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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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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Angolan attack does not affect World Cup, South African official claims
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By Duncan Mackay
January 9 – The attack on a bus of the Togo national football team in Angola will not affect this year’s World Cup in South Africa, officials there have claimed.
Togo pull out of African Nations Cup after gun attack
January 9 – Togo have today withdrawn from the African Nations Cup in Angola following the machine gun attack on their team bus yesterday, with the death toll now understood to have risen to three and team coach Hubert Velud criticising the organisers reaction to the horrific incident.
David Owen: Angolan attack highlights South African security concerns
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It has been a dreadful start to the year for African football.
I was just settling down to write a column arguing that African governing body CAF’s decision to sign an exclusive sponsorship deal with Qatar 2022 demonstrated that FIFA needed to take a firmer grip on the World Cup bidding process - either that or simply auction the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to the highest bidders - when word of the attack on the Togo team came through.
Premier League clubs worried about multi-million pound stars in Angola
January 8 – English Premier League clubs have demanded assurances from FIFA about the safety of their players in Angola, including Nigeria’s Nwankwo Kanu (pictured), following the attack today by gunmen on a bus carrying the Togo squad into Angola to finalise their preparations for the tournament.
Deaths as Togo team bus machine-gunned in Angola
By Duncan Mackay
January 8 – A bus carrying the Togo national team, including Manchester City’s £25 million striker Emmanuel Adebayor (pictured), has come under attack from gunfire in Angola, where they were preparing for the African Cup of Nations, which is due to open there on Sunday.
Arsenal do not fear takeover by Kroenke
January 8 – Arsenal do not expect majority shareholder Stan Kroenke (pictured) to launch a takeover bid despite being close to the threshold for a mandatory offer, chief executive Ivan Gazidis claimed today.
Exclusive: Row will not derail Australian World Cup bid promises Sports Minister
By Andrew Warshaw
January 8 – Kate Ellis (pictured), Australia’s Sports Minister, insists the country’s bid to stage the World Cup in 2018 or 2022 will not be adversely affected either by kickoff schedules or by an escalating row with other sports.
Sedibe takes over as chief executive of SAFA – for now
By Duncan Mackay
January 7 – Leslie Sedibe (pictured), a lawyer, was today unveiled as the new chief executive of the South African Football Association (SAFA) as it enters the most crucial six months of its history.
England unconcerned by CAF exclusive deal with Qatar
January 7 – England and other nations bidding to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will not be permitted to make presentations to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) later this month after Qatar signed an exclusive sponsorship deal, it was revealed today.
England unconcerned by CAF exclusive deal with Qatar
January 7 – England and other nations bidding to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will not be permitted to make presentations to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) later this month after Qatar signed an exclusive sponsorship deal, it was revealed today.
Angola is ready for African Nations Cup says Government
January 7 – Angola is ready to host the African Cup of Nations, which open on Sunday, the country’s Government has declared.
Iraqi clubs banned from Asian Cup
January 7 – Iraqi clubs have been banned from this year’s Asian Cup, it was announced today.
Wimbledon fans set to take Milton Keynes complaint to FIFA
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January 7 – Wimbledon supporters are threatening to take the row over the choice of Milton Keynes as a venue for the 2018 World Cup if England’s bid is successful to world governing body FIFA.
Sheffield Council deny United claims over Wednesday bias
By Duncan Mackay
January 7 – Sheffied City Council today denied accusations from Sheffield United that they favoured a planning application from local rivals Sheffield Wednesday over them to help them be chosen as venue for the 2018 World Cup if England’s bid to host the tournament.
South African FA chief executive leaves just six months before World Cup
January 6 – Raymond Hack (pictured) has resigned as chief executive of the South African Football Association (SAFA) less than six months before the World Cup in the continuing fall-out from the battle for power in the domestic game.