July 24 – The Chinese Football Association (CFA) has announced plans to launch a national esports football team, marking a new frontier for the governing body as it looks to reposition its global standing – off the pitch and into the console.
July 24 – The Albanian Football Federation (FSHF) has been fined by FIFA and ordered to close part of the stands for the next national team home game over fan misconduct at a match against Serbia.
July 24 – FIFPro’s new president Sergio Marchi has strongly criticised FIFA President Gianni Infantino, launching verbal missiles and landing direct hits on everything wrong with modern football governance.
24 July – Liverpool have announced a new multi-year partnership with forex and commodities broker EC Markets.
24 July – Once upon a time, the MLS All-Star Game was just East versus West for 90 minutes. Now, it’s become American soccer’s most sophisticated commercial machine.
22 July – The second issue of the CIES Football Observatory Prospect Sheet, developed in collaboration with Impect, shines a spotlight on one of the brightest young stars emerging from Portugal: Rodrigo Mora.
July 22 – The UK Government has confirmed the creation of an Independent Football Regulator (IFR) after the Football Governance Act received Royal Assent on Monday, completing its passage into law.
22 July – The Football Association of Iceland (KSÍ) has appointed Secutix as its new partner for ticketing technology and business services, marking a strategic shift in how the association engages with supporters and manages matchday operations.
July 22 – Inter Milan have announced a new three-year partnership with Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD, naming the brand as the club’s official automobile partner.
July 22 – Borussia Dortmund (BVB) have been named as the latest Premium Partner to sign up with Konami Digital Entertainment, marking the club’s return to the eFootball video game franchise.
22 July – The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) and Adidas have signed a three-year sponsorship deal, with the German sportswear consortium becoming the official match ball sponsor for all professional leagues in Turkey, the Ziraat Turkish Cup, the Turkcell Super Cup, and the Turkcell Women’s Football Super League.
July 22 – A moment in time that has been immortalised. The outstretched arms of England goalkeeper, Peter Shilton, and the Argentina great, Diego Maradona, against the backdrop of the famed Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. Everyone in football knows what happened next but little did we realise then that the shirts of these two old foes would become collectors’ items.
July 22- Swiss club FC Zurich have terminated the contract of Benjamin Mendy, the club confirmed on Monday.
July 22 – Mikel Arteta’s emphatic “100%” confidence that Arsenal handled the Thomas Partey situation correctly invites uncomfortable comparisons with how Manchester United navigated their Mason Greenwood crisis.
July 22 – Confederation of African Football (CAF) General Secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba has endorsed Kenya’s preparations for the African Nations Championship (CHAN) following an inspection.