June 16 – Just a year after reaching the final of the delayed Euros, England slumped to their worst home defeat for 94 years on Tuesday, humiliated 4-0 by Hungary in the Nations League, a result that sent shock waves across the Continent.
June 15 – French telecoms giant Orange has extended its partnership with the French Football Federation (FFF) for a further four years.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 14 – The all-important hearing into whether football’s governing bodies had the legal right to sanction the much-maligned European Super League clubs will take place on July 11 and 12, potentially shaping the future of the game for years to come.
June 14 – Football’s lawmakers have finally ratified making five substitutes per game instead of three permanent.
June 14 – India, Palestine, Hong Kong, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Thailand have all booked a spot at the 2023 Asian Cup after Palestine thrashed the Philippines 4-0.
June 14 – Having just been demoted to the third tier of English football for the first time in 37 years, former two-time English champions Derby County have now discovered that American businessman Chris Kirchner has pulled out of a bid to buy the club.
June 14 – The fifth day of the trial of former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and former UEFA president Michel Platini continues with former FIFA finance director Markus Kattner expected to testify in the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona in Switzerland.
June 14 – The UEFA Nations League is producing some pretty unexpected results , and all this a few months before the kick-off to the Qatar World Cup. Teams are testing and some cannot be too happy.
June 14 – After Asia made history on Monday by securing a record sixth berth at the World Cup, New Zealand attempt tonight to become the sole country from the tiny Oceania confederation to make the finals in Qatar.
June 14 – Europe’s unholy trinity of Super League refusniks – Real Madrid CF, FC Barcelona, Juventus – are promoting their own pre-season event in the US, titled ‘The Soccer Champions Tour’, and backed by AEG, the world’s biggest sports and live entertainment company.
June 13 – Australia will return to the World Cup for a fifth consecutive time after eliminating Peru from the penalty spot 5-4, with substitute goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne proving the hero.
By Paul Nicholson
June 13 – Just when you thought he was out of football’s finances altogether, former Concacaf president and football’s most-wanted, Jack Warner, has reared his head looking for a final feed at the Trinidad and Tobago FA’s FIFA-financed trough.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 13 – Ecuador has kept its place at the World Cup – for the time being at least – after FIFA threw out Chile’s protests over an ineligible player being fielded during the qualifying competition.
June 13 – This time, only one of them can make it. Australia and Peru, who both qualified for the last World Cup four years ago, clash later today in their inter-continental playoff in a bid to secure the penultimate berth at this year’s finals in Qatar.
June 12 – Japan, finding form at the right time, stormed into the semi-finals of the AFC U23 Asian Cup with a 3-0 won over current champions South Korea.