July 15 – Brentford FC have brought in British philanthropist Gary Lubner and filmmaker Sir Matthew Vaughn as minority shareholders through their investment in Best Intentions Analytics, the holding company for the Premier League club.
July 16 – Lamine Yamal might be the hottest property on the pitch in world football, but Barcelona’s teenage sensation has found himself in scalding water off it after his 18th birthday bash landed him in potential legal trouble.
July 16 – last Sunday at the Club World Cup Final, US President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino jointly presented the 24-carat gold plated trophy to victorious Chelsea captain Reece James. While that gong will be returning to Stamford Bridge, Trump claims the original trophy will remain in the White House.
July 16 – Turkey’s Umraniyespor has signed a one-year back of jersey sponsorship with DBE Holding for the 2025–2026 season.
July 16 – The Bulgarian Professional Football League (BPFL) has launched its first official fantasy league in collaboration with FFStar Bulgaria.
July 15 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has dismissed an appeal by Slovak club FK DAC 1904 Dunajská Streda, confirming their exclusion from the 2025/26 Europa Conference League due to breaches of UEFA’s multi-club ownership (MCO) regulations.
July 15 – FIFA has expanded its official hospitality offering for the 2026 World Cup, rolling out a wider range of premium packages through its partner On Location, with new options now available for matches in Canada and Mexico as well as the United States.
July 15 – UEFA has announced the Women’s EURO 2025 as the most attended edition in the competition’s history, underlining the continued momentum of the sport.
July 15 – The English Football League (EFL) has announced a new two-season partnership with Rexel and Denmans, who become their official electrical wholesaler until the end of the 2026/27 season.
July 15 – In an unprecedented attack, world players’ union Fifpro claims the rosy picture painted by FIFA President Gianni Infantino of the Club World Cup is “a fiction.”
July 15 – FIFA’s Club World Cup wasn’t just a tournament – it was a billion-dollar lottery that transformed part-time dreamers into millionaires.
July 15 – Axel Tuanzebe, who walked through Manchester United’s gates at eight years old with starlight in his eyes, has returned as a 27-year-old man wielding High Court documents like weapons of war.
July 15 – There’s something almost poetic about watching a manager’s composure crumble in defeat’s dying embers. Luis Enrique, who once commanded Barcelona’s throne with regal authority, found himself reduced to a street brawler’s instincts as Paris Saint-Germain’s FIFA Club World Cup dream turned to dust against Chelsea’s clinical efficiency.
The final of the Club World Cup was bizarre, surreal and supremely ugly in its beauty. The Club World Cup has been a month of lies and PR overkill from FIFA, a massive over-hyping of what, for 90% of the competition, was like watching walking football. But then this was never really about football as a sport.
July 14 – After 24 matches and 3.7 goals on average per game, eight teams remains, all with a chance and a dream of conquering Euro 2025.