July 22 – Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses attracted a peak audience of 7.4 million viewers on the BBC for their EURO 2025 quarter-final win over Sweden on penalties. ITV hope to do even better tonight for their semi-final against Italy.
July 17 – Midea will become an Official Sponsor of the 2025 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) – marking the Chinese white goods giant’s first formal partnership with the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
July 17 – US investment heavyweight Apollo is in early talks to buy a stake in Atlético Madrid, potentially adding one of Spain’s biggest football clubs to its growing European portfolio. The move could mark Apollo’s first real swing into top-flight football—and it’s not just about what happens on the pitch.
July 17 – UEFA has delivered its verdict on Montenegrin club FK Arsenal Tivat, and it is brutal. Banned from European competition for ten years. Half a million euros in fines. Life bans for key figures.
July 17 – England’s players and their manager Sarina Wiegman have warned not to underestimate quarter-final opponents Sweden, who have enjoyed a perfect EURO 2025 so far.
July 17 – Italy’s Cristiana Girelli notched a last-gasp winner to secure her country’s path into the semi-finals of EURO 2025 at the Stade de Genève on Wednesday at the expense of Norway and Ada Hegerberg.
July 17 – Major League Soccer (MLS) has made its choice, and it’s a telling one. Charlotte FC will host the 2026 MLS All-Star Game at Bank of America Stadium, marking a significant milestone for an expansion franchise that’s been rewriting the rulebook on how quickly a club can establish itself in American soccer.
July 17 – Paris St-Germain may have just lost the FIFA Club World Cup final, but the UEFA Champions League winners are now hoping to be champions in an entirely different space – hospitality.
July 17 – The Polish Ekstraklasa has finally cracked the North American code. After years of European leagues jockeying for position in the increasingly lucrative US and Canadian markets, Poland’s top flight has secured its first ever broadcast deal across the Atlantic with beIN Media Group.
July 15 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed an appeal by Slovak club FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda, confirming their exclusion from the 2025/26 Europa Conference League due to breaches of UEFA’s multi-club ownership (MCO) regulations.
July 15 – FIFA has expanded its official hospitality offering for the 2026 World Cup, rolling out a wider range of premium packages through its partner On Location, with new options now available for matches in Canada and Mexico as well as the United States.
July 15 – UEFA has announced the Women’s EURO 2025 as the most attended edition in the competition’s history, underlining the continued momentum of the sport.
July 15 – The English Football League (EFL) has announced a new two-season partnership with Rexel and Denmans, who become their official electrical wholesaler until the end of the 2026/27 season.
July 15 – In an unprecedented attack, world players’ union Fifpro claims the rosy picture painted by FIFA President Gianni Infantino of the Club World Cup is “a fiction.”
July 15 – FIFA’s Club World Cup wasn’t just a tournament – it was a billion-dollar lottery that transformed part-time dreamers into millionaires.