Rooney dismissive of critics over ‘disrespectful’ criticism of his return to MLS
July 13 – Former England captain Wayne Rooney has hit out at suggestions that going back to Major League Soccer isa backward step.
World Football
AFCON women get to last 8 with 2023 World Cup berths on the line
July 13 – Zambia and Senegal kick off the last eight of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations tonight, with the continent’s top two teams, Cameroon and Nigeria, also meeting in a quarter-final match that will ultimately relegate one powerhouse to the playoff route for the 2023 World Cup.
League1 Canada launches women’s championship as next step towards pro league
July 12 – Canadian Soccer Business, the body that holds all the rights for Canada Soccer’s national teams and the Canadian Premier League, has announced a Women’s Inter-Provincial Championship that is seen as the first steps along the way to creating a professional women’s league in Canada.
UEFA labels European Super League a cartel at ECJ hearing
July 12 – The breakaway European Super League was described by UEFA as “a textbook example of a cartel” on day one of the two-day hearing at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that could alter the entire landscape of European club competition.
Ukraine to restart league in August with empty stadia
July 12 – Notwithstanding the ongoing war, Ukraine will launch their new domestic football season on August 23, the country’s sports minister Vadym Gutsait said.
One law? Russians want fair hearing at CAS, Belarusians arrest CAS judge
July 11 – Belarus, a supporter of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on a government level, have arrested leading sports lawyer and Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) adjudicator Prof. Aliaksandr Danilevich.
Breakaway Super League hearing begins in European Court of Justice
By Andrew Warshaw
July 11 – The all-important hearing into whether football’s governing bodies had the legal right to sanction the much-maligned European Super League clubs takes place today and tomorrow, potentially shaping the game as we know it for years to come, just as the Bosman case did in the mid-1990s.
Rooney to return to MLS and D.C. United as coach
July 11 – Former England captain Wayne Rooney has agreed terms to coach D.C. United in Major League Soccer, the club for which he played in 2018 and 2019.
Brazilian clubs dominate Copa Libertadores; Flamengo and Corinthians drawn together
July 8 – Will a Brazilian club go on to win the Copa Libertadores again this season? With both Boca Juniors and River Plate from Argentina eliminated and all of Flamengo, Corinthians, Palmeiras and Atletico Mineiro in the last eight, Brazil’s dominance in South America’s premier club competition is undeniable.
Bignot banned for homophobic touchline comment
July 8 – Former Birmingham Women coach Marcus Bignot has been handed a seven-game touchline ban for homophobic comments. He has also been ordered to attend a face-to-face education course.
Ceferin says Women’s Euros will set benchmarks for all women’s sport
July 7 – UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin has hailed the start of the Women’s Euros, delayed for a year because of Covid, as changing the face of the women’s game.
Bayern boss Kahn defends Qatar links, Hainer says human rights change will take time
July 7 – Bayern Munich’s chief executive Oliver Kahn has defended the club’s contentious sponsorship agreement with World Cup hosts Qatar.
Brazil start as favourites for expanding Women’s Copa America
July 7 – With England defeating Austria 1-0 in the curtain-raiser of Euro 2022 and the Concacaf Women’s Championship in full swing, the Copa America takes centre stage on Friday when Bolivia and Ecuador kick off the South American competition.
UN scores UEFA partnership with ‘Football for the Goals’ initiative
July 7 – Timed with the kick-off of the Women’s Euro, the United Nations has a new initiative – ‘Football for the Goals’ – with UEFA as an inaugural supporter.
Fifpro issues red list of countries where players risk going unpaid
July 6 – Global football players union Fifpro has warned footballers about “systematic and widespread contractual violations” in football, singling out Algeria, China, Greece Libya, Romania, Saudi Arabia and Turkey as countries where these risks are high.