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.
Women's Euro 2025
Swiss bring the party, Walti and co secure the points
July 7 – Indescribable pressure. That’s how captain Lia Walti has described the environment around the host nation at Euro 2025 even following an alleviating 1-0 victory against Iceland, Switzerland’s first win of the tournament.
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Manchester’s miserable weekend see City and United crash out as Germans march on
By Andrew Warshaw
August 17 – First City, then United. Within 24 hours of each other, the European dreams, hopes and expectations of Manchester’s two rival football clubs were shattered for another season over the weekend.
UEFA warns September is too early to let fans back in for international matches
August 17 – UEFA has decided that September is too early to allow limited fans back into international matches according to Scottish FA chief executive Ian Maxwell.
Samoura speaks for FIFA’s MAs saying they are ‘heart-warmingly’ behind Infantino
August 17 – Another weekend, another member of FIFA’s staff rolled out to stand fully behind FIFA president Gianni Infantino and his ‘innocense’ campaign, a public relations push that is threatening to become the football PR campaign to end all football PR campaigns by a sitting FIFA president.
RB Leipzig make East German history, Real Madrid and Bayern are CL’s hardy perennials
By David Owen
August 17 – In six and a half decades, RB Leipzig, who take on one of the Middle East-backed super-clubs, Paris Saint-Germain, in Lisbon on Tuesday night, will be the first team from eastern Germany to appear in a Champions League/European Cup semi-final.
Saudis rejected arbitration before pulling out of Newcastle buy, says PL boss
August 17 – Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has finally broken his silence over the doomed £300 million Saudi-led bid to buy English Premier League club Newcastle United.
Armenian League, ravaged by match-fixing, secures record betting sponsorship with VBET
August 17 – Armenian football, which has been so plagued by match-fixing that it abandoned its second tier league, has announced a new sponsorship deal with online bookmaker brand VBET, owned by BetConstruct.
Belarusian political crisis overspills players and coaches back protestors
August 17 – The political protests sweeping through Belarus have spilled over into football with CSKA Moscow’s Belarusian striker Ilya Shkurin (pictured) saying he won’t play for his country until President Alexander Lukashenko steps down.
Indian Super League to centralise November start in Goa
August 17 – Goa will be the central venue for the 2020 Indian Super League, organisers have announced.
Messi on the move? Rumour mill puts Man City at head of the list
August 17 – Is Lionel Messi about to light up the English Premier League? Rumours are rife that Messi wants to leave Barcelona following last week’s 8-2 Champions league humiliation – and that Manchester City, themselves desperate hunting for exciting new players, could be his destination.
Tunisia’s Club Africain lands Qatar Airways deal
August 17 – Qatar Airways has added Tunisia’s Club Africain to its growing global sponsorship portfolio in a new 3-year deal.
Mondelēz takes its Willy Wonka act to Arsenal with Cadbury’s deal
August 17 – Confectionary business Mondelēz International has added a fourth Premier League club to its sponsorship roster, with its Cadbury brand becoming the Official Snacking Partner of Arsenal.
Trinidad and Tobago teeter on brink of ban and 2022 exclusion after judge rules local law trumps FIFA’s
By Paul Nicholson
August 14 – Trinidad and Tobago High Court judge Carol Gobin has ruled against FIFA’s application to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it by former TTFA board members over their replacement with a normalisation committee.
Ceferin says FFP rethink on the cards but super rich cannot be allowed to boss the game
August 14 – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin says sweeping changes will have to be made to Financial Fair Play rules in the wake of Manchester City’s successful appeal against a ban from the Champions League.
Calendar crunch: Premier League cuts winter break as FA Cup replays are scrapped
August 14 – The world’s oldest domestic knockout competition, England’s FA Cup, is to be radically restructured next season to help ease fixture congestion with all replays scrapped in every round.
Blatter says ‘untouchable’ Infantino should face FIFA Ethics probe
August 14 – Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has launched another attack on his successor Gianni Infantino, claiming the present incumbent “thinks he is untouchable” and should have an ethics inquiry opened against him immediately.