August 24 – Major League Soccer (MLS) has agreed a multi-year agreement with EA Sports that will see them extend their partnership beyond the end of the FIFA23 video game license that ends this year before the game is renamed EA Sports FC.
August 24 – Des Casey, former president of the FAI and former UEFA vice-president, has passed away at the age of 91 following a long illness.
August 23 – The European Club Association (ECA) will hold its first board meeting of the season this Thursday (August 25) in Istanbul.
August 23 – Italy’s Arrigo Sacchi (pictured) will be presented with the 2022 UEFA President’s Award at the Champions League group draw, on Thursday 25 August at the Haliç Congress Center in Istanbul.
By Samindra Kunti
August 23 – In a letter to FIFA, Conmebol has demanded that the format of the South American World Cup qualifiers be maintained for the 48-team, 2026 World Cup finals in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
August 23 – FC Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain and Juventus are among ten European elite clubs that may face sanctions for breaching Financial Fair Play rules.
August 23 – Manchester United owners the Glazer family are considering selling a share of future TV income to raise £200 million.
August 23 – Russian oil firm Lukoil has acquired Russian Premier League club Spartak Moscow as well as the club’s home venue, the Spartak Stadium.
August 23 – Manchester City, Bayern Munich, PSG and Real Madrid will all retain their domestic league titles this season, according to forecasts by the CIES Football Observatory.
August 23 – Exiled Shakhtar Donetsk and Metalist 1925 from the embattled eastern city of Kharkiv will kick off the new season of the Ukrainian Premier League tonight (Tuesday) despite the ongoing invasion by Russia.
August 23 – Sports streaming service DAZN, which has built a base worldwide of about 4 million subscribers on a sports output underpinned by football, is venturing into the sports betting business.
August 23 – A Qatar 2022 news item and with all the concerns around accommodation, at a quick glance and it could almost read Airbnb. It isn’t, in fact it is Arhbo, the new single from the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Official Soundtrack.
August 23 – Crisis, what crisis? After last week’s humiliation at Brentford, Manchester United and Erik Ten Hag responded with a moral-boosting 2-1 result against local rivals Liverpool, a victory that temporarily suppressed the growing unrest at Old Trafford and overshadowed the fans protesting against the Glazer club ownership.
August 22 – Brazil, Spain, Japan and the Netherlands have all booked their spots for the semi-finals of the U-20 Women’s World Cup in Costa Rica after dramatic and often tense last-eight encounters.
August 22 – Seen alongside Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, FIFA president Gianni Infantino attended the heavyweight boxing fight between Oleksandr Usyk and Anthony Joshua in Jeddah, at the weekend, further reinforcing ties between the FIFA President and Saudi Arabia.