July 30 – At the age of just 14 and one day, McKenna ‘Mak’ Whitham became the youngest player to feature in any major professional soccer league in the USA when she came on in the 80th minute for NWSL team NJ/NY Gotham FC.
July 30 – Champions League holders Real Madrid have announced a new partnership with Orange which will see the operator become the club’s official national telecommunications partner in a three-year deal.
July 30 – Rangers chairman John Bennett has admitted the club’s return to the Ibrox Stadium may “slip beyond” the predicted September return date in the latest twist to Ranger’s stadium development headache.
July 30 – Ahead of the new Premier League season, Arsenal have reinforced their defence with the signing of rising Italian star defender Riccard Calafiori from Bologna.
July 30 – AS Monaco have agreed a one-year deal for the coming season with Monegasque cutting and machining company FOM Industrie.
July 29 – FIFA and the AFC have refused Palestine the right to stage their home World Cup qualifying matches in September in the West Bank.
July 29 – Canada’s women’s football team have been deducted six points at the Olympics and coach Bev Priestman banned for one year in the latest fallout from the drone spying scandal that has rocked the defending gold medalists.
July 29 – Manchester United minority shareholder Sir Jim Ratcliffe has revealed a strong preference to replace Old Trafford with a new 100,000-capacity facility, as he urges the club to finalise their stadium plans by December this year.
July 29 – Saudi Arabia has unveiled plans to build a 92,000-capacity stadium in Riyadh to stage major sporting events with a decision on its 2034 World Cup bid due this year.
July 29 – The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has caused a major stir for saying he believes Premier League fixtures being played abroad is inevitable.
July 29 – FIFA has rejected Argentina’s complaints over a controversial last-minute equaliser being ruled out at the opening match of the Olympic football tournament against Morocco.
July 29 – Round two of the Women’s Olympic group stages caused a major reshuffle, as the tournament was turned on its head with a number of surprise results.
July 29 – The Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) has boosted to funding for the second season of its Women’s Football Clubs Development Fund Program to $16 million, a rise of SAR10 million ($2.7 million).
July 29 – Paris Saint Germain are leading the race to sign out of favour Manchester United winger Jadon Sancho. A PSG player could move in the other direction to ease Manchester United’s £50 million asking price for the 24-year-old.
July 29 – Manchester City rang in a new partnership with online bookmaker Betway, attending the NYSE bell-ringing ceremony on Friday to mark the multi-year sponsorship.