Semi-final: Mexico 2 Canada 1
July 29 – In a passionate and feisty display of end-to-end action Mexico squeezed past Canada deep in added time to set up a repeat of the 2019 Gold Cup final against the US in Las Vegas this Sunday.
Semi-final: USA 1 Qatar 0
By Jhannet Sanchez in Austin, Texas
July 29 – A dramatic late goal by Gyasi Zardes fired the USA into the final of the Gold Cup to be played this Sunday in Las Vegas, sending Asian champions Qatar home wondering what might have been if they had taken their chances.
July 29 – In a radical move, English football authorities are to limit the number of “high-force headers” among professional and amateur players to 10 per week in training as part of new guidelines.
July 29 –Conmebol wants to introduce time-outs for VAR checks in a bid to protect playing time as well as allow teams to request reviews of refereeing decisions.
July 29 – English Premier League club Chelsea are demanding that fans attending games in the new season will need to prove they have been fully vaccinated or show evidence of a negative Covid-19 lateral flow test.
July 29 – Thirty-two years on, the Hillsborough disaster has claimed its 97th victim after a man left with life-changing injuries died at the age of 55.
July 29 – Concacaf have the two Gold Cup Semifinal matches, to be played today, July 29, at Q2 Stadium in Austin and NRG Stadium in Houston, sold out.
July 28 – Concacaf have launched a Football for Development initiative in partnership with Generation Amazing, the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee’s legacy programme.
July 28 – The Gold Cup semi-finals kick off tonight with Houston’s NRG Stadium hosting a sold-out tie between Mexico and Canada where an upset could be on the cards.
July 28 – The Asian Champions Qatar face the USA in the first semi-final of the Gold Cup tonight at the newly minted Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas.
July 28 – Tottenham Hotspur have become the first English club to announce Covid passes for supporters, bringing them into force for fans attending the men’s and women’s pre-season friendlies against Arsenal next month.
July 28 – AS Roma have teamed up with Zytara Labs, a leading blockchain enterprise, who will become the club’s main global partner in a three-year deal.
July 28 – Italy’s Chievo Verona have been kicked out of Serie B for the 2021-22 season, effectively declaring them bankrupt, and their place will be taken by Cosenza, according to Italian news media.
July 28 – A complaint of blackmail in relation to photographs of former England captain Wayne Rooney has been dropped by police.
By Jhannet Sanchez
July 28 – The furore over Mexican fans’ homophobic ‘puto’ chant has plunged the federation into even deeper controversy over the handling of the two-match sanction from FIFA requiring the country to play two home games without fans in the stadia.