July 28 – The last time these two teams met Qatar beat the USA 14-8. That was in the vote for the 2022 World Cup hosting in 2010 and it unleashed a storm the like of which the football world has never seen.
July 29 – Concacaf have the two Gold Cup Semifinal matches, to be played today, July 29, at Q2 Stadium in Austin and NRG Stadium in Houston, sold out.
By David Owen
July 28 – The European football market shrank by 13% to €25.2 billion in 2019-20 – the first reduction in revenues since the global financial crisis, according to new data from Deloitte, the professional services firm.
July 28 – Bjorn Kuipers has announced his retirement from refereeing. Earlier this month, the Dutchman led the Euro 2020 final between Italy and England.
July 28 – SIGA has released dates for its second Sport Integrity Week and a first list of 10 speakers for the series of webinars which will address a specific topic over each of five days.
July 28 – Concacaf have launched a Football for Development initiative in partnership with Generation Amazing, the Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee’s legacy programme.
July 28 – The Gold Cup semi-finals kick off tonight with Houston’s NRG Stadium hosting a sold-out tie between Mexico and Canada where an upset could be on the cards.
July 28 – The Asian Champions Qatar face the USA in the first semi-final of the Gold Cup tonight at the newly minted Q2 Stadium in Austin, Texas.
July 28 – Tottenham Hotspur have become the first English club to announce Covid passes for supporters, bringing them into force for fans attending the men’s and women’s pre-season friendlies against Arsenal next month.
July 28 – AS Roma have teamed up with Zytara Labs, a leading blockchain enterprise, who will become the club’s main global partner in a three-year deal.
July 28 – Italy’s Chievo Verona have been kicked out of Serie B for the 2021-22 season, effectively declaring them bankrupt, and their place will be taken by Cosenza, according to Italian news media.
July 28 – The Nati have to look for a new coach. Vladimir Petkovic has left Switzerland for French club Bordeaux after he led the country to the last eight of Euro 2020.
July 28 – The Asian Football Confederation will hold its 7th AFC Medical Conference in Qatar from March 8 to 10 next year.
July 28 – A complaint of blackmail in relation to photographs of former England captain Wayne Rooney has been dropped by police.
By Jhannet Sanchez
July 28 – The furore over Mexican fans’ homophobic ‘puto’ chant has plunged the federation into even deeper controversy over the handling of the two-match sanction from FIFA requiring the country to play two home games without fans in the stadia.