August 26 – If there wasn’t quite a group of death as such, there were certainly some mouth-watering heavyweight clashes when this season’s Champions League group stage draw was made Thursday.
August 26 – In a repeat of the 2018 final, Japan and Spain will compete for the U20 Women’s World Cup crown on Sunday after Brazil and the Netherlands fell in the last four of the tournament.
August 25 – Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema was named UEFA men’s player of the year on Thursday and his manager Carlo Ancelotti took the coaching award after they led the club to a 14th Champions League title last season.
August 26 – New season, new brand identities. UEFA has unveiled the Champions League, Europa League and Conference League final identities for Istanbul, Budapest and Prague.
August 25 – Not just Qatar, but Saudi Arabia will seek to welcome the world this November and December. In a bid to capitalise on the influx of football fans in the Gulf during the World Cup, Saudi Arabia will issue a special 60-day visa for holders of a Hayya card, a fan-id required to enter Qatar.
August 25 – The 32-team draw for the lucrative group stage of the Champions League takes place later today in Istanbul – host of this season’s final with all manner of mouthwatering ties in prospect.
August 25 – Arsenal’s Ukrainian international defender Oleksandr Zinchenko has hailed the resumption of domestic football in his homeland for the first time since the Russian invasion in February but says his compatriots face danger by even stepping on to the pitch.
August 25 – The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has asked FIFA to lift the federation’s suspension after control over day-to-day affairs was returned to the ruling body.
August 25 – England’s all-time women’s record goal scorer Ellen White has announced her retirement at the age of 33, saying all her football “dreams came true” in winning Euro 2022.
August 24 – With just months to go until the kick-off of the World Cup, hosts Qatar have deported 60 migrant workers after they protested against unpaid wages, some of whom said they had not been paid for seven months.
August 24 – On the day that domestic football returned to Ukraine, Dynamo Kyiv were eliminated from the Champions League, losing 5-0 on aggregate to Lisbon giants Benfica.
By Paul Nicholson
August 23 – The Chilean FA have expressed increasing concern over FIFA’s delay in ruling on their appeal over whether Ecuador should be expelled from the 2022 World Cup for fielding an ineligible player.
August 24 – Major League Soccer (MLS) has agreed a multi-year agreement with EA Sports that will see them extend their partnership beyond the end of the FIFA23 video game license that ends this year before the game is renamed EA Sports FC.
August 24 – Des Casey, former president of the FAI and former UEFA vice-president, has passed away at the age of 91 following a long illness.
