August 7 – Corsican club AC Ajaccio, who played in Ligue 1 as recently as 2023, will be relegated to the third tier of French football after the club decided not to appeal to the French National Olympic and Sports Committee (CNOSF).
August 7 – Controversial former BBC Match-of-the-Day presenter Gary Lineker is set for a return to the screen – on ITV.
August 7 – It’s not often a club takes disciplinary action against their number one starting goalkeeper and captain but Barcelona appear to be doing just that with Marc-André ter Stegen.
August 7 – After 25 years at Bayern Munich, German football legend Thomas Müller will play for the Vancouver Whitecaps in Major League Soccer for the rest of the 2025 season.
August 7 – The Dubai based airline, Emirates, is back in the German Bundesliga after agreeing a seven-year agreement with the current champions, FC Bayern Munich.
August 7 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) and Porsche BG ЕООD, the exclusive importer of Volkswagen for Bulgaria, have extended their partnership agreement for another four years.
August 7 – The success of the Wales Women’s team participation at their first Euro 2025 finals in Switzerland this summer has sparked the Welsh FA (FAW) to commission an analysis and review of the top tier of the women’s game domestically, the Adran Premier.
August 6 – Real Madrid have had both of their attempts to delay their LaLiga opener against Osasuna on August 19 turned down.
August 6 – After a disappointing Gold Cup performance this summer and with the final group stages of Concacaf World Cup qualifying set to start in September, Jamaica are again trawling their English diaspora for talent that would secure only their second appearance at a men’s World Cup.
August 6 – Ryan Reynolds’ and Rob McElhenny’s AFC Wrexham project is taking shape. Having flown up the English football Pyramid to the second tier following back-to-back-to-back promotions, the club are now eyeing off-pitch upgrades to keep pace with their new competitors.
August 5 – Former AC Milan and Italy captain Franco Baresi has undergone surgery on his lung to remove a pulmonary nodule, AC Milan have revealed.
August 5 – Kosovo’s KF Llapi have begun the renovation of the Zahir Pajaziti Stadium in Podujevë for in a €1.9million project funded by the Kosovan government.
August 5 – The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) has finalised a decision to revoke Vitesse Arnhem’s professional licence, bringing an end to the club’s presence in the elite game.
August 5 – Khalid Jamil has been named the new manager of India with the CAFA Nations Cup at the end of August looming as his first managerial task.
August 5 – Tennis icon Novak Djokovic and former Formula 1 stars Felipe Massa and Kevin Magnussen have joined an investment group to acquire Ligue 2 outfit Le Mans FC.