Mexico 1 Honduras 0
July 2 – The question on the lips of pundits and fans at Levi Stadium, Santa Clara, was “would tonight be business as usual or unusual business?” as Mexico and Honduras met for the right to face the United States in the Concacaf Gold Cup Final on Sunday in Houston.
Spain 5 Portugal 0
July 3 – With an imperious display, world champions Spain waltzed past neighbours Portugal at the Wankdorff Stadion in Bern, winning 5-0 to back up their status as tournament favourites.
USA 2 Guatemala 1
July 2 – The USA hung on to beat Guatemala on a hot, steamy and passionate night in the Energiser Stadium in St Louis with two goals from the irrepressible Diego Luna.
Switzerland 1 – Norway 2
July 2 – Host nation Switzerland stumbled as they kicked off Euro 2025 with a 2-1 defeat to Norway following a second-half collapse.
Finland 1 Iceland 0
July 2 – Devoid of an opening ceremony despite being the opening match of the tournament – a luxury reserved for Switzerland’s clash with Norway in the capital later this evening – Iceland were unable to keep Finland at bay in Thun thanks to a second-half stunner from Katariina Kosola.
July 2 – France’s Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) has announced it will launch its own television channel to broadcast Ligue 1 matches from next season, following the collapse of a short-lived agreement with streaming platform DAZN.
July 2 – FIFA has announced that cumulative attendance at the expanded Club World Cup has now passed two million fans – a milestone they’ve hailed as a marker of success. But scratch beneath the headline figure and the Club is less flattering.
July 2 – Struggling Championship club Sheffield Wednesday’s financial turmoil has deepened even further, with several senior players now moving to terminate their contracts and leave the club on free transfers following a third instance of delayed wage payments in four months.
July 2 – Elite football in the form of major tournament returns to Switzerland for the first time since 2008, with Euro 2025 and the quest for continental glory set to take over the Alpine nation this July with more than 600,000 tickets sold and increased prize money on offer for the 16 finalists.
July 2 – Sometimes the most important transfers happen off the pitch. The Portland Timbers just made their biggest acquisition in years – not a designated player, but something more valuable: 13 acres of Oregon real estate that signals serious intentions about competing at the highest level.
July 2 – Al Ahly SC, the Egyptian club powerhouse that has been collecting trophies since 1907, have announced they’re planting their flag in North America.
July 2 – Sometimes it takes a volcanic Swedish ego to articulate what the rest of us are too polite to say out loud. Zlatan Ibrahimovic just delivered the most brutally honest assessment of Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami situation, and frankly, every word rings with uncomfortable truth.
July 2 – The Football Association of Montenegro (FSCG) has extended its sponsorship agreement with the Trebjesa Brewery, marking 15 years of cooperation between the FSCG and one of Montegro’s largest companies.
July 2 – Tonight hosts Switzerland open Euro 2025 against Norway under enormous pressure to deliver in Basel in an encounter that will tests two teams with a panoply of doubts.
July 2 – Financial services firm Ebury has become the Official FX Partner of Aston Villa who will the firm’s global platform topower Villa’s financial tech, optimising operations and growing international business.
July 2 – EURO 2025 gets underway this evening in Thun, where Iceland and Finland meet in the tournament’s first fixture – a curtain-raiser with real Nordic edge, even if the official opening ceremony waits for the hosts later in the day.
July 2 – Having looked like a team that were struggling to find any cohesion or common purpose after four straight losses, including a miserable performance in March at the Concacaf Nations League final, suddenly the USA look as though, if not the real deal, they are certainly worth a reappraisal.