By Andrew Warshaw in Doha
November 14 – Hassan Al-Thawadi (pictured), the public face of Qatar’s landslide 2022 World Cup bid victory, has spoken at more sports forums over the past few years than he can possibly name.
By David Gold
November 14 – Former France winger David Ginola is taking former national team coach Gérard Houllier to a court in Toulon for alleged “public insult and defamation” relating to a feud between the pair going back to the 1994 World Cup qualifiers.
By David Gold
November 13 – The Northern Irish Football Association (NIFA) chief executive, Patrick Nelson, has said that youngsters can “achieve their dreams with us,” as the country looks to develop the next generation of players who they hope will help guide them to the World Cup in Brazil in three years’ time.
By Andrew Warshaw in Doha
November 13 – Qatar has taken the next decisive step in its preparations for the 2022 World Cup by signing a collaboration agreement with The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS), the not-for-profit sport organisation based here in the capital.
By Andrew Warshaw in Doha
November 13 – The operations director for the 2014 World Cup insists the country will be ready on time despite constant concerns expressed by both Sepp Blatter and his FIFA number two, Jerome Valcke.
By David Gold
November 13 – A new stadium built in Wrocław for the 2012 European Championships has played host to its first international game, as Poland lost 2-0 to Italy, whilst the renovated Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Ukraine, which will host the final of the tournament, saw the hosts draw 3-3 with Germany in the first match played there since work was completed.
By David Gold
November 13 – Brazil’s preparations for the 2014 World Cup were boosted at the weekend as 3,000 special police officers backed by 24 armoured vehicles and seven helicopters occupied Rocinha, the largest slum in Rio de Janeiro, where the final of the competition will be held.
By Declan Warrington
November 13 – African stars Samuel Eto’o and Yaya Toure were present as Puma announced a feature at the Design Museum in London to mark the unveiling of 10 new football kits for some of Africa’s biggest football nations.
By David Gold
November 13 – A small section of Welsh fans rounded on Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey during their 4-1 win over Norway on Saturday over their support for the united British football team taking part in next summer’s London Olympic Games.
By Andrew Warshaw in Doha
November 12 – Brazil’s turbulent 2014 World Cup preparations came under the spotlight again today when FIFA’s head of security warned that traditional gun-carrying methods of imposing security at games would have to end – and fast.
By Andrew Warshaw
November 12 – The row over how to cool the 2022 World Cup in Qatar burst into controversy again today when the designer of one of the Gulf state’s main stadiums denounced as “incredibly embarrassing” the comments of one of his own colleagues whom he described as “uninformed”.
By David Gold
November 14 – Major League Soccer (MLS) Commissioner, Don Garber, has praised David Beckham’s impact on football in the United States, as he gears up for what will likely be his final game of a five-year spell with LA Galaxy.
By David Gold
November 11 – Following the FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, promising he would release files relating to the organisation’s former marketing partner ISL, which are believed to implicate four members of world football’s governing body, the Brazil legend Romario has said he will press for the documents to be given to politicians in the country.
By David Gold
November 11 – Away fans have been banned from attending games between the Ligue 1 leaders, Paris St-Germain, and fierce rivals Olympique Marseille this season, the French Interior Ministry has confirmed.
By David Gold
November 10 – Outgoing Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, could return to the post of president of the Italian champions, AC Milan, the club he owns, when the country’s political future is resolved.