By Paul Nicholson
June 28 – A ruling last week in the Supreme Court in the US could well send shivers down the spines of football marketing executives and rights holders who haven’t been caught up in the US football corruption investigations, yet.
June 28 – England were not the only team to incur the wrath of their national press after exiting Euro 2016. Spanish media blasted their own side and called on coach Vicente del Bosque to resign after the defending champions were knocked out by Italy.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 28 – Embarrassing, disbelieving, shameful. And that’s just for starters after the most woeful performance in a major finals for half a century by an England team.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 28 – England are looking for a new manager yet again after Roy Hodgson quit within minutes of the stunning 2-1 defeat by Iceland, the lowest-ranked team left in the competition, in the first knockout round at Euro 2016.
June 28 – Laurent Blanc and Paris Saint-Germain have parted ways as the Parisian club seeks a new direction. Blanc has agreed to a €22 million (£17 million) severance deal. The club have moved quickly to appoint Unai Emery, who left serial Europa League winners Sevilla earlier this summer, as the new manager.
By David Owen
June 28 – Just when it looked like Euro 2016’s Battle of the Brands was about to come down to a straight shoot-out between Nike and Adidas, along came the tournament’s Manic Monday to make sure that four kit suppliers are still in with a chance of glory at the quarter-final stage.
By Paul Nicholson
June 27 – Lionel Messi has hung up his international boots, his last act for Argentina being missing a penalty in the final shoot out last night that saw Chile win the Copa America Centenario in the US.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 27 – The issue of Gianni Infantino’s salary and when he might put pen to paper is back in the spotlight after another independent member of the compensation committee that set the FIFA president’s pay resigned.
By Paul Nicholson
June 27 – One of the major legacies of the France 2016 European Championships will be the new and renovated stadia that the French clubs are left to play in. But with 19 of Ligue 1’s club stadia owned by municipalities, will the clubs really benefit from the increased revenue opportunities?
By Samindra Kunti
June 27 – Olympique de Marseille (OM), struggling financially under president Vincent Labrune, look poised to announce new money into the club with Iranian investors reported to be ready to splash the cash to rejuvenate the French giant.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 27 – British football clubs could find it more difficult to operate in the transfer window as a result of the country’s shock decision to leave the European Union.
By Paul Nicholson
June 27 – The Copa America Centenario concluded in front of 82,026 fans in the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with a penalty shoot-out win for Chile over Argentina.
June 27 – As if losing to Chile on penalties in the final of Copa America for the second successive time wasn’t painful enough Argentina are embroiled in an escalating crisis off the field with FIFA saying they have taken control of the national federation and will help pick an emergency panel to manage its affairs.
June 26 – Two of Europe’s traditional giants meet in what is undoubtedly the tie of the last 16 knock-out round. The winners of the Spain vs Italy clash of the giants will set up another titanic match-up against world champions Germany. In the final tie of the round perennial tournament under-performers England face Iceland, probably the biggest over-performers of the competition from the smallest nation in it.
June 26 – Day two of the Last 16 play-off matches sees the Irish hungry to reverse Thierry Henry’s handball injustice and spoil the French party, Lille’s relain pitch welcome the Germans and Slovaks, and Belgium’s stars preparing to feast on Hungary.