USA 2 Costa Rica 2 (USA win 4-3 on pens)
June 29 – You’d hate to use the word ‘sterile’ to describe a Concacaf Gold Cup quarter-final, but following the drama and passion of Guatemala versus Canada, it all felt a little flat as the United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) and Costa Rica kicked off for the right to face Guatemala in St. Louis. After 90 minutes and the drama of penalty kicks,
May 11 – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that up to 10,000 fans will be permitted at football matches from May 17 in England, bringing to an end a season, played mostly behind closed doors, on a high note.
May 11 – For the sixth time in seven years, Mouscron have needed recourse to the Belgian Court of Arbitration of Sport (BAS) to obtain their professional license. Next season, the Walloon club will play in the Belgian first division.
May 11 – Global sports integrity group SIGA, is holding the second of its latest ‘No such thing as a crisis’ webinar series tomorrow (May 12) focussing on the collapse of the European Super League and how this should trigger governance reforms.
May 11 – With the coronavirus having gripped India as number of cases and deaths in the country have spiralled upwards, The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has decided to postpone the AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 Qualifiers Draw.
May 11 – MLS club Orlando City SC is close to changing hands with reports that majority owner Flávio Augusto da Silva is completing a deal with the Wilf family, owners of the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings.
May 10 – Newly crowned Italian champions Inter Milan have asked their players to freeze two months of wages to head off a financial crisis.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 10 – UEFA is coming under growing pressure to strip Istanbul of hosting rights for the Champions League final for the second season running – and hand its showpiece fixture to Wembley to accommodate the two English finalists.
May 10 – The Palestine national team had to move their training from outside to indoors last weekend after Israeli military fired tear gas grenades from the street outside their stadium.
May 10 – The three lingering renegades among the original 12 clubs who formed the European Super League continue to dig in their heels despite warnings from UEFA of significant sanctions.
May 10 – Uzbekistan has stepped up as host for the final two unallocated AFC Champions League (East) groups, to be played June 25-June 11.
May 10 – Nine of the 12 rebel clubs who joined the ill-fated European Super League, including England’s so-called big six, have made their peace with UEFA by signing a letter of apology and agreeing to donate millions of dollars to the grassroots game.
May 10 – While the sanctions issued by UEFA to the European Super League rebel clubs are being regarded by many, in the Premier League in particular, as nominal, Manchester United face a far more financially painful outcome with the loss of the club’s training kit sponsorship.
May 2 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino (pictured) has once again floated the idea of a new Women’s Club World Cup, saying the competition “is coming soon”.
May 10 – Bayern Munich were crowned German champions for a ninth successive season after Robert Lewandwoski’s hat-trick helped the Bavarians to a 6-0 win over Borussia Monchengladbach and Dortmund defeated closest rivals RB Leipzig 3-2.
May 10 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has again personally endorsed the need for salary caps and smaller squad sizes to stop the game’s finances spiralling out of control.