By Jaroslaw Adamowski
July 17 – Legia Warsaw has extended its sponsorship with PepsiCo by a further three years. Under the deal, the company’s Gatorade brand will become the official sponsor of the Polish club’s Football Academy youth project.
By Mark Baber
July 17 – Real Madrid tops the annual Forbes list of the world’s most valuable sports teams, for the second year in a row, with Barcelona and Manchester United swapping places from last year in second and third place respectively.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 17 – Barcelona have announced that Luis Suarez is now “100 percent” their player even though they cannot officially unveil the £75 million striker because of his FIFA ban for biting at the World Cup.
By Andrew Warshaw
July 17 – Sierra Leone is the latest country to be hit by a serious match-fixing scandal after national team captain Ibrahim Kargbo (pictured) was suspended along with 14 other players and officials. The country’s sports ministry and the Sierra Leone Football Association said the 15 are alleged to have tried to fix the outcome of a 0-0 draw against South Africa in a second round qualifier for the 2010 African Nations Cup.
July 17 – Keylor Navas, whose sensational performances in goal for World Cup quarter-finalists Costa Rica earned him worldwide plaudits, has had a stadium named after him back home.
July 17 – CONCACAF president Jeffrey Webb says the expansion of the Soccerex sports business conference to his region will help create unity among the individual federations.
July 17 – With the 2014 World Cup over, and the US national team inspiring their nation for the duration of their stay in Brazil, eyes have turned to the MLS and particular attention to TV viewing figures and whether new-found national love of the world game is being sustained.
July 17 – The Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (Cecafa) Secretary General Nicholas Musonye (pictured) has said the regional association is thinking about starting its own Champions League.
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Conflict, throughout the course of human history, has taken on many forms. But whether it be the bronze swords and spears of Homer’s Iliad, the muskets of Jefferson’s American War of Independence or the rockets, bombs and drones of today, some things have been constant.
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July 16 – Just months after Juventus coach Antonio Conte led the club to a third consecutive Serie A title – the first time that has happened since the 1930s – he has suddenly walked out, leading to speculation that he is about to take over the national team.
July 16 – Huge crowds turned out in Berlin to welcome home Germany’s World Cup-winning team after their fourth triumph and their first, symbolically, since re-unification between east and west.
By Paul Nicholson and Andrew Warshaw
July 16 – Comments made by FIFA President Sepp Blatter at the World Cup closing press conference in Brazil have caused confusion in Russia both with the 2018 World Cup organisers and amongst the media.
By Jaroslaw Adamowski
July 16 – Korona Kielce has unveiled its new squad shirt for the 2014/2015 season, following the signing of a new technical sponsorship contract with Hummel. The German brand will replace German rival Adidas.
By Alexander Krassimirov
July 16 – The owner of Bulgaria’s Lokomotiv Plovdiv Konstantin Dinev (pictured) is to transfer his shares in the club to a supporters group who will not only take over ownership but also the day-to-day running of the business and playing departments.
By Ben Nicholson
July 15 – The 2014 World Cup has set new records for both Twitter and Facebook, becoming the most talked about sporting event in history on social media and living up to its pre-tournament moniker of being ‘The Mobile World Cup’.