Mesut Özil facilitates Umraniyespor shirt deal with DBE Holding
July 16 – Turkey’s Umraniyespor has signed a one-year back of jersey sponsorship with DBE Holding for the 2025–2026 season.
Women's Euro 2025
Stakeholders meet to discuss development of women’s game
July 17 – On the sidelines of the Women’s Euro, the International Labor Organization (ILO) hosted a symposium to explore the improvement of labour conditions and responsible event hosting in women’s sports.
Bulgarian league to launch first Fantasy Football game
July 16 – The Bulgarian Professional Football League (BPFL) has launched its first official fantasy league in collaboration with FFStar Bulgaria.
CAS dismisses DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda appeal in MCO case
July 15 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed an appeal by Slovak club FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda, confirming their exclusion from the 2025/26 Europa Conference League due to breaches of UEFA’s multi-club ownership (MCO) regulations.
FIFA expands World Cup hospitality packages
July 15 – FIFA has expanded its official hospitality offering for the 2026 World Cup, rolling out a wider range of premium packages through its partner On Location, with new options now available for matches in Canada and Mexico as well as the United States.
Women’s football “setting a new standard” at Euro 2025
July 15 – UEFA has announced the Women’s EURO 2025 as the most attended edition in the competition’s history, underlining the continued momentum of the sport.
Rexel and Denmans deal sparks EFL grassroots programme
July 15 – The English Football League (EFL) has announced a new two-season partnership with Rexel and Denmans, who become their official electrical wholesaler until the end of the 2026/27 season.
Fifpro war with FIFA looks set to continue after “fiction” jibe
July 15 – In an unprecedented attack, world players’ union Fifpro claims the rosy picture painted by FIFA President Gianni Infantino of the Club World Cup is “a fiction.”
Club World Cup becomes football’s ultimate cashpoint
July 15 – FIFA’s Club World Cup wasn’t just a tournament – it was a billion-dollar lottery that transformed part-time dreamers into millionaires.
Axel Tuanzebe’s Manchester United reckoning
July 15 – Axel Tuanzebe, who walked through Manchester United’s gates at eight years old with starlight in his eyes, has returned as a 27-year-old man wielding High Court documents like weapons of war.
Luis Enrique’s moment of madness
July 15 – There’s something almost poetic about watching a manager’s composure crumble in defeat’s dying embers. Luis Enrique, who once commanded Barcelona’s throne with regal authority, found himself reduced to a street brawler’s instincts as Paris Saint-Germain’s FIFA Club World Cup dream turned to dust against Chelsea’s clinical efficiency.
Leader: All that glitters is not football gold
The final of the Club World Cup was bizarre, surreal and supremely ugly in its beauty. The Club World Cup has been a month of lies and PR overkill from FIFA, a massive over-hyping of what, for 90% of the competition, was like watching walking football. But then this was never really about football as a sport.
Euro 2025 reaches quarter final stage but who can beat Spain?
July 14 – After 24 matches and 3.7 goals on average per game, eight teams remains, all with a chance and a dream of conquering Euro 2025.
West Ham extend Paul Robinson Solicitors deal to back of women’s shirt
July 15 – West Ham United Women have unveiled Paul Robinson Solicitors as the team’s new Back of Shirt Partner in a multi-year deal.
FIFA trumpets player union meeting but fails to invite Fifpro to the party
July 13 – At the start of the Club World Cup FIFA and its president Gianni Infantino met with selected representatives from the European Club Association. At the end of it he and his cohort of good old boys met with a group of player unions but failed to invite the only players’ union that truly matters, Fifpro.
Trump boos bookend the Club World Cup final in New York
July 14 – US president Donald Trump was booed during the opening ceremony of the Club World Cup at the MetLife Stadium on Sunday in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and again at the end when he joined the presentation party.