July 5 – Forest Green Rovers, the English club renowned globally for its “green” ethos and Vegan culture, has broken new ground again by becoming the first men’s professional team in the UK to hire a female manager.
July 5 – The owner of a professional English third-tier club has been jailed for 13 years after being found guilty of fraud and money laundering totalling around £15 million.
July 4 – FIFA’s policy of allowing foreign players contracted to Ukrainian clubs to suspend their deals amid the war with Russia has come under renewed scrutiny as Tottenham Hotspur move in for Shakhtar Donetsk’s Manor Solomon.
July 3 – Two of Croatia’s biggest stars, Real Madrid’s veteran midfielder Luka Modric and former Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren, have been charged for a second time in their homeland for allegedly giving false testimony about financial deals with a former Dinamo Zagreb director who was sentenced for embezzlement and tax fraud.
July 3 – Israel and Ukraine were the surprise quarterfinal winners at the weekend at the under-21 European Championship, joining heavyweights England and Spain in the last four.
June 30 – European clubs will no longer be able to spread a transfer fee across more than five years of a player’s initial contract after UEFA closed a loophole in its regulations.
June 30 – France’s top administrative court on Thursday ruled the country’s FA is entitled to ban headscarves in women’s matches.
June 30 – World Cup winner and new Al-Ittihad signing N’Golo Kanté is investing in Belgian third-division club Royal Excelsior Virton.
June 29 – Germany’s young guns went the same way as the senior World Cup side when they were eliminated from the European under-21 championship in the group stage.
June 29 – Roma coach José Mourinho is in hot water again after being handed a 10-day suspension for the start of the next Serie A season for comments he made about an Italian referee.
June 29 – The Portuguese capital Lisbon will stage the 2025 Women’s Champions League, with Athens and Wroclaw hosting the next two Europa Conference League finals.
June 29 – Finland beat the Republic of Ireland to win the second edition of the 2023 Unity Euro Cup, the UEFA backed tournament that provides an opportunity for male and female refugees to represent their host countries.
June 28 – UEFA have announced the inaugural recipients of their ‘FootbALL Awards’, recognising the contribution to social change.
June 28 – Craig Brown, Scotland’s longest serving national team coach, has died aged 82.
June 28 – Italy has banned players from wearing No. 88 on their shirts as part of an initiative combating anti-semitism. The No. 88 is a numerical reference for the nazi slogan ‘Heil Hitler’.