July 4 – Manchester United has initiated a two-pronged brand offensive in the Chinese market, annoucing an interactive ‘Experience centre’ which it will roll out across the country, as well as a dedicated Chinese language app.
July 4 – European champions the Netherlands reached their first Women’s World Cup final on Wednesday with a 1-0 win after extra time over Sweden.
July 4 – Liverpool FC Women will travel with Jurgen Klopp’s men’s team on their pre-season US tour for the first time later this month.
July 4 – Vodafone and Germany’s DFL are linking up to deliver 5G technology to a Bundesliga stadium for the first time and to launch a real time app that will speed up the delivery of match information to fans without buffering or non-connection issues.
July 4 – The Swiss-based digital sport sponsorship marketplace, Sponsor.Online, has unveiled France 1998 World Cup winner Christian Karembeu as a new investor and advisor to the company.
By Paul Nicholson
June 29 – Philippe Moggio, Concacaf’s general secretary, has paid tribute to the confederation’s commercial partners for embracing the Gold Cup opportunity and contributing to the whole Gold Cup experience.
July 3 – With tickets for the final of the Gold Cup in Chicago already sold out, fans in the Windy City can still enjoy a unique Gold Cup experience in the centre of the city at Union Station.
By Samindra Kunti in Belo Horizonte
July 3 – Lionel Messi’s wait for a major international team title goes on. On Tuesday night his Argentina were eliminated from the Copa America by hosts Brazil in a classic South American encounter that was high on emotions, but low in quality.
July 3 – Tottenham Hotspur, who reached the Champions League final in June without having signed a single player for 18 months, have smashed their transfer record by purchasing 22-year-old French rising midfield star Tanguy Ndombele for a club record €60 million from Lyon.
July 3 – England’s semi-final jinx continued at the women’s World Cup semi-final on Tuesday as they lost 2-1 to defending champion the United States, extending the wait for a senior England side to win a major final to 53 years.
July 3 – Scottish top-flight club Hibernian are the latest team to be taken over by American investors with the announcement that multi-millionaire businessman Ronald Gordon, whose grandfather emigrated from Scotland in 1908, now in charge.
July 3 – The United States and Jamaica will battle for a spot in the 2019 Concacaf Gold Cup Final at the Nissan Stadium in Nashville tonight.
July 3 – The body of Swiss international women’s footballer Florijana Ismaili has been found days after she vanished following a swimming accident at Lake Como in Italy just over the Swiss border.
July 3 – Adidas UK were left hugely embarrassed when a social media gambit launching the new Arsenal kit backfired, leading to shirts being tweeted with racist and offensive slogans on the back.
Mexico 1 Haiti 0 (aet)
By Paul Nicholson at the State Farm Stadium, Phoenix
July 3 – Mexico made hard work of a semi-final win over comeback specialists Haiti to book their place in the Gold Cup final in Chicago July 7. Once again they needed extra time and a penalty – but not a penalty shoot out – to secure their progress.