Mexico dominate USA to retain their Gold Cup title
Mexico 2 USA 1
July 6 – In front of a sold-out crowd of 70,925 in the NRG Stadium in Houston, Mexico beat the USA 2-1 to win the 2025 Gold Cup.
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Spain turn on the style against battling Belgians
Spain 6 Belgium 2
July 7 – With a dominant performance and four second-half goals, Spain defeated a combative Belgium 6-2 in a Group B goal feast that left their opponents on the brink of elimination.
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Coronavirus: Belgium’s Mouscron are postponed again as battle to control virus continues
November 6 – Covid-19 continues to play havoc with the Belgian Pro League schedule with Mouscron vs OH Leuven being postponed because of infections at the Walloon club. It’s the third Mouscron game that will require rescheduling.
Chicago gets go-ahead for NISA franchise and 2021 start
November 6 – The third tier National Independent Soccer Association (NISA) in the US has announced the owners and management team behind their 11th franchise team which will be based in Chicago.
MLS turns up the volume on JLab deal with multi-year renewal
November 6 – MLS and JLab Audio have signed a multi-year partnership extension, making JLab both the official audio and microphone partner of the league, as well as the eMLS, the leagues competitive EA Sports FIFA competition.
British government calls in PL, EFL and FA to break rescue funding deadlock
November 5 – British parliamentarians have asked to quiz the orchestrators of Project Big Picture, the controversial plan that would have handed power to the big six Premier League clubs in return for a £250 million Covid-19 bailout for lower-league clubs, but which never got off the ground.
Japan’s Levain Cup Final pushed back after covid outbreak hits Kashiwa Reysol
November 5 – The Levain Cup Final in Japan has been postponed following a Covid-19 outbreak among Kashiwa Reysol’s players and team staff.
Premier League bosses meet with future of PPV initiative high on agenda
November 5 – Under huge pressure from fans’ groups, Premier League clubs are reportedly poised for a u-turn over the controversial pay-per-view initiative that has caused outrage among subscribers of Sky and BT Sport.
Rangers to raise £4m with second share offer in a month
November 5 – Scottish Premier League leaders Rangers have announced a second share issue in less than a month, with the second issue set to raise £4 million with the club having last month raised £4 million from an Asia-based investor.
Amazon expands football output with Juventus TV channel debut on Prime Video
November 5 – Serie A giant Juventus has increased its club TV channel distribution making it available via Prime Video, the first club in Europe to TV channel available on the Amazon service.
Zamalek beat Raja Casablanca to set up Champions League final against arch-rivals Al Ahly
November 5 – Zamalek scored two late goals as they came from behind to beat Raja Casablanca 3-1 on Wednesday for a 5-1 aggregate victory that sets up a mouth-watering all-Egyptian African Champions League final against arch-rivals Al Ahly on November 27.
Relegated Norwich put 2019-20 Covid impact at £12.7m, but still turn a profit
By David Owen
November 5 – Norwich City, the club known as the Canaries, managed to record a small profit in their brief return to the Premier League, in spite of finishing a distant last in the table.
WADA agrees to pay French international Mamadou Sakho ‘substantial’ damages
By David Owen
November 5 – Crystal Palace and former Liverpool defender Mamadou Sakho has won “substantial” damages from the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in settlement of a long-running dispute.
Sheffield Wednesday have points deduction halved
November 5 – Sheffield Wednesday have had their points deduction for breaching EFL spending rules halved from 12 to six points.
Solskjaer feels the winter chill as Man Utd crumble in Istanbul
November 5 – Not for the first time this season but even more so now, pressure is mounting on Manchester United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer following the end of their winning start in the Champions League, coupled with a poor run of domestic form.
UEFA bans Qarabağ’s Ibrahimov after call to ‘kill’ all Armenians
November 4 – UEFA has moved swiftly to provisionally ban Qarabağ FK communications officer Nurlan Ibrahimov after comments made on social media calling for the killing of all Armenians.
Petition tops 100K as anti-lockdown calls grow louder from football’s grassroots
November 4 – More than 100,000 people have so far signed a petition calling for grassroots football to be allowed to continue during the English national lockdown.