July 6 – Fluminense coach Fernando Diniz will be Brazil’s new head coach on a one-year contract, serving as an interim ahead of the reported arrival of Carlo Ancelotti, who will fulfil his contractual obligations at Real Madrid despite failing to win La Liga or the Champions League last season.
July 5 – Mexico will be returning to the Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas for the Gold Cup semi-final assuming they beat Costa Rica in Arlington on July 8. The US will head for the Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego if they beat Canada.
July 5 – Osasuna have been thrown out of European football’s third-tier Conference League next season due to a match-fixing scandal from a decade ago.
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.
By Samindra Kunti in New Jersey
July 4 – Costa Rica ran out 6-4 winners against Martinique to restore calm in their camp and set up a quarter-final with Mexico.
By Paul Nicholson in Houston
July 4 – Panama secured Group C top spot with a 2-2 draw on an intense and sticky evening in Houston in front of an impressive El Salvadorian support that roared their country on from start to finish.
July 5 – Costa Rica coach Luis Suarez has said he is not too worried about shipping four goals in his team’s win against Martinique ahead of the quarterfinals with Mexico.
By Samindra Kunti in New Jersey
July 4 – On a sticky and neurotic night in Harrison, Carlos Meija delivered the killer blow in the 76th minute for Guatemala to complete Guatemala’s 3-2 comeback and ensure his team’s passage from Group D to the quarterfinals of the Gold Cupfor the first time since 2011.
By Paul Nicholson in Houston
July 4 – Canada secured their progression into the Gold Cup knockout rounds with a 4-2 win over Cuba on another 94 degree afternoon at the Shell Energy Stadium in Houston.
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 4 – Rodolfo Borrell (pictured) has left his role as Manchester City assistant manager to become Sporting Director at Austin FC in the MLS.
July 4 – Groups C and D conclude tonight with seven out of eight nations still in with a chance of qualifying for the quarter finals.
July 4 – Martinique are targeting their first knockout spot since 2002 in their final Group C game against Costa Rica, who remain under pressure to not miss out on the quarterfinals for the first time since 1998.
By Samindra Kunti in New Jersey
July 4 – Guadeloupe coach Jocelyn Angloma says his team have nothing to fear ahead of a crunch clash against Guatemala and are already writing history with the winner guaranteed a spot in the quarter-finals.