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 David Owen
October 13 – British Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed Sepp Blatter to Downing Street in the latest meeting between FIFA top brass and political leaders from countries bidding to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.
October 13 - Leading international branding agency Lambie-Nairn has joined the list of organisations sponsoring Qatar’s bid to host the FIFA 2022 World Cup.
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Liverpool fans gathering outside the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand would have been better advised to move a short distance westwards to Parliament Square to get our law-makers to address an essential problem in football: that we now have an extraordinarily unlevel playing field when it comes to the national game.
The fact is that the football industry is like a dysfunctional family and this has come about through muddle headed law-making.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
October 12 – South Korean FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-joon today claimed that he had no plans to challenge Sepp Blatter for the Presidency of football’s world governing body.
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At Wembley tonight, England’s footballers take on Montenegro in a Euro 2012 qualifier.
Improbably enough, it is the visitors who head the group with three wins out of three - pretty remarkable given that the country declared independence just four years ago and, at some 5,000 square miles, is a touch smaller than Northern Ireland and a touch bigger than Death Valley National Park.
As star player Mirko Vucinic and his team-mates pursue their dream tonight at one of world sport’s most famous venues,
By Tom Degun
October 11 – Sports Minister Hugh Robertson says Britain must rid itself of using the term ‘Decade of Sport’ as it implies a sense of entitlement to host major sporting events.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
October 11 – UK Athletics today threw its support behind West Ham’s bid to take over London’s Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games because they believe it is the best way to ensuring that the running track remains.
October 10 – Thousands of square metres of real grass were laid on Sydney’s iconic Harbour Bridge in an event designed to support Australia’s bid to host the 2022 World Cup.
October 10 – England hosting the 2018 World Cup would be a “magical” thing, according to one leading Premier League boss.
By Andrew Warshaw in London
October 10 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter is on the verge of meeting British Prime Minister David Cameron (pictured) as England steps up its bid to host the 2018 World Cup.
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By Andrew Warshaw
October 9 – Asian football’s most powerful administrator has revealed he would have preferred the votes for the next two World Cups to be split.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 9 – The 2012 European Championship finals were never in jeopardy despite Ukraine’s initial inability to meet strict criteria, according to UEFA’s chief operating officer, Martin Kallen (pictured).
October 8 – Football administrators in Australia have agreed to a “unified and unprecedented commitment” to work together in the best interests of the game.
October 8 – FIFA has provisionally lifted the suspension of Nigeria after Government officials agreed not to intervene in the running of the sport.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 8 – The head of the Asian football federation has hinted that the most deserving candidate may not necessarily win the race to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.