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 keep knockout hopes alive as Iceland exit
Switzerland 2 Iceland 0
July 6 – Switzerland got their Euro 2025 campaign back on track with a 2-0 victory against Iceland, the first team to be eliminated from the tournament.
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British parliament puts pressure on Premier League to block Newcastle United’s Saudi sale
July 20 – A group of cross-party British parliamentarians have launched an 11th hour bid to stop the £300 million takeover of Newcastle United by a Saudi-led consortium.
England target October 1 for partial opening of stadia
July 20 – Football fans, along with spectators of other sports, could be allowed back into stadiums in England on October 1 provided a series of test events are successful in the coming weeks.
Positive tests force Paraguay to delay restart of top league
July 20 – The long-awaited return of football in Paraguay has been set back after players from three different club tested positive for the coronavirus.
Bridgepoint pitches for a piece of Women’s Super League
July 20 – The Women’s Super League (WSL) in England, which unlike its top tier male counterparts, was not given the opportunity to complete its season when the coronavirus struck, could be find new funding support in the shape of private equity money.
Mauritius club fined for not doing the TMS paperwork
July 20 – FIFA has sanctioned a club in Mauritius for failing to use its Transfer Matching System (TMS).
Leeds United return to Premier League after 16-year gap
July 20 – It’s taken them 16 years but one of England’s most iconic clubs, Leeds United, are back in the big time after winning promotion from the second-tier Championship, sparking huge celebrations among their legions of fans across the city.
Relegation-threatened Watford sack 3rd manager with two games left
July 20 – Not one, not two, not three – but four. That’s how many managers English Premier League Watford have had this season after they dispensed with services of Nigel Pearson on Sunday.
Mauritius comes to Liverpool as official partner
July 20 – Premier League champions Liverpool have launched a new global partnership with the Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority and Economic Development Board Mauritius, who become club’s Official Tourism and Economic Development Partner.
MLS postpones debuts of Charlotte, St Louis and Sacramento franchises
July 20 – The MLS has announced more casualties of the coronavirus, announcing it is postponing the inaugural seasons of three expansion clubs. Charlotte’s debut will move from 2021 to 2022 while St. Louis and Sacramento, will now begin play in 2023, instead of 2022.
Football’s Deep State: Are match-fixers infiltrating the governing bodies and their suppliers?
By Paul Nicholson
July 17 – In 2018 when Insideworldfootball and Rex Sport hosted their Tackling Match-fixing conference in London a number of panellists made the point that betting related match manipulation was the playground of major organised crime gangs.
CAF keep 2023 AFCON in June as major events start to squeeze calendar space
July 17 – After weeks of speculation the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that its showpiece event, the African Cup of Nations, will stick to the summer months in 2023 and be held June/July in the Ivory Coast – a massive ask for the players who will now have to play three major tournaments in 18 months.
AFC to centralise Champions League West Zone restart in Qatar
July 17 – 2022 World Cup hosts Qatar will act as the regional hub for matches involving clubs from West Asia in the AFC Champions League, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has announced.
Promoted VfB Stuttgart join procession of Bundesliga clubs seeking cash to continue
July 17 – Newly-promoted VfB Stuttgart’s achievement in getting back to the top flight in Germany has been marred by them becoming the latest cash-strapped Bundesliga club to seek financial aid because of lost matchday revenue due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Spike fears: Spanish health minister hesitant to allow fans to return in September
July 17 – Spain’s Health Minister, Santiago Illa, has cast doubt on the possibility of fans being able to go back to stadiums when the new season starts in September.
LaLiga title win is more important that Champions League, says Zidane
July 17 – Despite a season when they were often far from their scintillating best, Real Madrid are Spanish champions once again, ending Barcelona’s two-year grip on the title and prompting coach Zinedine Zidane to declare it felt sweeter than any of the three straight Champions League crowns the club has won under his tenure.