June 29 – England will attempt to beat Germany in a major tournament knockout game for the first time since their 1966 World Cup triumph at Wembley when the two great rivals lock horns today at the same venue in a mouth-watering last-16 tie at Euro 2020.
June 29 – While the British government continues to trumpet the success of its vaccine rollout across the country, theEU’s head office in Brussels has warned UEFA to be careful when staging the semi-finals and final of Euro 2020 at Wembley because of the rise of the highly contagious delta variant of Covid-19.
June 29 – Atletico Madrid has had a capital injection of €181.8 million from private equity investor Ares Management who will take a 33.96% stake in the Spanish club.
June 29 – Kolkata will stage the 2021-22 I-League the All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced, in a move designed to head off the possibility of a third coronavirus wave in India cancelling the competition.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 29 – It was dubbed, variously, Magic Monday, Manic Monday and the greatest ever day of the Euros following two epic back-to-back encounters.
By Samindra Kunti
June 28 – In the end, after 120 minutes of sheer drama, industry and balletic skills that reaffirmed football’s endearing qualities, there was redemption for Unai Simon, Alvaro Morata and Spain with a 5-3 overtime win for the ages against Croatia.
June 28 – The Brazilian and Portuguese national federations have become the latest governing bodies to join the crypto-based rush to fan tokens.
June 28 – Manchester City, owned by the UAE’s City Football Group (CFG), has gone closer to home with its latest sponsorship. Expo 2020 Dubai has been designated the club’s Official Exhibition partner.
June 29 – CSTN, which is re-emerging as a broadcast network in the Caribbean under TV veteran Selby Browne with a series of football deals, has picked up the rights to the Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) competitions from 2021 to 2024.
By Andrew Warshaw
June 28 – The doomed European Super League may be past history but Real Madrid president Florentino Perez insists the ongoing court case brought by the three remaining members of the project will show the world it was not a failure and is very much alive.
June 28 – Argentine prosecutors have summoned Diego Maradona’s personal physician Leopoldo Luque for questioning in court for his role in the star’s death from heart failure last November. Luque is implicated together with six other doctors.
June 28 – The increase in the number of penalties awarded at Euro 2020 has won approval from UEFA’s referees chief who says it shows VAR is working correctly.
June 28 – Croatia manager Zlatko Dalic has admitted that losing one of his superstar players for tonight’s last-16 clash with Spain, Ivan Perisic, is a complete shock, saying he was “the best player in the group phase.”
June 28 – Norwich City have signed Lotus Cars as the club’s shirt sponsor in a one-year deal and as a replacement for online gamer BK8 who had initially committed to the position but were withdrawn after fan protests.
June 28 – Belgian football clubs can welcome back fans to their grounds with a third of stadium capacity freed to allow supporters in, the Belgian Pro League has announced.