August 24 – With just months to go until the kick-off of the World Cup, hosts Qatar have deported 60 migrant workers after they protested against unpaid wages, some of whom said they had not been paid for seven months.
August 24 – On the day that domestic football returned to Ukraine, Dynamo Kyiv were eliminated from the Champions League, losing 5-0 on aggregate to Lisbon giants Benfica.
By Paul Nicholson
August 23 – The Chilean FA have expressed increasing concern over FIFA’s delay in ruling on their appeal over whether Ecuador should be expelled from the 2022 World Cup for fielding an ineligible player.
August 24 – Major League Soccer (MLS) has agreed a multi-year agreement with EA Sports that will see them extend their partnership beyond the end of the FIFA23 video game license that ends this year before the game is renamed EA Sports FC.
August 24 – The German Football League (DFL) has returned for a second pass at the private equity markets, this time bringing in Deutsche Bank as its advisors on the potential sale of a broadcast rights package.
August 24 – Des Casey, former president of the FAI and former UEFA vice-president, has passed away at the age of 91 following a long illness.
August 23 – The European Club Association (ECA) will hold its first board meeting of the season this Thursday (August 25) in Istanbul.
August 23 – Italy’s Arrigo Sacchi (pictured) will be presented with the 2022 UEFA President’s Award at the Champions League group draw, on Thursday 25 August at the Haliç Congress Center in Istanbul.
August 24 – The AFC has rescheduled its 7th Medical Conference Qatar 2022, that was postponed due to Covid-19 challenges, to 2-6 March 2023 in Doha.
By Samindra Kunti
August 23 – In a letter to FIFA, Conmebol has demanded that the format of the South American World Cup qualifiers be maintained for the 48-team, 2026 World Cup finals in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
August 23 – FC Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus are among ten European elite clubs that may face sanctions for breaching Financial Fair Play rules.
August 23 – Manchester United owners the Glazer family are considering selling a share of future TV income to raise £200 million.
August 23 – Russian oil firm Lukoil has acquired Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow as well as the club’s home venue, the Spartak Stadium.
August 23 – Manchester City, Bayern Munich, PSG and Real Madrid will all retain their domestic league titles this season, according to forecasts by the CIES Football Observatory.
August 23 – Exiled Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist 1925 from the embattled eastern city of Kharkiv will kick off the new season of the Ukrainian Premier League tonight (Tuesday) despite the ongoing invasion by Russia.