June 16 – The mayor of England’s Greater Manchester area, Andy Burnham (pictured), says it was a “disgrace” that Manchester City fans had to walk miles to get to the stadium for last Saturday’s Champions League final in Istanbul.
June 16 – Luis de la Fuente said he felt vindicated by Spain’s Nations League semi-final win against Italy after a stuttering start to his tenure.
June 16 – Arsenal’s Ukrainian defender Oleksandr Zinchenko says Russian and Belarusian athletes should all be banned from high-level sport as a result of Russia’s invasion of his country.
June 16 – UEFA and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, will stage the second edition of the Euro Unity Cup June 28-29 in Frankfurt Germany.
June 18 – Ivan Perisic has said that Croatia have nothing to fear because of their experience against Spain.
June 17 – Spain manager Luis de la Fuente said that facing Luka Modric alarms Spain, but that his team as well as midfielder Rodri are at their best to encounter Croatia.
June 15 – Italy coach Roberto Mancini denied that he needs to bring in the next generation of players faster following his team’s 2-1 defeat in the semi-finals of the Nations League.
By Samindra Kunti in Enschede
June 15 – Spain reached their second consecutive Nations League final with a late strike from Joselu to defeat Italy 2-1 in an absorbing semi-final.
June 15 – Canada brushed Panama aside for a spot in the final with a 2-0 win that saw the return of Alphonso Davies.
June 15 – USA versus Mexico rarely disappoints. In a feisty, chaotic, intense, end-to-end battle with four sendings off and tempers unravelling wherever you looked, the US walked away 3-0 winners.
June 15 – Concacaf is opening the North American commercial door to FIFA in an agreement to co-operate on the joint sales of the 2026 World Cup and Concacaf’s major national team events, that will include two Gold Cups.
June 15 – UEFA has announced insurance giant ERGO as the second of its official national partners for Euro 2024.
June 15 – With FIFA having finally managed to nail down a pan-European broadcast agreement with the EBU for the Women’s World Cup that starts next month, UEFA has gone to market with its Women’s EURO 2025 media rights across 45 European territories.
By Paul Nicholson in Las Vegas
June 15 – The showpiece semi-final between USA and Mexico in recent years would have been the final.
June 15 – Croatia’s Zlatko Dalic singled out Luka Modric after his man-of-the-match performance in a 4-2 extra-time victory against the Netherlands in the Nations League.