By David Gold
September 3 – United Arab Emirates Football League club Al-Wasl will play in the country’s first air-conditioned stadium, paving the way for similar venues to be constructed elsewhere in the area.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 3 – The official match ball for the 2014 FIFA World Cup finals will be named Brazuca, a term used by Brazilians to describe national pride in the country’s way of life and which symbolises emotion and pride.
By David Gold
September 3 – Swedish player Victor Brännström died yesterday after collapsing during a second division match between Piteå and Umedalens.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 3 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has no intention of standing down before his final term of office is completed – and still believes UEFA boss Michel Platini is his most likely successor despite the pair drifting apart in recent months.
By David Gold
September 2 – United States women’s football coach Pia Sundhage, who led the country to a third successive Olympic gold medal in London this summer, is stepping down to return to her native Sweden.
By David Gold
September 1 – FIFA and Brazil 2014 have denied reports that Rio de Janeiro’s Maracanã could stage a quarterfinal of the World Cup.
By David Gold
September 1 – The Russian Audit Chamber has launched an investigation into the Russian Football Union (RFU) accounts.
By Andrew Warshaw in Monaco
August 31 – UEFA President Michel Platini today reiterated that European football’s governing body would never embrace goal-line technology – and denounced FIFA boss Sepp Blatter for unilaterally supporting its implementation at the next World Cup.
By Andrew Warshaw in Monaco
August 31 – On the final day of the summer transfer window, President Michel Platini warned today that UEFA will not back down over plans to enforce sanctions against clubs who spend beyond their means.
By David Gold
August 30 – German Bundesliga champions Borussia Dortmund has announced record revenues of €215 million (£171 million/$270 million) for the 2011-12 season.
By Andrew Warshaw in Monaco
August 31 – UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino used the high-profile draw for the Champions League group stage to stress to Europe’s top teams today that they must comply with strict new rules on overspending.
By David Gold
August 31 – Major League Soccer outfit Sporting Kansas City will continue to name their stadium after Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong Foundation, despite the cyclist’s decision not to fight doping allegations.
By Duncan Mackay at the Main Press Centre on the Olympic Park in London
August 30 – G4S has ruled out bidding for the security contracts at the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics following the fiasco at London 2012, which it confirmed will cost the company £50 million ($78 million/€64 million).
By Andrew Warshaw
August 30 – Just weeks after announcing a revamped Ethics Committee aimed at combating corruption as part of his road map to reform, FIFA President Sepp Blatter has criticised one of the body’s two independent chiefs.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 30 – Claims that a senior official in Asian football embezzled nearly $10 million (£6.3 million/€8 million) are being investigated in Malaysia, according to reports.