January 31 – The Official Poster of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the final visual icon to be launched for the 2014 World Cup, has been unveiled in Rio de Janeiro as part of FIFA’s ‘500-day’ visit to Brazil.
By Mark Baber
January 31 – AZ Alkmar striker Jozy Altidore responded to racist abuse by Den Bosch fans, Tuesday, by insisting the match continue and going on to score a penalty, as his side ran out 5-0 winners.
By Mark Baber
January 31 – Fulham chairman, Mohamed Al Fayed, has converted his £212m in loans to the club into equity, leaving Fulham effectively debt-free.
It would be foolish in the extreme to believe that just because the Commons Select Committee on Culture Media and Sport has given the football authorities a bollocking, things will change in the national game. This may be the second verbal lashing the MPs have administered football in two years but just because the MPs wave a big stick it does not mean they will follow up by using it to whack the football authorities if,
By Mark Baber
30 January – Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (pictured), chairman of the European Club Association and Bayern Munchen, says a rescheduling of the season away from winter football could be on the cards.
January 30 – The Egyptian Premier League, which hasn’t seen a ball kicked in competitive action since February 2012, may still start this weekend (February 2) despite on-going street violence and instability within the country. Games will be played behind closed doors.
January 30 – Shanghai Shenhua have issued a statement on their website claiming that Didier Drogba is still under contract at the Chinese club, two days after the announcement he had signed for Turkish club Galatasaray.
January 30 – Julio Grondona, president of the Argentinean Football Federation (AFA) has said he will step down from the AFA presidency in 2015, at the end of his current term.
January 30 – UEFA President and FIFA Executive Committee member Michel Platini has moved quickly to defend his decision to vote for Qatar as 2022 World Cup host and refute any implication of outside influence on his vote.
By Mark Baber
January 30 – The long-running soap opera that has become Mario Balotelli in England looks to be drawing to a close with AC Milan’s announcement that he has agreed a four-and-a-half year contract.
By Mark Baber
January 30 – Arsenal will visit Indonesia as part of their pre-season tour for 2013 playing the Indonesian national side in Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno Stadium on July 14.
By Mark Baber
January 29 – The new joint Belgium-Dutch BeNe league could become a cross border model for the establishment of more competitive and better marketed women’s football leagues in the future.
By Mark Baber
January 29 – The 150 year old English Football Association has been blasted in a follow-up report by a government Select Committee into the governance of the game in England, with the recommendation that if no progress is made within the next 12 months then Government will be left with no choice but to step in with legislation as soon as practically possible.
January 29 – Already trumpeted as the most valuable sports club in the world by US business magazine Forbes, Manchester United has now become the first sports team in the world with a $3 billion valuation.
January 29 – Scottish football took a big step closer to reconstruction of its professional leagues when the Scottish Premier League (SPL) clubs yesterday backed the reconstruction proposals at a General Meeting, agreeing unanimously to move to the next stage of the process.