By Andrew Warshaw
July 11 –
England’s failure to secure their first ever European crown was accompanied by the sadly familiar scene of so-called England fans heaping disgrace and ignominy on their country, before the match at Wembley Stadium and on social media after it.
Group C: Jamaica 2 Suriname 0
July 13 – Jamaica opened their Gold Cup campaign against tournament debutants Suriname at the Exploria Stadium in Orlando with a 2-0 win.
July 13 – Qatar will make its Concacaf Gold Cup debut tonight at the BBVA Stadium in Houston, Texas. Their opponents will be 2018 World Cup qualifiers Panama.
Group C: Costa Rica 3 Guadeloupe 1
July 12 – Costa Rica went into the Gold Cup off the back having lost nine games. Up until the half time whistle you could have been wondering what the issue was. But suddenly all that changed with a goal in the half’s added time that turned what looked like a dead rubber into a spicy contest.
Group B: USA 1 -Haiti 0; Canada 4 – Martinique 1
July 11 – The United States opened their Gold Cup campaign in Kansas City with an unconvincing 1-0 win over a combative Haitian team. It was a scrappy start for the Americans but who at then end of the game rode their luck against an improving Haiti.
By Samindra Kunti at Wembley
July 10 – In the end football didn’t come home. After a night of dramatic tension, Italy prevailed from the penalty spot to win Euro 2020, their first European crown since 1968, a victory veteran defender Leonardo Bonucci hailed as the “renaissance of Italian football”.
July 12 – Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe (pictured) has revealed that the governing body has opened discussions with broadcasters on the formation of an African Super League, repeating that Africa will learn from the mistakes of the European Super League debacle.
July 12 – French Ligue 1 club AS Monaco – which has been targeting an expansion of its regional marketing partnership base – has signed a two year deal with AYX, a sports data and entertainment company, to be the club’s regional partner in Asia.
By Jhannet Sanchez in Arlington, Texas
July 10 – The 2021 Gold Cup opened with a major shock in match between Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago officially took place at the AT&T stadium. A match that ended in a scoreless draw and one point for each team.
July 11 – Concacaf narrowly avoided a second fixture crisis on the second day of the Gold Cup after enforcing strict covid protocols on the Haitian team and management.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 9 – La Liga chief Javier Tebas (pictured) has rubbished the idea of staging the World Cup every two years – and also insists the European Super League is dead in the water whatever the European Court of Justice decides.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 9 – The tension is mounting almost hourly and collective nerves are jangling. Will football finally come home to England on Sunday night or will Italy spoil the Euro 2020 party?
By Paul Nicholson
July 9 – Disaster has struck the Curacao team before a ball has been kicked in the Gold Cup group stages that start tomorrow (Saturday). Escalating numbers of positive cases within the team and the management have forced them to withdraw from the tournament with their first match scheduled to be played in Frisco, Texas, against El Salvador.
July 9 – Saturday night will see reigning champions Mexico open the 2021 Gold Cup and the defence of their title in front of more than 60,000 fans at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
July 9 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has staged the draw for the U-23 Asian Cup 2022 qualifiers, reaffirming the ruling body’s commitment to the youth game after the Covid-19 pandemic has forced tweaks and cancellations across the board in other competitions.