June 12 – After a short period of boom, the women’s game is in danger of going bust as the coronavirus pandemic hits at perhaps the most vulnerable section of world football’s society, indicates a report by the KPMG Football Benchmark team.
June 12 – Sevilla beat Real Betis 2-0 behind closed doors in the usually passionate Seville derby as La Liga returned after a three-month gap Thursday. But not all fans obeyed the stay-away guidelines.
June 12 – Tottenham and England midfielder Dele Alli has been banned for one match by English football authorities over a post on social media about coronavirus.
June 12 – Manchester City and their seven-sister clubs owned by the City Football Group (CFG) will be competing against each other in an in-house esports challenge Saturday 13.
By David Owen
June 11 – Covid-19-related disruption is expected to cut aggregate revenues of the 20 Premier League clubs by approximately £1 billion, or £50 million each on average, in 2019-20, according to analysis in the new Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance.
June 11 – One minute’s silence to remember those who have died of Covid-19 is likely to take place before the first games of next week’s Premier League restart.
June 11 – La Liga re-starts tonight with the Seville derby between Sevilla and Real Betis. The Spanish will be starting without betting sponsors but with a new campaign promoting the country as a safe destination for tourism and sport.
June 11 – The prospects of an Australasian women’s World Cup in 2023 has received a significant boost after the joint Australia-New Zealand bid received a higher rating by FIFA’s evaluation team than rivals Japan and Colombia.
June 11 – Amsterdam will remain a host city for next year’s Euro 2020 after its hosting credentials were questioned over the tournament’s postponement.
June 11 – Manchester City will have to wait until July before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) issues its ruling on whether the club will have its two season ban on Champions League participation and €30 million fined lifted.
June 11 – Welfare conditions in Qatar have come under renewed scrutiny after an Amnesty International investigation revealed that World Cup labourers at the Al Bayt stadium went unpaid for months. Local organisers have said the Qatari construction company involved has been banned from event projects as a consequence.
June 11 – Coaches and substitutes will no longer have to wear protective face masks on the sidelines during Bundesliga matches following newly announced hygiene measures.
June 11 – The US Soccer Federation, under pressure from both men’s and women’s players, has overturned its ban on taking a knee during the national anthem in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
June 11 – The Merseyside derby between Everton and Liverpool on June 21, when the latter could win their first domestic league crown for 30 years, has been given the all clear to played at Everton’s home ground of Goodison Park but police have urged fans to watch the behind-closed-doors fixture from the safety of their own homes.
June 11 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) has announced its new Sport Integrity Awards to showcase the achievements of global and regional leaders in sport integrity.