By Andrew Warshaw
February 8 – The 2022 World Cup will boost tourism to Qatar by 10 per cent according to Hassan Al-Thawadi (pictured), secretary general of the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee.
By David Gold
February 7 – Brazil has auctioned off the rights to overhaul three key airports which are being renovated for the 2014 World Cup.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 7 – A series of warm up games immediately before South Africa hosted the 2010 World Cup were “probably” targeted by Asian illegal match fixing syndicates, according to a leading South African Football Association (SAFA) official.
By David Gold
February 6 – Russian Football Union (RFU) President Sergey Fursenko is determined that the country becomes a European football superpower, and has underlined their ambition to lift the World Cup on home soil in 2018.
By David Gold
February 3 – A court has ordered workers involved in the construction of a stadium in Recife for the 2014 World Cup to end a strike which has lasted more than a week.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 2 – Workers at yet another of the 2014 World Cup stadiums, the Arena Fonte Nova (pictured) in Salvador, Brazil, have threatened to go on strike.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 28 – UEFA President Michel Platini (pictured right) has justified why he voted for Qatar to stage the 2022 World Cup, denying he was following instructions from French President Nicolas Sarkozy (left).
By David Gold
January 28 – MATCH Hospitality has appointed Grupo Mundomex and Nevada Tours as co-exclusive sales agents in Mexico for the official FIFA hospitality programmes during the 2013 Confederations Cup and 2014 World Cup, being held in Brazil.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 22 – Brazil’s preparations for staging the 2014 World Cup have been further undermined by a seemingly off-the-cuff remark from FIFA President Sepp Blatter that 2018 hosts Russia are already making better progress.
By David Gold
January 21 – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (pictured) has indicated that supporters with tickets to matches for the 2018 World Cup will be able to travel across the country for free, and also confirmed that they will not need to obtain visas.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 19 – Beer must be freely on sale inside stadiums at the 2014 World Cup, FIFA general secretary Jérôme Valcke reiterated today.
By David Gold
January 18 – Hassan Al-Thawadi (pictured), secretary general of the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee, has promised to give more rights to construction workers building stadiums for the World Cup in the gulf state.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 17 – FIFA general secretary Jérôme Valcke (pictured) has repeated his call for a quick resolution to Brazilian legislation in order to prevent holdups over the 2014 World Cup.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 15 – Under fire Brazilian powerbroker Ricardo Teixeira (pictured left) will be conspicuous by his absence when FIFA general secretary Jérôme Valcke flies to Brazil today for his latest bi-monthly series of World Cup 2014 meetings.
By Duncan Mackay
January 11 – The Mail on Sunday paid £50,000 ($77,000/€60,000) to the mistress of the former English Football Association chairman, Lord Triesman, for the exclusive story that led to him having to step down as the head of England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup, it was revealed today.