July 4 – With just three days to go before the final of the 2025 Gold Cup in the NRG Stadium in Houston, Concacaf is reporting that there are less than 4,000 tickets left for the 72,200 capacity stadium that will host Mexico and the USA.
England 0 France 2
July 5 – With two quick-fire first-half goals, France stunned England 2-1 in Group D’s blockbuster in Zurich as the Lionesses became the first defending champions to lose their opening match at the European championship.
July 7 – With predictions that the transfer market is going to take a big hit as the football business tiptoes its way through the commercial implications pandemic, new player transfer value analysis looks at what a contract extension would do for their sale value.
July 6 – Fixtures have been announced for the new Scottish season due to begin on August 2 at a time when most other leagues are having a break.
July 7 – A smart and expensive set of wheels is an essential part of the kit of the modern day millionaire professional footballer. But what happens when those wheels become less loved and surplus to requirements. What is the vehicle resale value with the celebrity attachment added to the luxury value of the car? And what if the car, or tractor, is a beautifully maintained classic?
By Andrew Warshaw
July 6 – So-called fans who hide behind hidden social media accounts to fire abuse at black and BAME players face being called out under revolutionary technology that strips away their anonymity.
July 6 – Major League Soccer has postponed the match between Dallas and Vancouver, a fixture of its MLS Is Back tournament, to an undisclosed date due positive coronavirus tests in the Texan team.
July 6 – Seven Eritrean international players who have been in hiding in Uganda for more than six months are still seeking asylum for fear of what might happen to them if they are sent home.
July 6 – Celtic’s new Adidas kit is already proving a hit with fans as the volume of pre-orders for the new training wear on the club’s online shop last Friday served to crash the site’s servers.
July 6 – Spanish telecommunications giant Telefónica has signed an exclusive broadcast rights deal for UEFA’s flagship club competitions for the 2021-24 cycle covering the Spanish territory.
July 6 – Former Chinese international Zhao Junzhe has asked the organisers of the Chinese Super League (CSL) to take steps to reduce players’ stress when the 2020 campaign finally gets under way behind closed doors later this month.
July 6 – Robert Lewandowski passed 50 goals for the season as Bayern Munich beat Bayer Leverkusen to win a record 20th German Cup and 13th domestic double at the weekend.
July 6 – The war on global piracy has seen a new battle win for LaLiga who, working with the Danish Rights Alliance, have won a court ruling that pirate service Rojadirecta is illegal and must be blocked by Danish ISPs.
By Paul Nicholson
July 3 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino took a step nearer towards a full criminal investigation in Switzerland into his behaviour following the announcement today by the supervisory authority of the Federal Prosecutor’s Office that an extraordinary federal public prosecutor had been appointed to examine criminal complaints made against him and Swiss federal prosecutor Michael Lauber.
By Paul Nicholson
July 3 – The leak of witness statements from a 2013 Trinidad and Tobago court case concerning national team coach Terry Fenwick, the former English defender turned football manager-cum-marketing spiv, sheds more light via a series of shocking revelations concerning Fenwick’s violent temper, his extreme behaviour and his alleged and multiple fraudulent business dealings.
July 3 – Manchester City are set to learn their European fate on July 13 in a ruling that will have major consequences for both the club and UEFA’s entire financial fair play strategy.
By Samindra Kunti
July 3 – In an unprecedented move, Brazilian broadcasting behemoth TV Globo has rescinded its contract with Rio de Janeiro’s state football federation after Flamengo streamed their match against Boa Vista on Youtube under a temporary federal rule introduced by Jair Bolsonaro.