By Andrew Warshaw
July 6 – It was the most open of secrets and now it’s official. Mauricio Pochettino’s reign at Paris Saint-Germain is over after Christophe Galtier was appointed the club’s seventh coach in 11 years.
July 6 – German side Mainz 05 have resisted calls from their own fans to cancel an upcoming friendly with Newcastle United in Austria because of the Premier League club’s Saudi ownership.
July 4 – Former Netherlands international and current Ireland coach Vera Pauw has revealed that she was sexually abused by three men employed within Dutch football when she was a player.
July 4 – UEFA is launching a programme to combat online racist abuse of players by working with social media companies to remove harmful content from platforms.
July 1 – A second English team has cancelled a fixture against Qatari opposition following a backlash over the World Cup host’s human rights record.
June 29 – Mexican consortium Grupo Orlegi has expanded its portfolio of football clubs following the acquisition of the Spanish second-division club Sporting Gijon.
June 29 – Italy’s Serie A in future will be decided by a play-off game rather than the club records against each other, and then goal difference, according to a new ruling passed the league.
June 28 – In the latest protest against World Cup host Qatar’s human rights record, English tier-2 club Watford have cancelled a friendly match against the Qatar national team.
June 27 – With the ink barely dry on Erling Haaland’s €60 million switch to Manchester City, the club’s owners are on the brink of snapping up former Serie A club Palermo for what could prove to be a bargain €13 million.
June 27 – UEFA have blocked Sheriff Tiraspol from hosting European competition games in its breakaway home region in Moldova in the latest football-related fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
June 23 – Transgender and non-binary footballers can play for a women’s or men’s team, the German Football Association (DFB) said today, a decision that goes against the trend of banning transgenders from the women’s game.Transgender, intersex and non-binary players can decide for themselves on which team they want to compete.
June 23 – Russian football’s appeal against the decision to ban their clubs and national teams from international competition because of the country’s invasion of Ukraine is set to be heard in early July by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
By Samindra Kunti
June 22 – European governing body UEFA has doubled down on blaming Liverpool fans over the Stade de France fiasco at the Champions League final in June, but following testimonies from both Liverpool and Real Madrid fans the French senate is considering launching a full investigation into the scenes of dangerous chaos outside the Paris venue.
June 22 – Spanish giants Barcelona will leave their gigantic Camp Nou stadium for the 2023/24 season while major construction work is being undertaken in the £1.3 billion renovation of the stadium and its surrounding area – the Espai Barca project.
June 22 – Paul Van den Bulck has been elected the new chairman of the Belgian FA (KBVB). A lawyer, he becomes the first black and independent chairman of the governing body.