22 July – The second issue of the CIES Football Observatory Prospect Sheet, developed in collaboration with Impect, shines a spotlight on one of the brightest young stars emerging from Portugal: Rodrigo Mora.
July 22 – Inter Milan have announced a new three-year partnership with Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD, naming the brand as the club’s official automobile partner.
July 22 – Borussia Dortmund (BVB) have been named as the latest Premium Partner to sign up with Konami Digital Entertainment, marking the club’s return to the eFootball video game franchise.
22 July – The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) and Adidas have signed a three-year sponsorship deal, with the German sportswear consortium becoming the official match ball sponsor for all professional leagues in Turkey, the Ziraat Turkish Cup, the Turkcell Super Cup, and the Turkcell Women’s Football Super League.
July 22- Swiss club FC Zurich have terminated the contract of Benjamin Mendy, the club confirmed on Monday.
July 22 – Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses attracted a peak audience of 7.4 million viewers on the BBC for their EURO 2025 quarter-final win over Sweden on penalties. ITV hope to do even better tonight for their semi-final against Italy.
July 21 – The comfort zone that the Premier League and EFL thought they had found with national regulation around betting sponsorship of clubs looks set to be given another shake.
July 21 – Atlético Madrid have broken their own season tickets sale mark with 60,905 Rojiblancos now locked and loaded for the 2025/26 campaign.
July 21 – Pia Sundhage remains undecided about her future with Switzerland after leading the Nati to the last eight of Euro 2025.
July 21 – Jess Carter’s brave decision to call out the racist trolls polluting her social media feeds carries an all-too-familiar echo of England’s most shameful sporting moment – the vile abuse that Marcus Rashford, Jadon Sancho, and Bukayo Saka endured after Euro 2020’s penalty heartbreak against Italy when all three players missed their penalty kicks during the shootout loss.
France 1 Germany 1 (5-6 pens)
July 19 – Germany recovered from a 13th-minute red card to knockout France on penalties following a 1-1 draw and set up a blockbuster semi-final against Spain.
Switzerland 0 Spain 2
July 18 – Host nation Switzerland exited Euro 2025 after a 2-0 defeat to world champions Spain in the quarter-finals.
July 18 – Switzerland boss Pia Sundhage has called the quarterfinal against Spain the biggest managerial challenge of her career yet.
July 18 – England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton said “proper England is back” after the European champions rallied from behind to eliminate Sweden from the penalty spot in a tense quarter-final.
Sweden 2 England 2 (2-3 pens)
July 17 – In a dramatic quarter-final, European champions England defeated Sweden 3-2 in a penalty shootout to complete a stunning comeback from two goals down in the first half. Their dreams of retaining their title live on.