By Andrew Warshaw in Paris
June 22 – As group-stage matches reach their conclusion today at Euro 2016, the appalling state of many of the pitches continues to dominate much of the debate about the success, or otherwise, of the tournament and why there have been so few memorable matches so far.
By Paul Nicholson
June 22 – Argentina swept USA aside 4-0 in Houston last night to progress to the finals of the Copa America Centenario, and setting up an all-CONMEBOL final with the winners of Chile or Colombia who play this evening in Chicago.
June 22 – We:eX, maker of wearable technology, has begun the trade roll-out of its Football Fan Shirt that connects fans through ‘touch’ with the players ‘emotions’ on the pitch.
By Andrew Warshaw in Paris
June 22 – Just when they needed to boost regional interest and their own individual reputations ahead of the 2018 World Cup, eastern European sides have been crashing out of Euro 2016 with questions being asked about how far they have fallen behind their western counterparts at international level.
June 22 – Ronaldo returns to action searching for that exclusive goal on a night that could see the Portuguese burst back in to Euro contention…or fizzle out. Ibrahimovic is also on show, his final show, and will want to leave his final mark as Sweden cling on to qualification hopes.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 22 – FIFA’s new general secretary Fatma Samoura officially started work this week as the first woman and non-European to hold one of the most influential roles in world sport.
June 22 – Hungary are the latest country to be sanctioned by UEFA over crowd trouble at Euro 2016 incurring a €65,000 fine following the disorder during their encounter with Iceland.
By Samindra Kunti in Paris
June 21 – Noël Le Graët is a French businessman and since 2011 has been president of the French Football Federation. His football career has seen him as president of Ligue 1 from 1991 to 2000, and as a vice president of the French federation until stepping up to the top job. In an exclusive interview with Insideworldfootball Le Graët talks of the impact the Euros are having in regenerating French football,
By Andrew Warshaw
June 21 – Croatia, whose fans have brought shame on tournament after tournament, can consider themselves to have got off lightly after UEFA fined them €100,000 as a result of the ugly scenes towards the end of the 2-2 draw with the Czech Republic last Friday.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 21 – Russia coach Leonid Slutsky has offered his resignation after his side’s inglorious exit from Euro 2016 at the group stage.
By Andrew Warshaw in Paris
June 21 – When he was at Chelsea, Leicester City’s Premier League-winning manager Claudio Ranieri was known as the ‘tinkerman’ for always chopping and changing his line-up. Now he has a rival in Didier Deschamps.
June 21 – Northern Irish fans have set the tournament alight with their humour but the Germans, in search of their own goal-scoring form, have a serious mission to complete.
June 21 – US-based daily fantasy sports (DFS) platform has moved to accelerate its UK expansion of players with the acquisition of the player database of free-play DFS platform TransferKings.
June 21 – Premier League Liverpool are reporting that they only have 200 season tickets left for their new ‘Anfield Dugout’ hospitality are in the revamped stadium that opens for the 2016/17 season.
June 21 – The Premier League has renewed its TV production partnership with IMG that sees more than 200,000 hours of programming broadcast globally. The two will continue to operate via Premier League Productions (PLP) for another three seasons to the end of 2018/19.