August 9 – Borussia Dortmund is re-launching its club TV channel – BVB-TV – using Sportradar’s OTT platform. The channel will provide free content and a subscription service for €1.99 a month.
August 9 – They are probably the only club in the world with a fire engine manufacturer as a sponsor. Premier League battlers Huddersfield Town have signed a new partnership with Rosenbauer UK, a Yorkshire-based manufacturer of fire-fighting vehicles, appliances and equipment.
August 8 – A leading authority on brain injuries has added his voice to growing calls, especially in the United States, for headers to be restricted in the professional game and to be banned for those under the age of 18.
August 8 – Ghanaian football leaders are reported to be challenging attempts by the authorities to dissolve the association. Football activities have halted in the West African nation on the instructions of the Attorney General after Ghana FA boss and FIFA Council member Kwesi Nyantakyi was embroiled in a bribery scandal and pictured taking $65,000 from an undercover reporter pretending to be a businessman.
August 8 – The 2018 World Cup qualifications were riddled with accusations of match-fixing in Africa in particular – including FIFA for the first time ordering one game to be replayed – but the finals tournament itself was clean.
August 8 – In yet another crackdown on corruption, seven referees and linesmen from Ghana have been handed lengthy bans by the Confederation of African Football after being caught up in a bribery sting.
August 8 – Arsenal’s second biggest shareholder Alisher Usmanov has confirmed that he is selling out to Stan Kroenke allowing the American mogul to take full control of the club.
August 8 – Manchester United has agreed a sponsorship with blended Scotch whisky brand Chivas to become the club’s official global spirits partner.
August 8 – Sports agency IMG, that is rapidly expanding its broadcast capability, has launched Serie A Pass for OTT subscribers.
August 8 – Philippines-based online gambling operator LETOU has become Internazionale Milano’s first Asian online gaming partner. It is also the first step into Serie A club sponsorship for the betting firm.
August 8 – Sports data and technology specialists Genius Sports has opened a new office in Lausanne, Switzerland. The company now has offices in over 20 locations worldwide including London, Los Angeles and Medellin.
By Andrew Warshaw
August 7 – American billionaire Stan Kroenke, the major shareholder in Premier League Arsenal, looks set to buy the rest of the club in a deal that would value it at £1.8 billion but which, while unifying the shareholding under one owner, is already splitting opinion amongst supporters.
August 7 – Sports agency IMG is launching itself into the broadcast market in Scandinavia with its own OTT channel Strive, that will broadcast Spain’s LaLiga and Italy’s Serie A exclusively live.
August 7 – Four months after stepping into a festering internal dispute among Australia’s football stakeholders, a FIFA working group has come up with a proposed solution to the impasse.
August 7 – Manchester City will have a new kit supplier from the 2019/20 season as part of a £50 million multi-club deal negotiated by parent company City Football Group.