By Mihir Bose
June 7 – The last few weeks have hardly been an advertisement for world football with corruption scandals engulfing FIFA but, for Alexey Sorokin, chief executive of the Russian 2018 organising committee, none of this will dim the glory of the World Cup.
By David Gold
June 8 – Racing Santandar have been forced to appeal for help from their regional Government and the previous owners as fears grow over the commitment of Indian owner Ahsan Ali Syed.
By Duncan Mackay
June 7 – Chuck Blazer has promised that it is business as normal at CONCACAF despite the confusion surrounding his own position following the suspension of FIFA vice-president Jack Warner.
By Duncan Mackay
June 7 – New FIFA vice-president Prince Ali of Jordan promised today that he will try to find a solution to the row which has seen the chances of Iran’s women’s Olympic football team competing at London 2012 because of their refusal to stop wearing their Islamic headscarf.
By David Gold
June 7 – Diarmuid Crowley, a speaker at this month’s Inside World Football Moscow Forum and Senior Vice-President of global sports, fashion and media organisation IMG, believes Russia is in a better position to take advantage of hosting the World Cup than last year’s hosts South Africa were.
By David Gold
June 7 – Stewart Regan, the chief executive of the Scottish Football Association (SFA), wants the organisation to vote for groundbreaking changes to the national game today when they hold their Annual General Meeting at Hampden Park in Glasgow.
By David Gold
June 7 – The Scottish Football Association (SFA) has agreed a radical change to its governance and structures, which represents a significant achievement for its chief executive Stewart Regan, who championed the reforms.
By David Gold
June 7 – Johan Cruyff has been elected to the Ajax Board of directors as the club hope to rediscover the glory days of the 1970s.
By David Gold
June 7 – UEFA has confirmed that the award of rights to broadcast Champions League and Europa League games between 2012 and 2015 to various media outlets in Asia.
By Andrew Warshaw in Kiev
June 7 – Kiev officials went firmly on the defensive as it emerged the venue for the final of next year’s Euro 2012 Championships is lagging well behind schedule.
By David Gold
June 7 – Edusport Travel has been appointed as the exclusive South African agent of MATCH hospitality, the rights holder of the FIFA hospitality programme, to sell the packages for the 2013 Confederations Cup and 2014 World Cup, taking place in Brazil.
By Andrew Warshaw in Donetsk
June 6 – Organisers of Euro 2012 in Ukraine and Poland are cranking up the publicity machine a year ahead of the finals with an intensive show of force aimed at showcasing the positive elements of the controversial joint hosts.
By Emily Goddard
June 6 – DHL, Manchester United’s Official Courier and Logistics Partner, has been announced as the title sponsor of the club’s summer tour of the United States.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 6 – The newest and youngest member of FIFA’s inner sanctum says everyone within the organisation’s hierarchy must now be held accountable for their actions following the biggest bribery scandal in the history of world football.
By David Gold
June 6 – Wembley Stadium’s group events director David Thomson, who will be speaking at the Inside World Football Moscow Forum, says that Russia’s new stadia for the 2018 World Cup must be flexible enough to host various types of events if they are to be a success beyond the tournament and provide a lasting legacy for the country.