July 26 – Fulham have squeezed in a one-year shirt sponsorship deal with online betting firm W88. The agreement comes ahead of an expected pact within the Premier League clubs to phase out betting company shirt front advertising in a bid to win favour with UK regulators ahead of the review of gambling laws.
July 26 – In the Swiss equivalent of taking coal to Newcastle, Chinese watch brand Sea-gull has taken the shirt sponsorship of Swiss top tier Grasshopper Club Zurich.
July 25 – Fantasy football game Sorare has added Italy’s Serie A to deals it holds with Spain’s LaLiga, Germany’s Bundesliga and the MLS in the US, to release non-fungible token (NFT) player cards for the coming 2022-23 season.
July 25 – Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has rubbished the persistent perception that he is a puppet of FIFA boss Gianni Infantino, telling media it as an “old story”.
July 25 – The winners of the 2022 African Women’s Champions League will receive $400,000 in prize money, Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has announced.
July 25 – Fewer than half of the 92 English Premier League and Football League clubs have both their new home and away kits available to buy online ahead of the season because of supply chain issues, according to the BBC.
July 25 – Manchester City has renewed its partnership with cyber protection specialist Acronis.
July 25 – Concacaf is revamping its club competitions but before it does so it is playing another season of its Scotiabank Concacaf League (SCL), its second tier international club competition.
July 25 – National Independent Soccer Association (NISA), the US’s third tier professional league, has added an eleventh team for the 2023 season, Detroit-based Gold Star FC.
July 22 – Senegal’s Sadio Mane has been crowned African Footballer of the Year for the second time, the 10th player to win the award more than once.
July 22 – The Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) and the Premier League have agreed an increase in funding to £24.5 million for the new season.
July 22 – Bundesliga club Cologne has called for the exclusion of Belarusian teams from European competitions because of the country’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
July 22 – Uwe Seeler, one of the iconic figures of post-war German football who skippered West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final, has died at the age of 85, officials said Thursday.
July 22 – Chelsea’s new owners have raised £800 million in debt to help with future planning in the post-Abramovich era, focusing on revamping the squad and infrastructure.
July 22 – LaLiga and the NBA have combined to open a €35 million sports and educational complex that will open next month.