July 7 – Belgium manager Elisabeth Gunnarsdottir (pictured) has said that her team needs ‘the right flow’ to defeat world champions Spain, who kicked off their tournament with a statement victory against Portugal and can count on the returning Aitana Bonmati.
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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By Tom Degun in Singapore
August 15 – Shahrzad Mozafar, the coach of the Iranian girl’s team at the Summer Youth Olympic Games, told insidethegames that she was happy to talk about something other than the team’s clothing after her side claimed a 1-0 win over Papa New Guinea in their second match in Group A courtesy of an early second half strike by Fatemeh Ardestani.
By Duncan Mackay in Singapore
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
August 15 – Sebastian Coe has publicly backed West Ham United’s bid to take over the Olympic Stadium after the 2012 Games in London following their pledge to keep a permanent athletics track.
August 13 – A controversial plan by the Indonesian Soccer Association (PSSI) to recruit players from overseas to play for the national team has been backed by the Government.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 13 – Dutch and Belgian bid officials believe their so-called “World Coaches legacy programme” will be the key factor that could persuade FIFA to grant them the 2018 World Cup.
August 13 – Coventry is hoping that being added to the list of venues to host football matches for the 2012 Olympics will help them win approval to build a new train station at the Ricoh Arena.
It is part of the change that has come over football that, as the new season starts, the fans must not only look out for the new players who have walked into the clubs’ changing rooms but the new owners who may now own their clubs’ boardrooms.
In the last few weeks, the football news has been as dominated by the transfers of club ownership as much as player transfers. Or more accurately stories of possible sales of clubs with Liverpool,
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
August 13 – Nottingham’s proposed controversial new stadium to host World Cup matches if England’s bid to host 2018 is successful is set to be moved from its original location, it has been reported.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 12 – Russia’s 2018 World Cup bid team has delivered the broadest hint yet that the FIFA inspection team about to visit the country will be able to include Moscow in their itinerary.
By David Owen
August 13 – Liverpool are set to enjoy an unexpected financial windfall from the World Cup in South Africa, thanks to the presence at the tournament of players like Fernando Torres (pictured), an insidetworldfootball survey can exclusively reveal.
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These are tense times to be a supporter of Liverpool Football Club.
But into every life a little sunshine must pour and, after spending two days number-crunching, I think I am in a position to announce a small piece of good news for Anfield-watchers.
The Reds look set to get a bumper share of the $40 million that FIFA has for the first time earmarked for payment to the clubs whose players took part in the recent World Cup in South Africa.
By Tom Degun in Singapore
August 12 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter told insideworldfootball tonight of his pleasure at seeing the Iranian girls team compete in the first match of the inaugural 2010 Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore despite their participation being in doubt for a long period ahead of the competition following a row over what the team were allowed to wear.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
August 11 – Football must adhere to the controversial “whereabouts” rule and top players must provide details of their location for one hour every day of the year, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) President John Fahey warned today.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
August 11 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has demanded answers from North Korea after reports that its World Cup squad was publicly humiliated and coach Kim Jong-Hun sentenced to hard labour.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
August 11 – Sepp Blatter claimed today that his view on goal-line technology had never changed and that he is behind calls for its introduction as long as the right system can be developed.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 11 – Russian officials insisted today that next week’s FIFA inspection visit for their 2018 World Cup candidature would most likely still go ahead despite the drought crisis that has plunged Moscow into a choking heat cloud.