GVC brands pass football sponsorship inventory to Bet Regret campaign
August 6 – Gaming and betting giant GVC Holdings is donating club sponsorship assets from 42 to its UK clubs to GambleAware’s ‘Bet Regret’ campaign.
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CHAN qualifier surprises as Lesotho beat South Africa and Togo end 11-year drought
August 6 – South Africa’s hastily assembled squad has been dumped out of the African Nations Championship qualifiers after a 3-0 defeat to Lesotho on Sunday saw them lose 6-2 on aggregate.
Leasing.com takes title sponsorship of EFL Trophy in 3-year deal
August 6 – The English Football League has announced Leasing.com as the title sponsor of the EFL trophy, its cup competition that sees League One and League Two clubs compete with Premier League U-21 teams.
Concacaf unveils opening Nations League match-ups. Cuba to face Canada in Cayman
August 6 – Concacaf have released the schedule and venues for the first round group stage matches in the 2019-2020 Concacaf Nations League that will see 34 matches for Leagues A, B and C played in the September 2019 international window.
Chemnitzer sack striker Frahn for displaying neo-Nazi ‘sympathy’
August 6 – German third tier side Chemnitzer have sacked their captain Daniel Frahn (pictured) for “openly displaying sympathy” for a neo-Nazi hooligan group.
Bullish eToro trades up with Everton and Aston Villa deals
August 6 – Trading platform eToro has added Everton and Aston Villa to its sponsorship roster, taking the number of Premier League teams it has deals with to six, including Crystal Palace, Leicester City, Southampton and Spurs.
Warner’s Trinidad claim reopens old wounds of FIFA’s dodgy Caribbean TV dealing
By Paul Nicholson
August 5 – The court filing in Trinidad by Jack Warner claiming that the Trinidad and Tobago FA owes him TT$15,761,003 ($2.3 million) has sparked the re-opening of an old claim by Selby Browne and his CSTN broadcast company over Caribbean TV rights – rights that Warner sold to the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) for $4.25 million.
Lagardere banks on bumper $400m beIN deal to make up bulk of CAF guarantee
By Osasu Obayiuwana
August 5 – beIN Sports, the international pay-tv broadcaster, financed by the government of Qatar, is officially the number one financial partner of the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
PSG open with Super Cup win in China; Bayern stumble as Dortmund put down marker
August 5 – Paris-Saint Germain retained the French Super Cup and Borussia Dortmund surprised Bayern Munich 2-0 in the German equivalent as both France and Germany gear up for next week’s big league kick offs.
Samoura takes charge at CAF with promises of ‘stability, serenity…and transparency’
August 5 – FIFA’s secretary general Fatma Samoura has officially started her reforming mission at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) despite strong opposition from within sections of African football’s hierarchy.
Conmebol hits Messi with 3-month ban for ‘corrupt’ allegations
August 5 – Lionel Messi has been banned from international football for three months after claiming the Copa America was “corrupt”.
Real Sociedad secure Reale Seguros for naming rights to refurbed stadium
August 5 – Basque club Real Sociedad has signed a reported six-season €9 million stadium naming rights deal with insurance company Reale Seguros.
UEFA appoint first female ref to major club cup final
August 5 – For the first time ever, a female referee will take charge of a senior men’s European showpiece fixture after France’s Stephanie Frappart was appointed by UEFA to handle the Super Cup final between Liverpool and Chelsea in Istanbul on August 14.
Bedoya calls for action on gun violence in US
August 5 – Philadelphia Union captain and US international Alejandro Bedoya has called on US Congress to “end gun violence” after 29 people were killed in two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio over the weekend.
Warner acolytes battle for return to control of Trinidad and Tobago FA
By Paul Nicholson
August 2 – The former president of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), Tim Kee, who left the federation with a crippling TT$40 million debt when he vacated the presidency in 2015, is making a bid to regain control as part of a group calling itself ‘United TTFA’ when elections take place later this year.