By Andrew Warshaw
January 4 – The head of Asian football insists Qatar can still stage the 2022 World Cup in the heat of mid-summer and has urged FIFA not to make a decision about switching it to the winter until 2018 at the earliest.
January 3 – Rio de Janeiro has hired IBM and other major international firms to help bolster its emergency response operations in the build-up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 2 – Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard (pictured) would play alongside David Beckham for Britain at next year’s London Olympics if Sebastian Coe’s wish is granted.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
January 2 – Tottenham Hotspur’s hopes of taking over the Olympic Stadium following London 2012 suffered a setback today when Sebastian Coe came out and publicly backed the proposal presented by Premier League rivals West Ham United.
By Andrew Warshaw
January 2 – FIFA President Sepp Blatter has revealed he wants to set up an anti-corruption unit to weed out football’s worst practices.
By Andrew Warshaw
December 30 – Sepp Blatter has laid down the gauntlet to any potential challengers by clearly indicating he aims to continue as FIFA President and be re-elected halfway through 2011 for what would be an unprecedented fourth term.
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It did not take long for the board of the Football Association to choose David Bernstein as the new chairman. The whole thing, I am told, took a bare five minutes. He was nominated, all hands went up and on to the next business.
However, sometime after this decision, there was a report by Andy Anson on England’s disastrous World Cup bid for 2018. Here something rather curious happened.
Before the meeting there had been much anticipation of what Anson,
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
December 24 – Any Northern Ireland players, like Manchester United’s Corry Evans (pictured), that want to play for Britain in the London 2012 Olympics will not be prevented from doing so, the Irish Football Association’s new President Jim Shaw has promised.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
December 24 – West Ham United vice-chairman Karren Brady has launched a bitter attack on Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur’s controversial campaign to take over the Olympic Stadium following London 2012, claiming they are not welcome in the area.
By Andrew Warshaw
December 23 – Michel Platini is to stay in charge of UEFA for another four years after no other candidate came forward to challenge him by last night’s deadline.
By David Owen
December 23 – The British Olympic Association (BOA) is on a collision course with some of the British home football bodies over the selection of non-English players for the London 2012 Olympics.
By Andrew Warshaw
December 22 – Former Manchester City chairman David Bernstein (pictured) is the surprise nomination to take over at the helm of the Football Association.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
December 22 – Pressure is growing in the House of Commons for West Ham United to be given the opportunity to take over the Olympic Stadium after London 2012 ahead of Premier League rivals Tottenham Hotspur.
By Duncan Mackay
British Sports Internet Writer of the Year
December 18 – Gareth Bale and any other Welsh players who take part in London 2012 still risk the threat of being suspended, they have been warned.
By Andrew Warshaw
December 17 – Several of the most powerful officials in world football have now indicated that the 2022 World Cup could be switched to the winter months to avoid the searing summer heat in Qatar.