By Andrew Warshaw
August 22 – The notorious cyber hacking group Fancy Bears, whose doping suspicions cast a dark shadow over athletics and cycling, has turned its attention to football with a damning list of allegations about drug cheats at the highest level.
By Mark Baber
August 22 – With qualification for the 2018 African Nations Championship winding up this evening, it remains to be seen where the final tournament will be held, as The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announces they are delaying a crucial inspection visit to Official Host Kenya until September 7.
August 22 – Despite being cleared of any wrongdoing after one of his star players Eniola Aluko made a complaint to the English football authorities about “bullying and harassment”, the coach of the England women’s team Mark Sampson is back in the firing line.
By Samindra Kunti
August 22 – Building contractor Ghelamco will file a new application for the construction of Brussels’ Eurostadium with the Flemish government as time is running out for the venue. The Belgian capital is slotted to host multiple matches during Euro 2020.
August 22 – The Chinese Super League has announced plans to create online football games as it searches for new sources of revenue.
August 22 – Former German international Lukas Podolski is reported to be considering legal action after a right-wing website printed a photo of him with an article about illegal immigration.
August 22 – The sale of English Championship club Barnsley to Chinese businessman Chien Lee and his consortium will take at least another three weeks.
August 22 – Manchester City have upgraded their one-year old regional sponsorship with pharmaceutical company Mundipharama to a global deal for its BETADINE brand.
August 21 – Tottenham Hotspur’s first Premier League home game at their temporary Wembley home drew a crowd of 73,587, more than double the capacity of White Hart Lane last season.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 21 – Cameroon’s bid to host the 2019 African Cup of Nations appears to be hanging by a thread after an inspection visit to the country scheduled for this week was suddenly called off.
August 21 – The president of Olympique Lyonnais, one of the leading voices to speak out over the size of the €222 million world record transfer of Neymar to French rivals Paris St Germain, has taken yet another opportunity to warn of the repercussions of the deal in terms of competitive imbalance.
August 21 – Sierra Leone may have more important issues to contend with than football following the devastating mudslide that has taken hundreds of lives but the battle to control the sport shows no sign of slowing down.
August 21 – Qatar has unveiled the design for the sixth of the eight stadia it is building for the 2022 World Cup, the Al Thumama Stadium which is located six kilometres south of central Doha.
August 21 – It’s only a rumour at this stage but could it actually happen? Are Barcelona set to lose their most prized possession?
August 21 – Spain’s LaLiga has signed a three-year regional partnership with mobile telecoms operator Zain Sudan.