By Samindra Kunti
June 10 – In a new revealing French senate session, Paris police chief Didier Lallement has admitted that the claim of 30,000-40,000 ticketless Liverpool fans at the European Cup final in Paris wasn’t based on any scientific reality, but he defended the use of teargas to disperse the fans.
June 10 – Brazilian club Flamengo have parted ways with their Portuguese manager Paulo Sousa after less than six months. Recent defeats at the hands of Fortaleza and Red Bull Bragantino triggered his dismissal.
June 9 – French FA (FFF) president Noel Le Graet has criticisbnbnbed the congested calendar with the current four-match Nations League window drawing the last bit of physical strength from Europe’s elite players.
June 9 – Is the creation of a breakaway Brazilian league back to square one? In a break away from the Libra group, 25 clubs have decided to form a separate group to discuss league plans.
June 9 – Unconfirmed reports suggest that Ecuador is on the verge of being kicked out of this year’s World Cup finals for fielding an ineligible player during qualifying.
By Paul Nicholson
June 8 – Jamaica’s mens team salvaged the best of a bitter situation last night with a 3-1 win over Suriname to go top of their group in League 1 of the Concacaf Nations League.
June 8 – Canada’s players will play against Curacao on Thursday despite a bitter pay dispute that has rocked the country’s preparations for the World Cup in Qatar, their first appearance in the finals for 36 years.
June 8 – African trio Morocco, Nigeria and Tanzania have completed the lineup for the U17 Women’s World Cup in India.
June 7 – Canada men’s national team have resumed training but say “questions have yet to be answered” after going on strike over World Cup prize money on Sunday, accusing Canada Soccer of “disrespect”.
June 7 – The finals tournament for Oceania’s Champions League will be hosted by New Zealand in August, with all eight competing teams to be confirmed at the end of June, the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has announced.
June 7 – Concacaf will play its 2022 Concacaf Girls’ U-15 Championship from July 31 to August 7 in Tampa, Florida with 31 Concacaf nations taking part, as well as one invited guest.
June 7 – The winners of this summer’s Women’s Euro 2022 in England will face the winners of July’s Copa America Femenina in Colombia in a women’s Finalissima.
June 6 – French President Emmanuel Macron has waded into the debate over the Champions League final debacle by insisting that ticket holders who were denied entry to the Stade de France by security personnel should be compensated “as soon as possible”.
June 6 – The Ukrainian Premier League is planning on resuming from August despite the ongoing war with Russia following approval by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
June 6 – England manager Gareth Southgate has expressed his dismay after a crowd made up almost entirely of schoolchildren booed the England team for taking the knee before Saturday’s Nations League game against Hungary in Budapest.