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.
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Norway dispatch Finland to take control of Group A
Norway 2 Finland 1
July 6 – Norway battled to a hard-fought victory 2-1 victory over Finland in Sion to all but guarantee their place at the top of Group A with one match left to play.
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Qatar’s Al Jazeera Sport first broadcaster to sign 2018 and 2022 World Cup deals
January 26 – FIFA has signed its first broadcasting contract for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups with Qatar-based Al Jazeera Sport, football’s world governing body announced today.
African Nations Cup decision postponed
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January 26 – A decision on which country’s will host the 2015 and 2017 African Nations Cup has been put back to 24 hours, it has been announced.
Adamu case “blown out of proportion” claims Nigerian Minister
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 26 – Amos Adamu, who is suspended from FIFA’s ruling Executive Committee over corruption allegations, has been unfairly treated, Nigeria’s Sports Minister has claimed.
Ukraine Euro 2012 chief in hospital after heart-attack
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 25 – Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Boris Kolesnikov (pictured), who is in charge of the country’s preparations for Euro 2012, is in stable condition in hospital after suffering a heart attack.
Bernstein promises “sensible, progressive reform” of the FA
By Andrew Warshaw
January 25 – David Bernstein (pictured) was formally voted in as the new chairman of the Football Association today after the full FA Council rubber-stamped the appointment of the former Wembley stadium boss.
We’ll have to move with or without Olympic Stadium, Levy warns Spurs fans
By Andrew Warshaw
January 25 – Tottenham Hotspur chairman Daniel Levy (pictured) has revealed the club will almost certainly have to leave their current ground even if they fail to win the right to take over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games.
Exclusive: Postponing Olympic Stadium decision OK with me – as long as West Ham win in the end, says athletics supremo Diack
By Tom Degun in Christchurch
January 25 – Lamine Diack (pictured), President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), told insideworldfootball the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) postponing the decision on the future of the Olympic Stadium is not a problem.
Blatter must be challenged to keep FIFA “vibrant and alive” warns Bin Hammam
By Andrew Warshaw
January 24 – The head of Asian football, Mohamed Bin Hammam (pictured), has launched yet another broadside against FIFA President Sepp Blatter but still will not say whether he intends taking on the 74-year-old Swiss for the leadership of football’s world governing body.
London 2012 Olympic Stadium decision postponed
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 24 – A decision on the future use of the Olympic Stadium has been postponed, it has been announced this afternoon.
England 2018 lost because it did not have a compelling story admits marketing director
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 24 – England’s campaign to host the 2018 World Cup failed so spectacularly because its bid team had such poor relations with senior members at FIFA, a senior member of its management team admitted today.
Mihir Bose: Row over Stadium caused because Government did not think London would win 2012
The row about the post-Olympic use of the Stratford stadium is the price of unexpected victory. And, if it is not quite like the wages of sin, it is just as painful.
In many ways, the 2012 bid book pledge to retain an athletics track at the Olympic stadium was the sporting equivalent of the Liberal Democrats’ pledge not to raise tuition fees.
They made it in good faith but then they did not expect to be in Government,
Poland and Ukraine confident Euro 2012 will be successful
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 24 – Polish and Ukrainian officials have been talking enthusiastically about Euro 2012, which is due to start in 500 days time, claiming that the event will boost tourism to both countries and leave a lasting legacy that will benefit generations of citizens.
Coe: “Moral obligation” to back West Ham’s bid for Olympic Stadium
By Andrew Warshaw
January 24 – Sebastian Coe waded into the debate over the future of the Olympic Stadium today, declaring there was a “moral obligation” to back West Ham United’s plans over those of Tottenham Hotspur for using the venue after next year’s summer Games.
Russia officially awarded host status for 2018 World Cup
By Andrew Warshaw
January 23 – Russia’s first milestone on the road to the 2018 FIFA World Cup was reached today in Saint-Petersburg when the country was officially given host status.
Players are getting taller, older, and prefer to play for Man Utd…
By Mike Rowbottom
January 21 – Manchester United, managed by Sir Alex Ferguson (pictured) for 25 years, has the most stable squad in Europe, according to a new survey of the 36-member national associations of UEFA.