August 23 – Despite an action-packed start to the football season, the Premier League’s opening match day saw a slight dip in attendance compared to 2023, with just under 1% lower capacity across the ten hosting stadiums. This small decline, revealed by IWF’s capacity tracker, suggests that fan turnout has slightly decreased.
August 23 – Leagues Cup finalists Los Angeles FC and Columbus Crew have qualified for the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup.
August 23 – Canadian Premier League club Forge FC, based in Hamilton, has set a transfer league record with the move of local star Kwasi Poku to RWD Molenbeek in Belgium.
August 23 – Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has said he does not want to play for Belgium under current manager Domenico Tedesco.
August 23 – The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) has put on sale three levels of VIP cards for supporters of the country’s national team, each level containing difference special privileges.
August 23 – Premier League side Brentford has joined Destination Sport Group’s growing roster of Premier League partnerships after penning a multi-year deal with the sports travel agency.
August 23 – The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has axed former England and Tottenham player Jermaine Jenas as programme presenter after complaints about workplace conduct.
August 22 – John Textor is closing in on an agreement in principle to buy Premier League Everton from Farhad Moshiri, but he has yet to complete on a buyer for his 45% stake in Crystal Palace.
August 22 – Borussia Dortmund supporters have said they will continue their protest against their club’s sponsorship deal with German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall at the start of the Bundesliga season.
August 22 – New images have been released for the planned Grand Stade Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco, the 115,000-capacity stadium projected to be the largest football stadium in the world.
August 22 – On Wednesday, Al Nassr star and Portugal international Cristiano Ronaldo launched his own YouTube Channel, with millions of subscribers signing up within hours.
August 22 – Leicester City have announced a one-year extension of their partnership with Parimatch as part of a deal that will see the brand continue as the Foxes’ Official Betting Partner for the 2024/25 season.
August 22 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) completed the draws for its revamped club competition eco-system at AFC House in Kuala Lumpur today with the group stage draw for its new third tier competition, the AFC Challenge League.
August 22 – Botafogo held on to a dramatic 2-2 draw to eliminate Palmeiras 4-3 on aggregate from the round of 16 of the Copa Libertadores.
August 22 – Premier League holders Manchester City have announced a new multi-year partnership with Corpay that will see the corporate payments company’s cross-border business become the club’s Official Foreign Exchange Partner.