July 17 – The Croatian government has declared the Maksimir (pictured) and Poljud stadiums as sports buildings of national interest, according to a new ‘Law on Sports’ in Croatia allowing the government to designate certain sports buildings as such.
By Samindra Kunti in Sydney
July 17 – Australia’s women’s team have called FIFA out over the prize money gender gap with the men’s game, following their last friendly before the World Cup, where the Australians beat France 1-0.
July 16 – Arsenal have smashed their transfer record with the signing of midfielder Declan Rice from West Ham. The London club reportedly paid a transfer fee of £100 million plus £5 million in add-ons.
By Paul Nicholson in Los Angeles
July 16 – Mexico won their ninth Gold Cup title in the magnificent SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in front of a full house 72,953 crowd, beating Panama 1-0.
By Paul Nicholson in Los Angeles
July 16 – Speaking ahead of the Gold Cup 2023 final in Los Angeles, Concacaf president Victor Montagliani has praised the increased level of competitiveness of his member nations and said that World Cup 2026 qualification is going to be fierce.
July 16 – The 2023 Gold Cup Final, to be played between Mexico and Panama tonight has sold out, with more than 70,000 now converging on the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Los Angeles.
July 15 – In San Diego, this past week Concacaf and Cal South partnered in spreading the message of Concacaf’s exciting new platform ‘Bigger Game’ and focusing on Sport 4 Development and harnessing the power of football for social change.
July 14 – Juventus have begun the process of pulling out of the doomed European Super League project.
July 14 – The inaugural and much debated African Super League, which has had its name changed to African Football League (AFL), will start on October 20, the Confederation of African Football (CAF) confirmed at its general assembly in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Thursday.
July 14 – Leading Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr, where Cristiano Ronaldo now plays, have been banned by FIFA from registering any more new players until they settle a dispute with England’s Leicester City.
July 14 – In recent seasons, few English football fans have not quite been able to grasp why Dele Alli, one of the game’s most naturally gifted players, appeared to be failing to fulfil his undoubted potential.
July 14 – Liga Portugal has announced that online sports betting company Betclic has taken the reigns as title sponsor for the top division of Portuguese football.
July 14 – FC Bayern Munich have announced a partnership with Chilean financial services platform Global66, their first in South America and second in Latin America.
July 14 – The on-going dispute between the Spanish football federation (RFEF) and the Mediapro group has hit a new impasse with the media giant accusing the RFEF of ‘covertly’ awarding the federation’s VAR contract.
July 14 – The German Bundesliga with an average attendance of 43,000 across the league stadiums in the 2022/23 season, is the highest attended football league in the world.