By Samindra Kunti
October 1 – It’s only been a few weeks since Bayern Munich lifted the European Cup with a slick enough display to defeat first-time finalists Paris Saint-Germain 1-0 in Lisbon behind closed doors. This afternoon the Champions League is back with the group stage draw and the big club interest.
October 1 – Online bookmaker Parimatch has continued mopping up football partnerships for its CIS focussed betting platform becoming an official betting partner of Spain’s LaLiga.
October 1 – A Spanish investor has agreed to buy beleaguered English club Wigan Athletic after paying “a substantial deposit”, the League One club’s administrators have announced.
October 1 – Concacaf have released a new brand identity for its flagship Gold Cup, its flagship men’s national team competition that was expanded in 2019 to 16 teams and again for 2021 with a preliminary 12-team qualifying round.
By David Owen
September 30 – The coronavirus pandemic is having a deep impact on the sports industry and putting Europe’s pyramidal structure at risk, according to a new survey.
September 30 – Liverpool’s recently signed midfielder Thiago Alcantara has become the latest top-flight footballer to test positive for coronavirus.
September 30 – Lionel Messi has drawn a line under his much-publicised fallout with Barcelona insisting he always had the club’s “best interests in mind” throughout the summer despite all the attention over his future.
September 30 – Clubs in the fifth and sixth tiers of English football, fearful of going out of business, are to receive an emergency grant from the government to enable them to start their new season this weekend.
September 30 – Concacaf have released the schedule for their Scotiabank Concacaf League club competition, the secondary club competition to its Champions League, which will now complete at the end of January 2021.
September 30 – UEFA’s 2020 grassroots programme kicked off this week highlighting the importance of ensuring everyone, everywhere can continue to safely play the world’s number one sport – in their own garden, at school or with a local amateur club.
September 30 – Ferencvaros, one of great old names of European club football, have reached the group stage of UEFA’s top competition for the first time in 25 years.
September 30 – Manchester City has announced a new multi-year global partnership with newly rebranded Axi who become the club’s Official Online Trading Partner.
September 30 – With the extended transfer window slamming shut next Monday, Manchester United have stepped up their pursuit of Jadon Sancho, one of the hottest young properties in European football.
September 30 – Macclesfield Town have been expelled from the National League just days before the kick-off of the 2020/2021 season after receiving a court winding-up order.
September 29 – As the Premier League meets to discuss how to end the domestic season if it is cut short by a resurgence of Covid-19, 10 new positive cases have been confirmed in the latest round of testing – ominously the highest number since the new league campaign began.