July 26 – Pitch invaders at Premier League and English Football League matches will receive an automatic club ban under tough new sanctions to tackle fan behaviour.
July 26 – Alison Brittain will become the new chair of the Premier League in early 2023, becoming the first woman to lead the English top flight.
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 – LaLiga and the NBA have combined to open a €35 million sports and educational complex that will open next month.
July 21 – UEFA says it reported 290 cases of online abuse to social media companies during the group stage of the Women’s Euros.
July 21 – UEFA has released the five-episode Outraged documentary series on its UEFA.tv platform as part of its ongoing fight against discrimination, hate and online abuse in football.
July 20 – Barcelona have finally landed Polish super striker Robert Lewandowski for €50 million from Bayern Munich but not before Bayern boss Julian Nagelsmann launched a stinging attack on the Catalan club.
July 19 – Ukrainian club Shakhtar Donetsk are demanding €50 million damages from FIFA for lost transfer fees.
July 19 – England is to become the first country in Europe to trial the banning of young children from heading the ball over fears about the link with neurological disease.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 18 – Michel Platini will not attempt to take on Gianni Infantino for the FIFA presidency after making up his mind to abandon his original dream of running world football.
July 15 – The women’s Euros has smashed the record for the total attendance for the event – despite still being in the group stage and with only half the tournament played.
July 15 – Tickets for the 2022 UEFA Super Cup, August 10, will go on sale to the general public next Tuesday July 19, with UEFA saying that tickets will be delivered to buyers via its app only.
July 14 – After weeks of inquiries and blame-shifting, Liverpool fans have all but been absolved from blame for the chaos at the Champions League final in Paris last May, following the findings of a French senate report which pointed at a failure of the state and organisers.
July 13 – European nations have joined forces to get behind UEFA in their legal fight to stave off the threat of a rebirth of a breakaway Super League.