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 bring the party, Walti and co secure the points
July 7 – Indescribable pressure. That’s how captain Lia Walti has described the environment around the host nation at Euro 2025 even following an alleviating 1-0 victory against Iceland, Switzerland’s first win of the tournament.
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FIFA inspectors travel to Portugal to continue tour
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
September 1 – FIFA’s inspectors, led by Chilean Football Federation President Harold Mayne-Nicholls (pictured), have begun looking at the proposed facilities to be used if Portugal’s joint bid to host the 2018 World Cup is successful.
Rummenigge raises old question of compensation for injured players
By Duncan Mackay in Munich
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
September 1 – Bayern Munich are set to reopen the debate about whether clubs should receive compensation from FIFA and UEFA if its players, like Arjen Robben (pictured), are injured representing their country.
Spain and Portugal World Cup bid boosted by Mourinho and Ronaldo
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
August 31 – Being chosen to host the 2018 World Cup would cap a perfect year for Spain, the country’s Sports Minister Jamie Lissavetzky admitted today as its joint bid with Portugal rolled out Jose Mourinho and Cristiano Ronaldo to help give it a boost.
US World Cup bid signs up AT&T as new sponsor
August 31 – AT&T today signed-up as a sponsor of the United States bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.
Manchester City buck trend as transfer spending dramatically down
By David Owen
August 31 – Gross transfer spending by top-flight football clubs across Europe is down sharply from a year ago, as the global economic crisis takes its toll on the finances of the continent’s biggest sport.
FIFA inspectors begin tour of Spain and Portugal
August 30 – A delegation of FIFA inspectors, led by Harold Mayne-Nicholls, arrived in Madrid today on the last leg of their European tour of bidders to host the 2018/2022 World Cup.
FIFA inspectors to visit five US cities
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August 30 – Details of the cities and venues the FIFA inspection team will visit when they arrive in the United States next week to evaluate the country’s bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup have been revealed today.
Platini claims that new rules have avoided “total anarchy”
August 30 – UEFA President Michel Platini claims his governing body’s new rules on spending have ended the “total anarchy” that surrounded player transfers.
Qatar 2022 supported by National Bank
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August 30 – Qatar National Bank (QNB) has today been named the Official Bank of the Qatar 2022 bid to host the World Cup.
IAAF chief Diack happy with West Ham Stadium solution
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
August 30 -Sebastian Coe’s successful long-running battle to ensure that whoever takes over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 retains the athletics track has been hailed by Lamine Diack, the President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
Mihir Bose: England still searching for winning team to bring home 2018 World Cup
Just over ten years ago, after a visit to Downing Street of a FIFA delegation not very dissimilar to the one last Monday, Tony Banks, then the Prime Minister’s special envoy to the 2006 World Cup bid, made one of his exuberant comments.
“You know,” he said, “this visit proves that England is the only country that can defeat South Africa for the 2006 World Cup, Germany is out of it. I am now so close to these FIFA members I feel they are joined to the hip to me.”
Bin Hammam wants to stay as head of Asia and backs Blatter
August 30 – Mohamad Bin Hammam has confirmed he wants to stay on as president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) after next year and will not challenge Sepp Blatter for the leadership of FIFA.
Blatter wants full-time referees at Brazil World Cup
August 29 – Only full-time professional referees should be used at the next World Cup, in Brazil in 2014, FIFA President Sepp Blatter claimed today.
James Bond backs England 2018 World Cup bid
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August 28 – James Bond star Daniel Craig has become the two millionth supporter of England’s bid to hold the 2018 World Cup, they announced today.
We have to exceed expectations to win admits England 2018 chief
By Andrew Warshaw in Manchester
August 26 - Andy Anson (pictured), the chief executive of England’s 2018 World Cup bid team says the last three months of lobbying will be even more important than the four-day visit just conducted by FIFA’s technical inspection team.