Police order Nice to shut stand after Marseilles chaos
August 24 – Authorities have ordered Nice to close one of their stands for four games following the ugly scenes that marred their Ligue 1 derby with Marseille at the weekend.
Europe
Aussie Cahill joins Belgian club board at Qatari request
August 24 – Former Everton and Socceroos star Tim Cahill will serve as a board member of KAS Eupen, the Belgian club announced on Monday.
Nice vs Marseilles abandoned after bottles thrown and fans invade pitch
August 23 – Sunday’s high-profile top-flight French derby between Nice and Marseille had to be abandoned after home fans threw missiles and invaded the pitch.
RIP Chievo Verona; former Serie A club folds after failure to find money for new season
August 23 – Chievo Verona is no more. Having been demoted to Serie D following an inability to meet Serie B financial solvency criteria, the club failed to find an investor to enable it to continue and will now fold.
Wembley Euro 2020 final was a covid ‘superspreader’
August 23 – The Euro 2020 final between England and Italy was a ‘superspreader’ event due to the level of COVID-19 infection found in or around London’s Wembley Stadium on the day, according to official data.
De Bruyne, Jorghino and Kante vie for UEFA player of year award
August 23 – Three Premier League players make up the shortlist for the UEFA Men’s player of the year awards, while three Barcelona players make up the Women’s shortlist.
UEFA plans €6bn club relief fund and vigorous revamp of FFP
By Samindra Kunti
August 19 – UEFA is planning a €6 billion relief fund to help leading European clubs survive the global health crisis that has ravaged the football industry.
Irritated Ronaldo says stop the ‘disrespect’, he is staying at Juve
August 18 – Cristiano Ronaldo insists he is going nowhere despite reports linking him with a move away from Juventus.
UEFA reviews plan to award two Champions League slots on historical achievement
August 18 – UEFA are reportedly considering ditching the controversial plan to award two Champions League places based on historical success following criticism from leagues across the continent.
Man Utd and UK sports guru Maurice Watkins has died, aged 79
August 17 – Maurice Watkins, the man credited with bringing Sir Alex Ferguson to the club in 1986, and a legend in sports law and British sports administration, has died aged 79.
Norwegian players caught partying on stadium security cameras
August 17 – Players of SK Brann held a raunchy late-night party at their stadium, but were caught on security cameras, leaving the club red faced.
ECA re-admits repentant nine of the ESL’s Dirty Dozen back into its membership
By Paul Nicholson
August 16 – The European Club Association (ECA), has agreed that nine of the 12 European Super League (ESL) breakaway clubs can remain as members following their requests to withdraw their resignations from the club body.
Germany and Bayern legendary striker Gerd Muller dies, aged 75
August 16 – Famed West Germany striker Gerd Mueller, nicknamed ‘Der Bomber’ because of his goalscoring prowess, has died at the age of 75.
Digital media specialist Hopfen to take over from Seifert at Bundesliga
August 16 – Donata Hopfen will become the new CEO of the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) in January, succeeding Christian Seifert who will step aside early, the league body has announced.
Lukaku returns to Chelsea in £97.5m deal
August 13 – No sooner had Jack Grealish become the most expensive English Premier League transfer during the summer window after his £100 million move to Manchester city than Romelu Lukuka has followed just behind for very nearly the same amount.