Court appoints mediator to sort out French TV rights chaos
August 1 – An independent mediator has been appointed to find a resolution to the TV rights dispute between Canal+ and the French league (LFP), and by association beIN Sports.
AFC Champions League (East) quarter and semi-finals to be hosted in South Korea
August 1 – South Korea will host the quarter-final and semi-final single-leg centralised matches of the AFC Champions League 2021 (East) October 17 – 20 in Jeonju.
US snatch Gold Cup from Mexico in an extra time Las Vegas thriller
Gold Cup Final: USA 1 Mexico 0 (AET)
August 2 – They say that lightening doesn’t strike twice but in Concacaf it does. Having lost the Nations League final to the US in early June by a goal scored in extra time, Mexico relinquished their Gold Cup title by a goal in extra time scored by Miles Robinson with just three minutes left on the clock.
Jordan steps up to host pilot AFC Women’s Club Championship 2021
July 30 – Jordan will host the upcoming AFC Women’s Club Championship – Pilot Tournament, the first time a Continental women’s club competition will take place in West Asia.
Barca confident BBB credit rating is enough to enable refinancing
July 30 – Spanish giants FC Barcelona have received a triple B negative rating from credit rating agency Fitch, which the club, burdened by debts and operating on a ‘shoestring’ budget, considered a vote of confidence.
PlayStation pushes Champions League button for another three years
July 30 – UEFA has renewed its Champions League partnership with PlayStationthat was first inked in 1997 for the 2021-24 cycle.
Coronavirus: Rio lifts fan ban to 50% capacity for fully vaccinated
July 30 – Rio de Janeiro local authorities will allow fully vaccinated fans to attend live matches in September with stadium capacity limited to 50%.
Premier League urges clubs to trial vaccine passports, Chelsea and Spurs go first
July 30 – The English Premier League is calling on all its 20 clubs to trial Covid-19 vaccine passports ahead of possible government-mandated guidelines from October 1.
Davor Suker loses election as Kustic takes over as Croatia FA boss
July 30 – After nine years, Davor Sukor (pictured) has been removed as president of the Croatian FA, throwing into doubt his membership of UEFA’s executive committee.
Swiss court rejects FIFA attempt to reopen Caribbean TV rights probe into Blatter
July 30 – A Swiss court has rejected FIFA’s bid to revive a criminal probe against former president Sepp Blatter over a 2005 deal with the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) to sell World Cup broadcasting rights.
Leicester City unveil plan to expand stadium and add arena and hotel
July 30 – Leicester City plan to expand their King Power Stadium, increasing the venue’s capacity to more than 40,000.
Court tells Canal+ it can’t hide behind beIN Sports sub-license to avoid paying €330m
July 30 – The chaos around French league broadcast rights move on a stage yesterday with Canal+ being told by the President of the Nanterre Commercial Court that it had frozen Canal+’s right to terminate the €330 million broadcast contract they had sub-licensed from beIN Sports for live Ligue 1 games.
Herrera shatters Canadian dreams with dramatic last gasp winner to send Mexico to final
Semi-final: Mexico 2 Canada 1
July 29 – In a passionate and feisty display of end-to-end action Mexico squeezed past Canada deep in added time to set up a repeat of the 2019 Gold Cup final against the US in Las Vegas this Sunday.
Wolves and Fosun target e-sports growth with stake in Evil Geniuses
July 30 – E-sports team Evil Geniuses have sold a minority stake to Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers and their Chinese ownersFosun. No value or percentage was given for the stake in Evil Geniuses.
Zardes strike sends US to Gold Cup final. Qatar rue missed chances
Semi-final: USA 1 Qatar 0
By Jhannet Sanchez in Austin, Texas
July 29 – A dramatic late goal by Gyasi Zardes fired the USA into the final of the Gold Cup to be played this Sunday in Las Vegas, sending Asian champions Qatar home wondering what might have been if they had taken their chances.