By David Gold
October 5 – England’s under-21 boss Stuart Pearce has confirmed that he wants to manage the Great British football team at the London 2012 Olympic Games, calling the opportunity a “great privilege”.
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 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.
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By David Gold
September 28 – South Africa will host the 2013 African Nations Cup, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed after an Executive Committee meeting in Cairo.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 27 – UEFA President Michel Platini claims he has been reassured by the progress made by Ukraine in preparation for next year’s European Championships, being organised jointly with Poland, and that only “some little problems” remain to be sorted out.
By David Gold
September 26 – Morocco’s under-23 coach Pim Verbeek has slammed the timing of the African Olympic men’s qualifying tournament for London 2012, which kicks off in Egypt on November 26.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 21 – In an unprecedented and embarrassing U-turn, FIFA tonight backtracked over the appointment of controversial African football powerbroker Issa Hayatou to spearhead the London 2012 football tournament at a time when he is under investigation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for alleged corruption.
By Tom Degun at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry
September 19 – London 2012 chairman Sebastian Coe claimed today that he is confident tickets for the football tournament at the Olympic Games next year will sell-out.
By David Gold
September 17 – Britain’s Olympic football teams will be staying at the Athletes’ Village during the London 2012 Games, ditching their usual pre-match home of the Grove hotel in Watford, The Football Association has announced.
By David Gold
September 16 – FIFA has clarified that North Korea’s women’s football team can compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games despite not being able to qualify for the next World Cup as sanctions placed on the country after some of its players tested positive for banned substances are meant to apply only to that competition.
By David Gold
September 13 – South Africa’s women have qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games football tournament for the first time in history after a 1-1 draw with Ethiopia saw them through 4-1 on aggregate.
By David Gold
September 11 – North Korea’s women’s football team qualified for the London Olympic Games after crushing Thailand 5-0 in the final round of qualifiers in Jian, China, finishing second behind Japan.
By David Gold
September 9 – World champions Japan qualified for the London 2012 Olympic Games after a 1-1 draw with North Korea whilst Australia beat China 1-0 in the Asian football women’s qualifying tournament in Jinan today.
By David Gold
September 5 – Arsenal and Scotland midfielder Kim Little (pictured) has said she wants to play for Britain’s Olympic football team during next year’s Olympic Games.
By David Gold
September 3 – Libya won their first game since the overthrow of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi with a 1-0 win over Mozambique in neighbouring Egypt to put them in with a great chance of qualifying for next year’s African Nations Cup, being held in Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.