September 21 – UEFA have declined to kick Belarus, Russia’s biggest political and military ally, out of the 2024 European Championship qualifying draw next month despite a government request from tournament host Germany to remove them.
September 21 – AC Milan and Internazionale have revealed the latest project plans to replace their historic San Siro Stadium with a state-of-the-art venue.
September 21 – As few as six English stadiums will feature as a host venue for Euro 2028 should the UK and Ireland win the bid for the tournament with both Liverpool’s Anfield and Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium surprise omissions from the ten-stadium list of contenders.
September 21 – On the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, FIFA president Gianni Infantino met with Turkish president Recep Erdoğan.
September 21 – The pilot of the plane that crashed into the English Channel, tragically killing himself and Argentine forward Emiliano Sala in 2019, told friends the aircraft was “dodgy” before the fateful flight.
September 21 – Honduras defender Wisdom Quaye has been banned for 18 months due to a doping violation at a World Cup qualifying game against the United States.
September 21 – Just days after sacking manager Thomas Tuchel, Chelsea are back in the headlines again after showing the door to yet another official, commercial director Damian Willoughby, dismissed despite having started work for the Premier League club only weeks ago.
September 21 – Scottish giants Celtic have reported a revenue increase to £88.2 million for the year ending June 2022, an uplift of 45% on the previous year where it was still battling the financial restrictions resulting from covid.
An All-Star game for the Premier League? I cannot imagine it would be my cup of tea: too much predictable outrage over who’s in and who’s out; too much showboating in a fairly limited competitive context.
September 21 – Speaking to a group of club administrators at a FIFA Diploma in Club Management session, FIFA president Gianni Infantino broke from his normal international and national team themes to tell them that club management worldwide needs to improve.
September 21 – Manchester City has renewed its global partnership with Chinese LED display solutions provider Unilumin.
September 20 – Host nation Germany has asked UEFA to kick Russian ally Belarus out of the 2024 Euro qualifying competition.
September 20 – The German FA and four major FIFA sponsors have upped the pressure on the world federation and local organisers to offer compensation to migrant workers and their families in Qatar.
September 20 – Barcelona have announced profits of €98 million for the 2021-22 campaign and predict they will make another €271 million in the current season – despite crippling debts that at one stage delayed them from registering all their summer signings for this season.
September 20 – UEFA has agreed an expanded e-commerce, event retail and licensing deal with Fanatics for the confederation’s national team football competitions. No value was given for the agreement which was described as “long term”.