August 29 – Barcelona were never going to waste time spending the €222 million world record fee they received for Neymar. But the fact they have spent two thirds of the money on the vastly less experienced Ousmane Dembele from Borussia Dortmund is already being viewed by some experts as something of a gamble with the transfer window slamming shut in two days’ time.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 29 – Despite intervention by FIFA and a fan backlash, team captain Masoud Shojaei has been left out of Iran’s final World Cup qualifiers against South Korea and Syria after playing against an Israeli club for the Greek team that pays his salary.
August 29 – Meeting for the first time in Beirut, Lebanon, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Associations Committee has come up with a package of recommendations including regular bilateral meetings between the AFC and its Member Associations to forge closer relationships.
August 29 – Opponents of embattled Sierra Leone Football Association president Isha Johansen appear to have lost the latest stage of their legal battle over who controls the game.
August 29 – Juventus’ women’s team defeated Torino Calcio Femminile 13-0 in a Coppa Italia match on Sunday to win their first ever competitive game.
August 29 – LaLiga’s Espanyol has agreed a six-year main sponsorship deal with Mexico’s Riviera Maya tourist destination. The deal, estimated to be worth €12 million, will begin in January 2018 running through to 2023.
August 29 – Italy coach Giampiero Ventura has added his voice to those who believe that the transfer market should close before the start of the season.
August 28 – After three rounds of Premier League fixtures more 1 million tickets have been sold for 30 matches with 71,420 seats unfilled.
August 28 – The Scottish Women’s Premier League (SWPL) has signed a three-year six-figure title sponsorship with the Scottish Building Society, the first major sponsorship support of the two division league.
By Mark Baber
August 25 – The draw for the UEFA Champions League group stage has produced some fascinating match-ups as well as groups of wildly uneven strength.
By Mark Baber
August 25 – Libyan politician Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj, whose official titles include Chairman of the Presidential Council of Libya and prime minister of the Government of National Accord of Libya, has made a visit to Tripoli’s Al-Ahli football club on calling for an end to the “ban” on international matches in Libyan stadiums.
August 25 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has marked the ‘500 days to go’ until the 2019 Asian Cup in the UAE with a short film celebrating the history and heritage of the region’s premier national competition.
August 25 – With five days still to go before the summer 2017 transfer window closes Premier League clubs have smashed their previous spending records and there is more to come.
August 25 – Samara’s World Cup stadium has fallen 30 days behind its construction schedule, the contractor of the venue has announced. The venue is set to host six matches, including a quarter-final, during the 2018 World Cup.
August 25 – Philippe Coutinho might be the only asset in Liverpool that isn’t selling at the moment. The club has announced that it has already sold out of some replica kit items while Irish airline Ryanair has said that its selling out of seats to Liverpool and Manchester on match days.