July 26 – Pitch invaders at Premier League and English Football League matches will receive an automatic club ban under tough new sanctions to tackle fan behaviour.
July 26 – Alison Brittain will become the new chair of the Premier League in early 2023, becoming the first woman to lead the English top flight.
July 25 – Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has rubbished the persistent perception that he is a puppet of FIFA boss Gianni Infantino, telling media it as an “old story”.
July 25 – The winners of the 2022 African Women’s Champions League will receive $400,000 in prize money, Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has announced.
July 25 – Concacaf is revamping its club competitions but before it does so it is playing another season of its Scotiabank Concacaf League (SCL), its second tier international club competition.
July 25 – National Independent Soccer Association (NISA), the US’s third tier professional league, has added an eleventh team for the 2023 season, Detroit-based Gold Star FC.
July 22 – Senegal’s Sadio Mane has been crowned African Footballer of the Year for the second time, the 10th player to win the award more than once.
July 22 – Bundesliga club Cologne has called for the exclusion of Belarusian teams from European competitions because of the country’s support for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
July 22 – Uwe Seeler, one of the iconic figures of post-war German football who skippered West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final, has died at the age of 85, officials said Thursday.
July 22 – LaLiga and the NBA have combined to open a €35 million sports and educational complex that will open next month.
July 22 – Concacaf and the Generation Amazing Foundation, the flagship Qatari human and social legacy programme for the 2022 World Cup, have announced the first 10 nations who will participate in the joint football-for-development initiative for coaches, children, and youth.
July 21 – UEFA says it reported 290 cases of online abuse to social media companies during the group stage of the Women’s Euros.
July 21 – UEFA has released the five-episode Outraged documentary series on its UEFA.tv platform as part of its ongoing fight against discrimination, hate and online abuse in football.
July 20 – Zambia’s football association (FAZ) has requested a replay of its Women’s Africa Cup of Nations semi-final against South Africa after lodging a complaint about the match official in charge.
July 20 – Barcelona have finally landed Polish super striker Robert Lewandowski for €50 million from Bayern Munich but not before Bayern boss Julian Nagelsmann launched a stinging attack on the Catalan club.