MAY 30 – AN AMBITIOUS blueprint for the future of the controversial Maze Prison site in Northern Ireland, featuring a 42,000 sports stadium that officials hope will stage matches during the 2012 Olympic football tournament, will be unveiled today.
May 29 – A football team of only English players is set to represent Britain at the 2012 London Olympics after the other three Home Countries agreed that they would turn a “blind eye” to their participation.
May 29 – A football team of only English players is set to represent Britain at the 2012 London Olympics after the other three Home Countries agreed that they would turn a “blind eye” to their participation.
MAY 12 – RICHARD CABORN (pictured) has brokered a deal between FIFA and the World Anti-Doping Agency that should ensure football remains in the 2012 Olympics.
MAY 12 – RICHARD CABORN (pictured) has brokered a deal between FIFA and the World Anti-Doping Agency that should ensure football remains in the 2012 Olympics.
May 8 – Officials in Indonesia have insisted today that their challenge to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup should be taken seriously.
May 7 – FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-Joon (pictured) has launched an extraordinary attack on Asian Football Confederation (AFC) chief Mohamed bin Hammam, saying he had mental problems and needed hospital treatment.
May 7 – FIFA vice-president Chung Mong-Joon (pictured) has launched an extraordinary attack on Asian Football Confederation (AFC) chief Mohamed bin Hammam, saying he had mental problems and needed hospital treatment.
April 16 – A solution could still be find in the row over a British football team to compete at London 2012, the chief executive of the British Olympic Association Andy Hunt (pictured) claimed today.
April 16 – A solution could still be find in the row over a British football team to compete at London 2012, the chief executive of the British Olympic Association Andy Hunt (pictured) claimed today.
April 3 – Hill & Knowlton has been appointed as the official communications agency for the joint candidature of Belgium and Holland for the World Cup 2018 and 2022, it was announced today.
By Duncan Mackay in Denver
March 29 – Jacques Rogge (pictured) has said he hopes Britain will compete in the football tournament at London in 2012 but is refusing to get involved in the row over how the team is selected.
By Duncan Mackay in Denver
March 29 – Jacques Rogge (pictured) has said he hopes Britain will compete in the football tournament at London in 2012 but is refusing to get involved in the row over how the team is selected.
March 10 – Britain could field a football team made up entirely of English players at the 2012 London Olympics, Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe said again today during a debate on the subject in the House of Commons.
March 10 – Britain could field a football team made up entirely of English players at the 2012 London Olympics, Sports Minister Gerry Sutcliffe said again today during a debate on the subject in the House of Commons.