August 16 – After a decade of involvement, Brentford owner Matthew Benham is stepping away from FC Midtjylland in Denmark, selling his majority stake to Danish businessman Anders Holch Povlsen. Benham’s Smartodds however will keep supplying the club with data.
August 16 – DAZN Group have completed the acquisition of women’s football online platform Ata, which will see DAZN further consolidate its women’s football offering, expanding its comprehensive rights collection, which includes rights to the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) and both national and international rights to Germany’s Frauen Bundesliga.
August 16 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has completed its fifth edition of the Football Management Certificate (FMC) programme, helping to equip its 41 graduates with the skills required to impact the game across all levels as future leaders.
August 16 – The USA may have been knocked off their perch as the best women’s national team in the world. but there is still a growing appetite for investors to get involved in the domestic women’s league game.
August 16 – World Cup 2026 host venue Houston will be the venue for a newly launched global sports festival aimed at the sports business to be held 4-7 April 2024.
August 16 – Saudi Arabian airline Riyadh Air has been confirmed as the main and official airline partner of LaLiga’s Atlético de Madrid in a ‘multi-year’ agreement.
August 15 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has radically revamped its men’s club competition structure into three new tiers, as well as launching a Women’s Champions League and boosting prize money across the competitions to record levels.
By Samindra Kunti in Sydney
August 15 – Former Socceroo and human rights activist Craig Foster has criticised FIFA and Women’s World Cup organisers for failing to take the lead in the fight against climate change.
August 15 – Spain reached their first-ever Women’s World Cup final with a dramatic 2-1 victory against a solid Sweden courtesy of an 89th-minute winner by Olga Carmona.
August 15 – All 105 fans suspected of being involved in extensive clashes in the Greek capital that led to the death of a 29-year-old AEK Athens supporter have been ordered to be detained pending their trial.
August 15 – Chelsea have taken their spending spree to a staggering $1 billion in 15 months under their American owners after smashing the British transfer record by signing Ecuador midfielder Moises Caicedo from Brighton for a reported £115 million.
August 15 – Ultras of Bulgaria’s CSKA Sofia stormed their home Bulgarian Army stadium after another disappointing match by their team away to Ludogorets.
August 15 – The first round of the 31st edition of the Premier League kicked off with clubs across the league in touching distance of reaching maximum capacity at almost every game.
August 15 – Lionel Messi might have opted for the MLS but yet another superstar looks set to join the gravy train to Saudi Arabia with Neymar reported to be quitting Paris Saint-Germain to move to Al-Hilal.
August 15 – West Ham are growing frustrated in their £30m pursuit of Manchester United defender Harry Maguire, 30, as they feel that transfer talks are taking much longer than they should.