Spanish lawmakers ban betting sponsors on LaLiga club shirts
July 10 – Betting firms will no longer be allowed to appear as front-of-shirt sponsors or hold stadium naming rights in Spain from the start of next season.
Europe
Barca, Bayern, Juve and Man City get UEFA all-clear to play last-16 CL games at home
July 10 – The four outstanding Champions League round of 16 second-leg ties, postponed because of COVID-19 in March, can be hosted by the scheduled home teams providing there are no travel restrictions.
EFL boss Parry says Wigan’s Hong Kong owners have ‘disrespected’ English game
July 9 – The head of the English Football League has broken his silence on the collapse of Championship club Wigan Athletic pledging to get to the bottom of why the club was plunged into administration when its Hong Kong owner pulled the plug on further funding.
Belgian league chaos as court rules Waasland-Beveren can’t be relegated from Pro League
July 9 – Belgian football has been plunged into chaos after the domestic sports tribunal ruled that Waasland-Beveren can’t be relegated, leaving the embattled Pro League with almost no choice but to rethink next season.
Belgians agree top tier format but TV schedules upset amateur game
July 8 – The Belgian Pro League has confirmed a 16-team top flight format for next season with season-ending playoffs and a broadcast schedule that has incensed amateur clubs further down the pyramid.
Hard-resisting Belarus now succumb to Covid crisis with cancellation of first game
July 8 – Belarus, the one country in Europe that insisted on carrying on playing regular football while others shut down earlier in the Covid-19 crisis, has announced the postponement of defending champion Dinamo Brest’s next game scheduled for this Friday.
EFL’s fit and proper tested: The miserable financial road for Wigan and its peers
By Andrew Warshaw
July 7 – Wigan Athletic’s official supporters’ club have demanded a “full investigation” into how the second-tier Championship club became the first professional outfit in English football to be plunged into administration during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Scots plan August 2 opener for new season as Celtic go for 10 titles in a row
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.
FFP under the gavel: Man City to get ‘£200m’ CAS ruling July 13
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.
French want Benzema in court over role in Valbuena sex tape blackmail
July 3 – French prosecutors have asked that Real Madrid star and French international Karim Benzema face trial over his alleged involvement in the attempted sex-tape blackmail of former teammate Mathieu Valbuena.
Magic circle: UEFA pulls out the €775m HatTrick rabbit
July 2 – UEFA has kicked off the fifth cycle of its HatTrick programme with a commitment to invest €775.5 million in the development of the game over the next four years.
UEFA confident Germany will be ‘safe and secure’ for Europa League finish
July 2 – UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin is confident that there will be “no need for a Plan B” for this season’s final eight of the Europa League which Germany will stage in August.
LaLiga invests in the future with ‘pioneering’ sports and education complex in Madrid
July 2 – LaLiga is investing in the build of a new multi-sport complex that will become the league’s new centre for national and international sports projects and education initiatives.
Flares, smoke bombs, racist banners and social stupidity mar Bulgarian Cup final
July 2 – Bulgarian football fans violated social distancing rules in the domestic cup final which Lokomotiv Plovdiv won for a second consecutive time by defeating CSKA Sofia from the penalty spot.
Anti-social Aalborg fans have their Danish Cup final day cut short
July 2 – The Danish Cup final was suspended for 15 minutes when fans refused to comply with the social distancing rules inside the stadium.