By David Gold
October 3 – FC Sion has dropped an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) that they had lodged against the Swiss Football League after the six players who they bought whilst under a FIFA transfer ban were made eligible to play in league matches.
By David Gold
October 3 – The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) is to protest to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after reports emerged alleging that Liberia was close to agreeing to lose the crucial African Nations Cup qualifier with Mali this weekend.
By David Gold
October 3 – Plans have been handed to Newport Council for a new multi-million pound National Football Centre in Wales after the Newport International Sports Village was named as the chosen site of the proposed new venue.
By David Gold
October 3 – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will meet with FIFA President Sepp Blatter today in Brussels as she looks to discuss a disagreement over a bill in the country’s Congress that could limit the revenues of world football’s governing body.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 3 – Mohamed Bin Hammam’s latest attempt to regain both his pride and his standing in world football has failed after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected his bid to be reinstated as head of Asian football.
By David Gold
October 2 – The Qatar Football Association has confirmed that it will be hosting Iraq’s home qualifying games for the London 2012 Olympic Games and 2014 World Cup.
By Andrew Warshaw
October 2 – Ricardo Teixeira, controversial president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), has been released from hospital following two days of observation after complaining of abdominal pain.
By David Gold
October 1 – Former double world player of the year Ronaldinho is desperate for a gold medal at next year’s London Olympics as Brazil look to claim their first ever men’s football title.
By David Gold
September 30 – Seven years before games get underway at the first ever World Cup to be held in Russia, Myanmar have become the first country eliminated from the competition after violence erupted during a Brazil 2014 Asian qualifying clash with Oman in July.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 30 – Ricardo Teixeira, controversial president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), has been admitted to hospital with abdominal pain.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 29 – UEFA says it has no power to ban Carlos Tevez for apparently refusing to play for Manchester City in Tuesday’s Champions’ League fixture against Bayern Munich.
By Duncan Mackay
September 29 – Leyton Orient chairman Barry Hearn today accused London Mayor Boris Johnson of trying to give Tottenham Hotspur “a bung” to try to get them to drop their claim to the Olympic Stadium in the hope of removing the main obstacle to London’s bid to host the 2017 World Athletics Championships being successful.
By Duncan Mackay
September 29 – Tottenham Hotspur have been given a deadline of until tomorrow to accept an £8.5 million ($13.5 million/€10 million) offer of help from London Mayor Boris Johnson to build a new stadium and drop their complaint over the Olympic Stadium being given to West Ham United or risk it being taken off the table.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 29 – UEFA President Michel Platini has urged all European countries to outlaw match fixing as a criminal offence warning it brings fears to the entire continent.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 28 – FC Sion have claimed again that they will soon be reinstated to the Europa League in their legal battle with UEFA.