September 24 – Torrential rain has forced League 2 AFC Wimbledon’s Carabao Cup third-round tie against Newcastle United to be postponed due to a sinkhole caused by heavy flooding at the club’s Plough Lane stadium.
September 23 – Chaos has unravelled at Roma, one of Europe’s most iconic clubs, with the firing of a club hero, fan protests and now the resignation of the CEO.
September 20 – The city of Munich is changing the address of Bayern Munich’s iconic stadium in honour of club legend Franz Beckenbauer.
September 19 – Salvatore ‘Totò’ Schillaci, the Italian striker who was top scorer at the 1990 World Cup on home soil, has died aged 59 after being admitted to hospital following treatment for colon cancer.
September 18 – Manchester City’s Spanish international midfielder Rodri has warned that top players are close to going on strike because of the number of games they are having to play.
September 18 – Daniel de Rossi, the local hero who was brought in to change his boyhood club’s fortunes, has been sacked after just four games as Roma coach.
September 17 – The president of Cyprus has called out the national FA for shirking its responsibilities in helping to stamp out hooliganism and violence.
September 17 – An English tier-3 game dubbed the Hollywood derby went the way of Birmingham City on Monday when they beat Wrexham 3-1.
September 16 – Three police officers were seriously injured after riots ahead of the Limassol derby between Apollon and AEL in the third round of the Cypriot championship.
September 12 – Kylian Mbappe looks to have failed in his bid to get Paris Saint-Germain to pay him €55 million in what he claims are unpaid wages and bonuses.
September 11 – Bulgarian playing legend Hristo Stoichkov has donated his shares in CSKA Sofia to the club’s majority owner the ‘National Fund for Sport, Culture, Art and Science’ in order to prevent any accusations of a conflict of interest as begins a new job with FIFA.
September 10 – Valencia have begun disciplinary proceedings against their forward Rafa Mir after the 27-year-old was arrested last week by the Spanish Guardia Civil police for alleged sexual assault.
September 6 – Oppo has renewed its partnership with UEFA for the Champions League, Super Cup, UEFA Youth League and Futsal Champions League for the 2024–27 commercial cycle.
September 5 – Marking the end of an era, for the first time since 2003 neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo have been nominated for the Ballon d’Or, football’s most prestigious awards ceremony voted for by a jury of journalists from each of the top 100 countries in FIFA’s world ranking.
September 4 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has fired the chairman of its Refereeing Commission, the Spaniard David Fernadez Borbalan (pictured). The BFU has also removed Petar Petrov, responsible for the introduction of VAR in Bulgaria, as well as the chief manager of referees in Bulgaria, Stoyan Alexiev.