The recent display of Portugal’s stars versus Georgia was a dismal display of arrogance in football. For starters, there were no stars: they all sat on the bench, and only the living God that is Ronaldo stood around waiting to be served.
June 28 – Whilst England’s famed forward line has been criticised for their lack of fire power at Euro 24, the one area of the team that has come good so far is the defence which, ironically, was supposedly the most vulnerable area.
June 28 – Wolverhampton Wanderers have agreed a new multi-year partnership with LeoVegas Group, which will see the group’s sports betting brand BetMGM UK become the club’s official European betting partner for the next two seasons.
June 28 – Tottenham Hotspur have announced a partnership with Citygreen Sports Group to become the Official Synthetic Turf Supplier to the Club for the 2024-25 season.
June 27 – The Manchester United women’s team will be moved into portable buildings at the club’s Carrington training complex this season to allow the men’s squad to use the women’s team facilities, while the men’s indoor facilities undergo a £50m renovation.
June 27 – Brazilian club Fluminense have dismissed their manager Fernando Diniz after a dramatic start to the season.
June 27 – The English Football league, whose 72 clubs underpin professional football in England, have renewed its key national radio rights deal with talkSPORT for a further four years.
June 27 – Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers have stepped away from the traditional big name kit suppliers to do what they say is a “landmark deal” with sportswear brand SUDU.
June 27 – Chelsea FC have expanded their partnership with global analytics software businses FICO.
June 26 – 25th June 1982 is a date in international football that has its own special place in notoriety. Forty-two years later, we now find ourselves with the same nightmare scenario, this time at Euro2024.
June 26 – Germany’s DFB is to increase the number of clubs in its top tier women’s professional league by two from the 2025/26 season.
June 26 – With a perfect record on the line, Portugal manager Roberto Martinez has guaranteed that his side, assured of a spot in the last 16, will not ease off against Georgia in their final Group F game. Cristiano Ronaldo will start.
June 26 – With the Copa America under way in the US amid seering heat, an assistant referee collapsed with heat stroke near the end of the first half of Peru’s Group A match against Canada.
