup final violence
By David Gold
May 6 – Legia Warsaw and Lech Poznan will play their respective Polish League games against Korona Kielce and Gornik Zabrze in front of empty stadiums after rioting following the cup final between the two sides last week.
Liverpool optimistic despite revealing £20 million loss
By David Gold
May 6 – Liverpool’s managing director Ian Ayre insists that the club is “very optimistic” about its future despite losses of £20 million ($33 million) in the club’s accounts up to July 31 2010, when previous owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett were still in charge of the Premier League side.
French 1998 World Cup winners split on quota row as Blanc’s future hangs in the balance
By David Gold
May 6 – The ethnic quota row engulfing French football has accelerated this week, with national team coach Laurent Blanc’s position in doubt, despite the suspension of the French Football Federation’s (FFF) National Technical Director Francois Blaquart.
Birmingham granted permission to play in Europe next season
By David Gold
May 6 – The FA and Premier League have given Birmingham City the green light to play in Europe next season amid concern over their financial stability.
Silva promises improvement in Brazil’s 2014 World Cup preparations
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By David Gold
May 6 – Brazil’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup will speed up towards the end of this year, according to the country’s Sports Minister Orlando Silva, who is seeking to improve the country’s image amid sluggish preparations for the tournament.
Whyte completes Rangers takeover for £1
By David Gold
May 6 – Craig Whyte (pictured) has completed his takeover of Glasgow Rangers after paying £1 ($1.63) for Sir David Murray’s stake in the Ibrox club.
UEFA chiefs back Blatter to carry on as FIFA President
By Andrew Warshaw
May 6 – The inner sanctum of European football’s governing body has pledged its “unanimous support” to Sepp Blatter in the upcoming FIFA Presidential elections.
Royal family deny reports of Leoz wedding invitation
By Andrew Warshaw
May 5 – Claims that England’s 2018 World Cup bid team invited a prominent FIFA member to last week’s royal wedding to entice his vote have been denied.
David Owen: Could CONCACAF’s support for Blatter be on the wane?
The voice came through crackly but clear on my phone as I trundled between two German cities.
“I backed [Sepp Blatter] in 1998 against [Lennart] Johansson and he won.
“I backed him in 2002 against [Issa] Hayatou and he won.
“At this point in time, I don’t see any reason why I shouldn’t back him.”
Adamu takes FIFA ban to CAS
By Andrew Warshaw
May 5 – Amos Adamu, the Nigerian football powerbroker suspended by FIFA for alleged involvement in bribery and corruption, is taking his case to the sport’s highest court to overturn his three-year ban.
Exclusive: Visa mix-up has affected my chances of beating Blatter admits Bin Hammam
By Andrew Warshaw
May 5 – New details have emerged over how Mohamed Bin Hammam, the challenger for the biggest job in world football, was unexpectedly denied a visa to the United States for the all-important CONCACAF Congress earlier this week.
Sepp Blatter: I am committed to weeding out corruption but our critics must act in a proper manner too
We live in a world where perception has become the new reality.
Largely depending on our own ability to project what we know to be fact, we are perceived as good (corporate) citizens or an amalgam of “bad men”. The negative perception is a direct result of our inability to get our message across. It is of course also the result of improper conduct by a few who tarnish the image of many.
Triesman and Lee to give evidence on England World Cup bid to Parliamentary inquiry
By Andrew Warshaw
May 5 – Mike Lee, the arch-strategist behind a series of successful World Cup and Olympic bids, is to give evidence at the latest session of the ongoing Parliamentary inquiry into football governance.