June 20 – Bulgarian champions Ludogorets are poised to begin a large-scale reconstruction of the club’s Huvepharma Arena in Razgrad, according to Angel Petrichev, the club’s executive director who was speaking before the start of the team’s summer training camp.
June 20 – With all eyes still very much on Euro 2024, across the Atlantic in Atlanta the Copa America gets under way tonight with the opening game between Canada and two-time defending champions Argentina.
June 20 – They have the youngest coach in the tournament and the oldest average age squad, a combination that is so far working extremely well.
June 20 – Argentina have increased their grip the top of the ranking, extending their lead over second-placed France to 23 points.
June 20 – UEFA’s disciplinary committee has punished the national federations of Serbia and Albania after the first matches in the group stage of Euro 2024 for the behaviour of their fans in the matches against England and Italy.
June 19 – Scotland have bounced back from their opening-night mishap to draw 1-1 against Switzerland and keep their Euro 2024 hopes alive.
June 19 – After losing their opening matches in the Group of Death (Group B) to Romania and Italy respectively, Croatia and Albania knew that a win at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg would reignite their Euro2024 dreams.
June 19 – First round games at major tournaments are often cagey, cautious affairs, the emphasis being on trying to avoid defeat.
For the past 26 years, a lot has changed (and not only) in football. At FIFA, what started in 1998 with serial betrayal on an epic scale, ended in mayhem in 2015: Blatter’s reign. At UEFA, what was a period of solid progress throughout the tenure of Lennart Johannson, was followed by the incompetence of a deified footballer who was just that but didn’t have the first clue about running a confederation or the governance required: it,
June 19 – The clubs for Asia’s new two-tier Champions League – AFC Champions League Elite and AFC Champions League Two – have been confirmed by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the 2024/25 season.
June 19 – Canada Soccer is moving on from its previous media partner Mediapro following a settlement with Canadian Soccer Business (CSB) to the legal action filed in January 2024 with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.
June 19 – FIFA and UEFA have expressed opposition to an Italian government plan to set up a committee to oversee the budgets of professional clubs.
June 19 – Manchester City will begin their Premier League title defence away at Chelsea in the most eye-catching heavyweight clash of the opening weekend of the new season.
June 19 – With the second round of Euro 2024 matches kicking off today, UEFA is putting a special focus its ‘Get Trained, Save Lives’ campaign.
