Man City up-sells QNET partnership through to 2024
August 23 – Manchester City’s Official Direct Selling company QNET is renewing its sponsorship through to 2024 in a deal that will mark 10 years of partnership.
Big spending Spurs move to reschedule £400m debt to keep the cash flowing
August 23 – Premier League Tottenham Hotspur, now settled in the £1 billion new stadium and having spent over £100 million in August on players, are refinancing more than £400 million of bank debt.
Last minute suitors in bid to rescue Bury from oblivion
August 23 – The clock is ticking on Bury football club but they could be given a 48-hour extension to save themselves.
Butler aims for AFCON qualification in new Liberian role
August 23 – Former West Ham United and West Bromwich Albion midfielder Peter Butler has signed a one-year contract to coach Liberia three weeks before they begin their qualification campaign for the next World Cup.
With World Cup qualifiers nearing, pressure builds on Iran to allow women into stadia
August 22 – Iran is under pressure again, this time by its own regional body, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), for failing to lift its ban on women attending men’s matches.
Conmebol repeats high ticket price policy for Copa Libertadores final in Chile
August 22 – In a repeat of the 2019 Copa America, Conmebol has set high ticket prices for November’s Copa Libertadores final in Santiago, Chile, pricing the majority of South American fans out of the showpiece event.
Concacaf unveil Guadalajara as host city for 8-team Tokyo 2020 qualifiers
August 22 – Concacaf have announced Guadalajara, Mexico, as the host venue for its men’s U-23 Championship, which will qualify two teams for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
David Owen: Don’t bury Bury
Alistair Burt, a former Minister of the Crown, is one of those increasingly rare Conservative MPs who don’t make you feel like you have been transported to the Planet Zog when you talk or, more recently, listen to them.
Tebas brands RFEF ‘prehistoric’ but argues there must be no evolution of Champions League
August 22 – Outspoken La Liga president Javier Tebas is back on the offensive in his war of words with the Spanish FA, accusing the federation led by Luis Rubiales of having a “prehistoric vision of our sport.”
Juve call for earlier Serie A kick-offs to boost Asian market
August 22 – Italian champions Juventus have called on Serie A to schedule more early kick-offs to help grow the club’s brand in Asia – and benefit the rest of the country’s top flight at the same time.
eFootball.Pro lines up second season on PES with new clubs and an amateur Open
August 22 – The eFootball.Pro League is set to expand with more clubs as well as introducing a competition for amateur players – the eFootball.Open – that will see a rebranding of the PES League.
Ratcliffe cleared to take ownership of Ligue1’s table topping Nice OGC
August 22 – French competition authorities have cleared British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe to take over Ligue 1 club Nice OGC and become the first British club owner in the French league.
Sport Genius lands match-fixing monitoring and data contract with Superliga Argentina
August 22 – Superliga Argentina has engaged Genius Sports to monitor betting markets for susipicion of match-fixing within its competition as well as conduct a series of educational integrity workshops.
Former CAF exec Fahmy gives evidence to French police in Tactical Steel case
By Osasu Obayiuwana
August 21 – Amr Fahmy, the former General Secretary of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), was questioned by the French authorities on Tuesday in Paris.
Iraq given green light to host 2022 World Cup qualifiers in Basra
August 21 – Iraq has been given the all-clear to stage World Cup 2022 qualifiers in the southern city of Basra.