By David Gold
February 3 – Chelsea defender John Terry has been stripped of the England captaincy by the England Football Association (FA) chairman, David Bernstein, days after it was announced he would stand trial for allegedly racially abusing Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand in July.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 3 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has requested a full report from Egyptian authorities over the violence that left 74 people dead and over 1,000 injured.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 3 – Former UEFA boss Lennart Johansson (pictured left) has called for FIFA President Sepp Blatter (right) to step down and hand over the reins now rather than at the end of his four-year term in 2015.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 2 – The entire board of the Egyptian Football Association has been dissolved by the Government in the wake of the riots on Wednesday in which 74 people died and over 1,000 were injured, reports said.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 2 – Horace Burrell (pictured), President of the Jamaica Football Federation (JFF), who was banned for six months – including three suspended – as part of last year’s cash-for-votes debacle, has broken his silence by admitting he failed to cooperate with the official investigation.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 2 – Three days of national mourning have been declared by the Egyptian authorities after at least 74 people died and over 1,000 were injured in one of football’s deadliest cases of fan violence for years.
By David Gold
February 1 – Thousands have been injured and 73 people have died tonight in clashes between rival fans of al-Ahly and Masry in the Egyptian Premier League, which has been indefinitely suspended as a result.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 1 – After numerous false dawns, FIFA have finally promised a “definitive decision” on goal-line technology but not until July, almost certainly ruling out it out for the start of next season.
By David Gold
February 1 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has published the reasons why it ruled in favour of UEFA in their battle with Swiss side FC Sion over their expulsion from the Europa League in December.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 1 – Caribbean football officials meet in Cuba tomorrow (February 2) in a concerted drive to restore credibility for the region after the worst period in its history.
By Andrew Warshaw
February 1 – The global crackdown on match fixing has achieved one of its biggest coups to date after the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) suspended a staggering 67 players, including the core of its national team, following a long-standing investigation.
By David Gold
January 31 – Turkish Football Federation (TFF) chairman Mehmet Ali Aydınlar (pictured) and two of his deputies, Göksel Gümüşdağ and Lütfi Arıboğan, have resigned from their posts as a result of the ongoing match fixing investigation in the country.
By David Gold
January 31 – India’s Premier League Soccer (PLS) has held an auction in Calcutta, in which almost $21 million (£13 million/€16 million) was spent by franchises on the likes of 2006 World Cup winning captain Fabio Cannavaro and former France midfielder Robert Pirès.
By David Gold
January 31 – Brazil’s Brasilierão has climbed above Holland’s top flight to become the world’s sixth richest league, according to a study by BDO RCS, as football benefits from the country’s economic boom.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 31 – Britain’s automatic FIFA Presidency is no longer under threat despite last year’s opposition to Sepp Blatter’s unchallenged re-election as FIFA President, according to the newest member of the organisation’s hierarchy, Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein (pictured).