July 26 – Concacaf has changed its match schedule and venues for the on-going Men’s U-20 Championships in Mexico after a police officer was murdered outside a team hotel in the city of Celaya. The relocation sees Group A teams – United States, Costa Rica, Cuba, and Jamaica – move to León where the final group games will be played at the Estadio León. The shooting took place outside the Cuban team’s hotel with reports saying that armed men pulled up on a motorcycle before opening fire on two police officers guarding the hotel. Read more … The post Mexican hotel shooting forces Concacaf to move ..read more

July 26 – Real Madrid has reported a 27% rise in operating income for the 2023/24 financial year to €1.073 billion, an increase of €230 million and making it the first football club to break the €1 billion mark. Revenue performance was helped substantially by on-field performance with the first team winning the Champions League for the sixth time, as well as the LaLiga title and the Spanish Super Cup. The club said that this was achieved without the newly renovated Bernabeu Stadium still not having reached full operational capacity. Read more … The post Real Madrid bust €1bn mark with promise ..read more

July 26 – Having removed herself from her country’s opening game against New Zealand, Canada’s Olympic women’s football coach Bev Priestman has been thrown out of the competition and suspended by the country’s football federation as the fallout continues over the alleged drone spying scandal. The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) initially confirmed that assistant coach Jasmine Mander and analyst Joseph Lombardi were sent home after a drone was flown over New Zealand’s training session on Monday. Read more … The post Canada’s Priestman sent home over Olympic scandal as probe into drone us ..read more

July 26 – Qatar-owned broadcaster beIN Sports asked for every player in France’s Ligue 1 next season wear a Visit Qatar badge on their shirt for games shown live. The request, according to the Guardian newspaper, was part of negotiations for a  new TV deal and quotes unnamed “multiple sources” claiming it was made by beIN Media Group chairman, Nasser al-Khelaifi, who is also the president of Paris Saint-Germain, during a meeting between the presidents of several clubs this week. Read more … The post Visit Qatar shirt patch rejected by Ligue1 clubs though Qataris say it was neve ..read more

July 26 – The CIES Football Observatory has endorsed a recent European Club Association (ECA) study revealing that only a small percentage of footballers endure extensive minutes each season, throwing a more detailed light on the physical demands placed on top-tier players in the face of a growing international calendar. The report, which scrutinised data from 40 leagues between 2012 and 2024, underscores the urgency for clubs and governing bodies to address player workloads and match scheduling. Read more … The post Elite players overworked but report predicts their workload likely to be unc ..read more

July 26 – Romania’s Dinamo Bucharest have named bookmaker Superbet as the club’s new main sponsor. The three-year sponsorship will see the Superbet logo on the front of Dinamo shirts begins with the coming season. Marketing activation will focus on the club’s digital assets. Romania’s top tier league was renamed to Superliga in 2022 when Superbet Group became the official partner of the competition in an initial two-year deal. Dinamo’s financial director,  Read more … The post Superbet grows in the east with Dinamo Bucharest shirt deal appeared first on Inside World Football ..read more

July 25 – Just days after pulling out of a deal that would see the Friedkin Group acquire Premier League side Everton, vice-president Ryan Friedkin has said they will spend €1 billion on a new stadium for their Serie A club Roma, as they attempt to progress their long-sought exit from the Stadio Olimpico. The club gave the first look at the design concept for its proposed new stadium in the Pietralata district of Rome, Read more … The post Roma unveils designs for €1bn new stadium appeared first on Inside World Football ..read more

July 26 – Bulgaria’s CSKA Sofia has signed two partnership contracts in two days. Bulgaria’s most titled club will partner with the technology company Barin Sports, which will provide player data, as well as H2O spring water. Both companies are Bulgarian. No value was given for the partnerships. “From this season, our men’s team will be technologically supported by one of the best companies in the production of GPS systems – Read more … The post CSKA Sofia boost partner roster with data deal and water sponsor appeared first on Inside World Football ..read more

July 25 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has threatened three of its top tier clubs with sanctions over the quality of their pitches following the first round of the efbet League which the BFU said were endangering the health of the players. Warning letters were sent to FC Hebar Pazardzhik, FC Botev Vratsa and FC Krumovgrad. The first two played their home matches at their own stadiums – ‘Georgi Benkovski’ and ‘Hristo Botev’ – Read more … The post Bulgarian efbet League kicks off but three clubs warned for ‘dangerous’ playing surfaces appeared first on Inside World Football ..read more

July 26 – Girondins Bordeaux, one of France’s most historic and iconic clubs, have filed for bankruptcy and dropped their pro team status just days after they were relegated to the third tier of French football and the owners of Liverpool withdrew from takeover talks. Earlier this month the six-time French champions were demoted from Ligue 2 to the semi-professional third tier due to financial concerns and once plans for Liverpool owner Fenway Sports Group to bail them out fell through, Read more … The post With no white knight to save them, France’s Girondins Bordeaux file for bankruptcy app ..read more