June 10 – The new launch women’s friendly club tournament – The Women’s Cup (TWC) – to be hosted for the first time in Louisville in the US 18-21 August, has sold its US broadcast rights to Paramount+.
June 10 – With all the nervousness surrounding the staging of the Copa America in Brazil and the pull out of sponsors Mastercard and Ambev, support for the international game on the continent has been found via LATAM Airlines who have signed on as the official airline of the Chilean national soccer team.
June 10 – Baltimore-Maryland’s 2026 World Cup host bid has been bolstered by the signing of a partnership agreement with the Football for Peace Foundation (FFP), with the aim of creating new youth and community development programmes across Maryland through international cultural exchange initiatives.
June 9 – Hungary will not take the knee before Euro 2020 matches, the Hungarian Football Federation (MLSZ) has announced.
June 9– Edmonton in Canada, one of the candidate venues for the country’s three World Cup 2026hosting slots, is reporting a significant uptick in support for the event in the city.
June 9 – Sierra Leone finally has a new football federation chief after Thomas Daddy Brima (pictured) was the surprise choice to succeed Isha Johansen who has relinquished power after eight years in charge.
June 9 – Concacaf completed their first round of 2022 World Cup qualifying last night, with six nations progressing to the next knock out stage that will whittle them down to three teams for the final 8-team qualifying group.
June 10 – The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is set to add a 12th team to its competition. San Diego will join the Los Angeles-based Angel City FC debuting in the 2022 season.
June 9 – Debbie Hewitt is set to become the first female chair of the English Football Association in its 158-year-old history after being nominated to replace Greg Clarke.
June 9 – Brazil’s national team have said they are against the hosting of the Copa America in their country – some players for professional reasons, others for humanitarians reasons – but have confirmed that they will participate in the tournament that was switched to Brazil at the eleventh hour.
June 9 – Italy’s Serie A and telecoms giant TIM have extended their partnership with a new three-season deal, taking the sponsorship deal beyond the 25-year mark.
June 9 – Just days before the start of the delayed Euro 2020, Russia has sent a formal letter of complaint to UEFA over Ukraine’s alleged “political” kit that has provoked fury in Moscow.
June 9 – Fans attending England’s opening Euro 2020 match against Croatia on Sunday will be the first at a sporting event in Britain to have the option of using vaccine passports to prove they are at low risk of transmitting Covid-19.
June 8 – The first round of Concacaf qualification for the Qatar 2022 World Cup reaches its final stage of group games tonight with five of the six groups going down to the wire.
June 8 – Syria headlined World Cup qualifying in Asia by becoming the second country to qualify for the third and final round of the campaign en route to Qatar following a 3-0 win against Guam.