1. Clubs of Crimea can be included in the FNL if the terms of the license are met. The decision will be made by the RFU after discussion with the Ministry of Sports and studying the reports of the working group, which audited the ecosystem of the peninsula’s clubs. UEFA still againstand deputy Roman Teryushkov proposed to include Crimean clubs in the FNL with a moratorium on departure.
2. Formed all 4 baskets for the Champions League group stage draw on 25 August. PSV van Nistelrooy and Nikita Khaikin’s Boude-Glimt failed to qualify and will play in the Europa League.
3. KHL and Match TV for three years extended the contract to broadcast matches.
4. A decision was made on creation of the Commonwealth League, which will include the teams of the Crimea, LPR, DPR, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Kherson, Zaporozhye and Kharkov regions. They want to hold the first tournament from March to November 2023it is planned that at least 13 teams will play there.
5. Champion World RPL will receive 815.4 million rubles – almost 5 times more than last season.
6. Fans of Spartak boycott Cup matches due to Fan ID. But the fans of Loko will go to cup matches. They boycott RPL games.
7. Man City will play with Chelsea in the 3rd round of the League Cup, Manchester United – with Aston Villa Gerrard, Liverpool will meet with Derby.
8. Participation of the Russian team in the 2024 World Cup remains in questionsaid NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly.
9. “PSG” fined 10 million euros for violating the FFP. Juventus will pay 3 million, Milan – 2 million.
10. “Barcelona” tied with “Manchester City” in a charity match – 3:3. Mahrez scored from the penalty spot on the 98th.
11. Vitaly Meshkov will serve the match CSKA with Rostov and other appointments of judges for the 7th round of the World RPL.
12. Transfer news. “Spartacus” agreed with Ganago, but for the Lance forward this option is not a priority. Muscovites can sign Former AS Monaco striker Balde as a free agent, his salary will be 1.5 million euros per year. Also red and white froze extension of the contract with Selikhov and transfers of Gorshkov and Yezhov. “Locomotive” interested midfielder “Rostov” Norman. At Dynamo difficulties arose with payment for Montes’s transfer, Kartsev’s transfer failed for the same reason.
“Newcastle” for 70+5 million euros buys striker Isak – this is a record sale of Real Sociedad. Manchester United hopes to agree transfer of Anthony from Ajax for 94 million euros before the end of the week. Barcelona and Lecce agreed on a lease Umtiti, medical examination in Italy – this week. More news – by transfer tag.
13. Tyson Fury is fine: he wants $500 million for the fight with Oleksandr Usyk.
14. The International Ski Federation (FIS) is considering the ability to create a shared service at the stages of the World Cup in cross-country skiing.
15. “Barcelona” showed the 3rd form – light gray with a red and blue cross on the T-shirt.
16. The cost of the fallen video cube in the Lokomotiv arena – about 80 million rubles.
Quotes of the day.
Larionov on the removal of Russia: “We cannot end up in a closed space where you constantly play with Kazakhstan, Belarus. We’ll still pay for it.”
Teryushkov about the Crimean clubs in the FNL: “We must not give a damn about the position of UEFA and FIFA and develop football on our territory. Let them bite their elbows”
Backstrom does not discuss the situation in Ukraine with Ovechkin: “We decided that we would not talk about politics”
The president of Akhmat on the UEFA statement about the Crimean clubs: “They still dare to dictate something after they kicked out Russian football. Damn it, that’s enough!”
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Deputy Zhurova about Fan ID: “I have become a memejoking, mocking. I have an opinion, but people in our country don’t want to respect it.”
Valencia on Messi and Ronaldo: “Cristiano’s main problem was the very existence of Leo in the era of their rivalry”