African Super League gets all clear with $100m prize pot earmarked
July 5 – The African Super League will be launched in 2023 with a prize pot of $100 million, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has said.
Met police swoop on Premier League player over holiday rape allegation
July 5 – An English Premier League footballer has reportedly been arrested in London on suspicion of rape.
Man City agrees Asian sponsosrship with 8XBet
July 5 – Manchester City has teamed up with gambling platform 8XBet as a regional sponsor in Asia.
City Football Group confirm Italian ambition with €13m Palermo buy
July 4 – City Football Group have confirmed the acquisition of a majority stake in Palermo FC who will play in Serie B next season having worked their way back from Serie D having been relegated for declaring bankruptcy in 2019.
CAF shifts Ivory Coast AFCON from summer 2023 to winter slot of January 2024
By Andrew Warshaw
July 4 -The Africa Cup of Nations, seemingly buffeted constantly by logistical issues, has suffered another setback with next year’s tournament moved to 2024 and switched from June to January because of likely adverse weather conditions.
Ireland coach Vera Pauw reveals she was raped as a Dutch national team player
July 4 – Former Netherlands international and current Ireland coach Vera Pauw has revealed that she was sexually abused by three men employed within Dutch football when she was a player.
UEFA starts programme to hunt and destroy on-line racist content
July 4 – UEFA is launching a programme to combat online racist abuse of players by working with social media companies to remove harmful content from platforms.
India hit by sexual misconduct scandal as U17 coach sent home from Norway tour
July 3 – In the latest scandal to rock Indian football, U-17 women’s football team assistant coach Alex Ambrose has been sacked for sexual misconduct.
Women’s Euro passes record 500k ticket sales as Wednesday kick off nears
July 4 – The Women’s European Championship starting on Wednesday will draw a record attendance with 500,000 tickets already snapped up before the first ball is kicked, breaking the previous record set in 2017 in The Netherlands where 240,000 fans attended matches and saw the hosts lift the trophy for the first time.
Backing the bookies, Antwerp sign betFIRST as main sponsor
July 3 – In a controversial move, Antwerp have signed up BetFIRST as their new, headline sponsor despite the Belgian authorities’ intention to outlaw betting ads by 2025.
Konami picks up video game license and naming rights in multi-part Inter deal
July 4 – Inter Milan has agreed a deal with video gamemaker Konami that will see it become the club’s Global Football Videogame Partner, as well as being designated Youth Development Centre Partner and Training Kit Back Partner.
FIFA fuels Qatar 2022 carbon-neutral debate saying its methodology is not misleading
By Samindra Kunti in Odense
July 1 – FIFA’s head of sustainability Federico Addiechi has defended the world governing body’s claims of staging a carbon-neutral World Cup in Qatar.
Semi-automated offside cleared to make World Cup debut in Qatar
July 1 – FIFA have confirmed that semi-automated offside technology will be used at the Qatar World Cup, providing alerts to video match officials using 12 dedicated tracking cameras inside the stadiums along with a sensor in the match ball.
DoJ earmarks another $92m for ‘Remission Fund’ from FIFAGate collections
July 1 – FIFA will receive another $92 million in compensation for losses sustained in global football corruption schemes, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) said on Tuesday.
Costa Rica have 9 players suspended after U20 World Cup qualifying clash with US
July 1 – A mass brawl after the USA’s 2-0 win over Costa Rica at the Concacaf U20 Championships in Honduras earlier this week has resulted in bans for nine Costa Ricans and one American.