August 5 – The national men’s teams of China, Japan, DPR Korea and South Korea return to action today in the second round of the EAFF East Asian Cup with both games live on the Insideworldfootball live match channel. Japan face old rivals South Korea, while hosts China face North Korea. Watch the games at http://www.insideworldfootball.com/watch-live-football.
August 4 – With just under a month to go until the summer transfer window slams shut on September 1, spending in the Premier League has reached £500 million.
August 4 – The Greek economy may be in turmoil but the country remains a popular holiday destination, so much so that Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has just bought up a complete island for agent Jorge Mendes as a wedding present.
By Mark Baber
August 4 – With the new Premier League season kicking off this weekend, Norwich City have announced a new sponsorship deal with bookmaker Coral whilst West Bromwich Albion have signed a one year betting partnership with NetBet.
August 4 – Eight months after a match-fixing scandal in Indonesian domestic football featuring PSS Sleman and PSIS Semarang, PSS players have spoken out about what happened.
August 4 – The opening match of today’s four team Audi Cup will likely see two of Tottenham Hotspur’s old boys – Gareth Bale and Luca Modric – line up against them. The match can be watched FREE and LIVE, kick off 5.15pm UK time on Insideworldfootball’s LIVE match channel at http://bit.ly/1KLQoQ2, please note some territories are geo-blocked.
By Jaroslaw Adamowski
August 4 – In a bid to introduce more transparency into the country’s football league, the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) has decided to limit the number of clubs where officials can work to two per season.
August 4 – Tan Seet Eng, otherwise known as Dan Tan, the suspected mastermind of football’s global match-fixing scourge, has failed yet again to win his case against detention in his native Singapore.
August 4 – CONCACAF have launched an U13 Champions League tournament that kicks off today in Mexico City. The eight-team competition is the youngest official age-group tournament the confederation has ever held and will be played over four days.
By Samindra Kunti
August 4 – The KNVB, the Dutch FA, is implementing a structural reform of its domestic club football. From the 2016/17 season onwards professional and amateur football in the Netherlands will be integrated through a mandatory system of promotion and relegation.
By Mark Baber
August 3 – The victory of Paris St Germain in the Trophee des Champions has been greeted by predictable headlines regarding the club’s dominance of French soccer, but statistical analysis shows that behind Arsenal’s victory over Chelsea on Sunday lies an historically significant stranglehold on the Community Shield by a small group of England’s top clubs.
Real Madrid and Tottenham Hotspur will meet in the first semi-finals of the Audi Cup in the Allianz Arena tomorrow, with a place in the final of the competition on Wednesday up for grabs. They will be followed by Bayern Munich vs AC Milan. Both matches can be viewed free on Insideworldfootball – note some countries are geo-restricted so check your local broadcast schedules. The link to the Real vs Spurs match is http://bit.ly/1KLQoQ2,
By Samindra Kunti
August 3 – Ronaldinho Gaucho marked his winning return to Brazilian football at the weekend with an assist against Gremio. He has a contract with Fluminense until December 2016, but did the Rio club just sign him for marketing reasons?
By Alexander Krassimirov
August 3 – There were more scenes of players being attacked by fans in Bulgaria at the weekend at a pre-season friendly between CSKA Sofia and Ironi Ashdod FC from Israel. Enraged CSKA Sofia Ultras stormed on to the pitch in Sofia on Sunday evening and charged at the Israeli players. The fans were angered by a series of hard fouls against CSKA players.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 3 – Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, chairman of the 2018 World Cup Organising Committee and a FIFA executive committee member, looks set to cement his power base even further by becoming head of his country’s football federation after his only rival for the position, Igor Lebedev, withdrew from next month’s election.