July 30 – With a late header by Wendie Renard, France stunned Brazil 2-1 in a blockbuster match to take control of Group G. Jamaica defeated Panama 1-0 in their first-ever World Cup win.
July 28 – Italy and Turkey have agreed to ditch their individual bids for the 2032 Euros and merge into a joint submission.
July 28 – Barcelona have been provisionally cleared to play in the 2023-24 Champions League despite an ongoing UEFA investigation into the club’s involvement in a refereeing scandal.
July 28 – Young players are again high in demand this summer, as teams around Europe undergo a ‘rebuild’ phase.
July 28 – Manchester City’s development plans for the expansion of the Etihad Stadium to more than 60,000 by 2026 have been approved by Manchester City Council.
July 28 – The UEFA Women’s U-19 Championship reaches its conclusion this weekend with Spain meeting Germany in the final on Sunday at the Den Dreef Stadium in Leuven, Belgium.
July 28 – Danish champions FC Copenhagen have banned fans from taking signs to matches asking for players’ shirts.
July 28 – England closed in on a round-of-16 berth at the Women’s World Cup with an improved performance to defeat Denmark 1-0, a result that was marred by a serious injury to Keira Walsh.
July 25 – FIFA’s last minute sponsorship with Booking.com has sparked anger amongst small hotels and accommodation hosts, thousands of whom had gone unpaid worldwide for more than six weeks when the sponsorship deal was announced.
July 28 – North Macedonian FK Shkupi ultras attacked Levski Sofia supporters before the UEFA Europa Conference League Second qualifying round match between the two teams in Skopje yesterday (Thursday).
July 28 – SIGA is reporting more than 60 hosting partners, in 33 cities and 21 countries have so far signed up for Sport Integrity Week, September 2-9.
By Samindra Kunti in Dunedin
July 28 – Argentina rallied late to rescue a 2-2 draw against South Africa in an enthralling Group G match with both the South Americans and Banyana Banyana retaining a chance of progressing from the group.
July 27 – The Football Federation of Kosovo (FFK) has filed a complaint at UEFA following Serbian club FK Crvena Zvezda’s (Red Star Bekgrade) unfurling of a huge fan activation of a tank against the background of the Serbian flag, and a banner underneath with writing in Serbian saying: ‘When the army returns to Kosovo’.
July 27 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has held the draw for the first and second round World Cup 2026 qualifiers for the AFC’s potential nine slots at the expanded 48-team finals.
July 27 – Nigeria came from behind to stun co-hosts Australia 3-2 on Thursday and leave the Matildas fighting for their lives to qualify for the last 16 of the Women’s World Cup.