USA 2 Costa Rica 2 (USA win 4-3 on pens)
June 29 – You’d hate to use the word ‘sterile’ to describe a Concacaf Gold Cup quarter-final, but following the drama and passion of Guatemala versus Canada, it all felt a little flat as the United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) and Costa Rica kicked off for the right to face Guatemala in St. Louis. After 90 minutes and the drama of penalty kicks,
By Andrew Warshaw
October 1 – The difference of opinion between FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his UEFA opposite number Michel Platini over whether to use goal-line technology or extra referees’ assistants has been stoked up once again.
It may still be six years away, but the first major milestone of the Russia 2018 World Cup was reached this weekend as FIFA announced the 11 cities and 12 stadiums that will host matches at the tournament. The world knew that Moscow, St Petersburg, Sochi, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Yekaterinburg and Saransk would be staging games. The news of note was that they would be joined by Kaliningrad, Samara, Rostov-on-Don and Volgograd. Yaroslavl missed out,
By David Gold
September 30 – The new Perform centre at St George’s Park, which will be used by the England national team as its training base, has opened to the public.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 30 – Accusations that it put commercial considerations, in particular television coverage in Europe, before the health of players when deciding on kick off times for the 2014 World Cup were totally rejected today by FIFA.
By Duncan Mackay
September 30 – Russia will spend a projected $19.2 million (£11.9 billion/€14.9 billion) on getting ready to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018, the country’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko revealed today.
By David Gold
September 29 – Fans attending the Russia 2018 FIFA World Cup could spend whole days or more travelling after the confirmation tonight that Kaliningrad and Yekaterinburg are among the 11 cities chosen to host matches.
By David Gold
September 28 – CSKA Sofia are set to be thrown out of the Bulgarian championship, if UEFA carries through on its threat to ban the club from European competition for three seasons.
By David Gold
September 28 – Arsenal have revealed profit before tax of £36.6 million ($59 million/€46 million) for the last financial year ending May 31, 2012, a substantial increase on the previous figures.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 28 – The international players’ union FIFPro has criticised a Bulgarian club for requesting its players and coaches to take lie detector tests following a surprise defeat.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 28 – Real Madrid have tied up their existing kit supply deal with adidas until the end of the 2019-2020 season.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 28 – The draw for the qualifying campaign for the expanded 2016 UEFA European Championship in France will take place in Nice on March 9, 2014, France 2016 President Jacques Lambert has revealed.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 28 – European fans will have to either stay awake or get up in the early hours of the morning to watch certain matches at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil because of the time difference.
By Andrew Warshaw
September 27 – Former England captain John Terry was found guilty of racial abuse today and banned for four matches by the Football Association (FA).
By David Gold
September 27 – Luiz Felipe Scolari, who coached Brazil to victory in the 2002 World Cup, has been hired by the nation’s Government to promote the 2014 FIFA competition taking place in the South American country.
By David Gold
September 27 – Matías Almeyda has made a series of allegations relating to match-fixing and doping from his time in Italy’s Serie A, in another blow to a league already badly hit by scandal.