August 7 – A trophy is a trophy but Arsenal’s Community Shield victory over Manchester City on penalties on Sunday is unlikely to have much bearing on the forthcoming season.
August 7 – With the war in Ukraine raging and Russian company football sponsorship being cut lose by western leagues and clubs, Croatia’s Hajduk Split has signed a sponsorship deal with the Russian oil company Lukoil.
August 7 – Criticised for travelling via private jet on a whistlestop tour of a number of Pacific Rim nations during the group stages of the Women’s World Cup, FIFA president Gianni Infantino was back amongst Oceania confederation nations as the last 16 knockout round was kicking off.
August 7 – Premier League Bournemouth have signed a training shirt sponsorship with Dun and Bradstreet ahead of the 2023/24 season.
August 6 – FIFA released a set of record-breaking facts and figures as Women’s World Cup 2023 moved into the last 16 knockout rounds at the weekend. Top of those stats is that more than 1,715,000 tickets have been sold for the tournament so far.
August 6 – The second edition of the U20 Intercontinental Cup between the club champions of Conmebol and UEFA will be played in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on September 9.
August 4 – Australia are considering a bid to stage the 2034 men’s World Cup following the success of the current women’s version.
August 4 – China’s Mengniu has attached its name to FIFA’s next three World Cups, extending a previous partnership with the world federation.
August 4 – The champions of the tiny football-mad Faroe Islands, KI Klaksvik, have done it again.
August 3 – FIFA is investigating allegations of misconduct involving the Zambia team at the Women’s World Cup.
August 4 – Everton FC have agreed a multi-year sleeve sponsorship with online streaming platform KICK.
August 4 – Arsenal goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale, who has three England caps, has pledged to call out homophobia in football, revealing his deep pride in his brother who is gay.
August 4 – Football Benchmark has taken a bird’s-eye look at the 13 clubs promoted to Europe’s Big 5 leagues with an analysis of their squad market valuations, summer transfer activities, as well as their social media following.
August 4 – Osasuna, who had their ban from European competition overturned last week bu UEFA, have not escaped sanction for filing a claim before the ‘ordinary state courts’ in Pamplona related to that initial ban which was issued for a decade-old match-fixing infraction.
August 3 – Manchester City have agreed a £77.6 million deal with RB Leipzig for centre-back Josko Gvardiol. The deal is not the highest ever for a centreback (Harry Maguire hold the record at £80 million) but it is more than Liverpool paid for Virgil van Dyke (£75 million).