June 25 – The Gold Cup quarter-final line-up was completed yesterday with Panama vs Honduras being scheduled for the State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Saturday June 28.
June 20 – In an unprecedented day of international action and following Gianni Infantino’s recent call to stop play in case of discrimination, New Zealand and Ireland’s U-21 team abandoned matches after allegedly facing racist abuse by Qatari and Kuwaiti opponents.
June 20 – There will be 31 teams in the draw for the AFC Futsal Asian Cup 2024 group stages this week at the AFC’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
June 20 – Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois (pictured) has denied claims by national team coach Domenico Tedesco that he walked out on the team training camp after being passed over for the captaincy against Austria. Real Madrid’s number one says he has a knee problem.
June 20 – Liverpool and confectionary brand Cadbury, part of the Mondelez group, have extended their sponsorship partnership that began in 2020 for a further three years.
Sometimes you say something and it turns out that the something you’ve said is something you never said … But then this something that you’ve never said finds itself (re-)published in an “independent Indian medium”, as is the case here, in India’s ‘Morning Express’.
June 19 – Spain coach Luis de la Fuente has said his team’s Nations League victory, the first international title in a decade, could prompt more Spain triumphs in the future.
June 19 – Manchester City star Erling Haaland scored on his return to the Norwegian national team but it wasn’t enough as Scotland came back to win 2-1 on Saturday and keep a perfect record in qualifying for next year’s European Championship.
June 19 – UEFA chief Aleksander Ceferin has warned Saudi Arabia that splashing out eye-watering sums of money on ageing superstar players is a mistake in terms of developing the game.
June 19 – Brazil sent a message against racism by swapping their ironic yellow and green shirts for an all-black kit during the first half of a friendly against Guinea in Barcelona on Saturday.
June 19 – The European football grew by 7% in the 2021/22 season to to €29.5 billion according the 32nd Annual Review of Football Finance published by Deloitte’s Sports Business Group.
By Paul Nicholson in Las Vegas
June 18 – The US continued where they left off against Mexico with a comfortable 2-0 win over Canada to retain their Nations League title.
By Samindra Kunti in Rotterdam
June 19 – Spain won the Nations League for the first time, 5-4 on penalties, to add to their trophy cabinet and break Croatian hearts.
June 18 – Mexico, with a goal by Jesus Gallardo, ended their five game no-win streak to take third place in the Concacaf Nations League with a 1-0 win over Panama.
June 18 – The Netherlands are no match for the European elite. After shipping four goals against Croatia in the last four, the Nations League hosts also lost the third-place match 3-2 against Italy.
