De Bruyne, Haaland and Messi vie for UEFA men’s Player of Year award
August 18 – Two Manchester City players and the ubiquitous Lionel Messi are the top three nominees for the 2022/23 UEFA Men’s Player of the Year award.
World Football
Saudis sign OFC MoU to develop Women’s game, as well as Beach and Futsal disciplines
August 18 – The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) has strengthened ties with Oceania, signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). The confederation said that the MoU does not involve a cash investment by Saudi Arabia in the region.
Man City beat Sevilla on penalties to win UEFA Super Cup
August 17 – Manchester City marked their first appearance in the UEFA Super Cup by beating Sevilla 5-4 in a penalty shootout on Wednesday to claim yet more silverware under manager Pep Guardiola.
Greek government cracks down on football violence with an end to ultras’ fan clubs
August 17 – Independent fan clubs in Greece, the so-called ultras, are to be banned. The decision was announced by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis after a meeting with UEFA President Alexander Ceferin and the owners of several Greek clubs on Wednesday in Athens.
Messi can’t stop scoring as Inter Miami storm into the Leagues Cup final against Nashville
August 17 – Lionel Messi scored his ninth goal in his sixth game for Inter Miami as they stormed past Philadelphia Union into the final of the Leagues Cup earlier this week.
WWC2023: Andonovski quits US team after early exit
August 17 – US coach Vlatko Andonovski has resigned, bringing to a close a management reign that collapsed with the team’s dramatic round of 16 exit from the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
WWC2023: Kerr calls for more funding for women’s game in Aussie
August 17 – In the wake of Australia’s elimination from the Women’s World Cup, Matildas star Sam Kerr (pictured) has called for more investment in Australian women’s football.
Inter Milan expand Academy project in US
August 17 – Italian league giants Inter Milan have further developed their academy network into the US, opening the Virginia-based Inter Academy Strikers in Richmond.
NWSL’s Chicago Red Stars set to sell to investor group led by Chicago Cubs owner
August 16 – The USA may have been knocked off their perch as the best women’s national team in the world. but there is still a growing appetite for investors to get involved in the domestic women’s league game.
Pokatok Sports World’s Fair launched with debut event in Houston, April 2024
August 16 – World Cup 2026 host venue Houston will be the venue for a newly launched global sports festival aimed at the sports business to be held 4-7 April 2024.
Greeks keep rioting Croatian fans locked up as they hunt killer
August 15 – All 105 fans suspected of being involved in extensive clashes in the Greek capital that led to the death of a 29-year-old AEK Athens supporter have been ordered to be detained pending their trial.
CSKA Sofia ultras vandalise home stadium after losing away to Bulgarian champions
August 15 – Ultras of Bulgaria’s CSKA Sofia stormed their home Bulgarian Army stadium after another disappointing match by their team away to Ludogorets.
Messi drives Inter Miami into Leagues Cup semis and a first shot at Concacaf silverware
August 15 – Lionel Messi has brought Inter Miami wins, goals (8 in five games) and now new sponsors in the form of international freight forwarder and logistics service provider Fracht Group, the club’s first global partner of it its new era.
LaLiga files EC complaint over ‘market distorting’ effect of PSG’s state funding
August 13 – LaLiga has kept up its crusade against Qatari-owned Paris St Germain with its latest complaint being to the European Commission asserting that subsidies received by the club from Qatar distort the market and contravene new European Union Foreign Subsidies Regulation.
Ceferin to meet Greek PM Mitsotakis ahead of Super Cup in Athens this week
August 14 – UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin will hold a meeting with Prime Minister of Greece Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday in Athens to discuss the recent unrest between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb fans.