Brazilian star Vinicius Junior, Real Madrid's player, revealed Karim Benzema's advice to him on his first day with the team, and the decisive moment in Real Madrid's crowning of the Champions League title. Brazilian star Vinicius Junior, the Real Madrid winger, revealed Karim Benzema’s advice to him almost from his first day in the royal team and the decisive moment in Real Madrid's crowning of the Champions League title. The Spanish newspaper, Mundo Deportivo, quoted Vinicius Junior, who said: “It is important to win as many matches as possible, especially if you want to win big titles such as the European Super Cup. Our desire is to try to win the first title of the season.” The Spanish newspaper, Mundo Deportivo, quoted Vinicius Junior, who said: "We are preparing for the season and the match on August 10 against Frankfurt in the European Super, we will go with all our desire to try to win the first title of this season," Vinicius told the Spanish newspaper, Mundo Deportivo. About the decisive moment in Real Madrid’s crowning of the last Champions League title, he said: “In some matches, passion enters and we know how to take advantage of it. In two minutes, Rodrygo entered and scored two goals and qualified for the final. The most important moment in this tournament was the match against Manchester City.”

  Liverpool center-back Virgil van Dijk stressed the difficulty of facing Manchester City, the 2022 FA Community Shield between Manchester City and Liverpool will be held at Leicester City's King Power Stadium on July 30, 2022. “We start every season with the goal of winning every game we play, but this season it will be no different,” Van Dijk said in his interview with the official website of Liverpool FC.

  The global network "ESPN" revealed that Uruguayan star Luis Suarez is close to playing in the American League during the coming period, after the expiration of his contract with his former club, Atletico Madrid. Accordingly, the global network "ESPN" tossed out some possible MLS  destinations for the 35-year-old striker, who’s expressed a desire to join a team capable of making an Audi MLS Cup Playoffs run to potentially stay playing through November, when La Celeste and their all-time leading scorer head to the Middle East for Group H play. ESPN added that the Uruguayan star Suarez is very close to signing with Los Angeles, which already has signed Welsh Gareth Bale and Italian Giorgio Chiellini. The newspaper pointed out that the veteran Uruguayan star is looking to play more minutes during the coming period, in order to be ready for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with his country. Several press reports had indicated the possibility of Suarez returning to his first club, Nacional, Uruguay, after the latter's officials entered into negotiations with the player to discuss the possibility of his return to the team in a free transfer deal. Suarez spent the last two seasons with Atletico Madrid and succeeded in winning the Spanish League title with the club.

Spanish press reports revealed that the Dutch striker Memphis Depay is reportedly on Juventus’s shortlist for a move away from Barcelona during the current summer transfer market. The Spanish newspaper, “Mundo Deportivo” indicated that Juventus would like to sign Depay in order to compensate for the departure of Argentine Paulo Dybala, in light of the difficulties he faces in signing Morata from Atletico Madrid. The newspaper added that Juventus faces competition from Manchester United and Newcastle to sign the Catalan striker, who has become outside the accounts of coach Xavi Hernandez. Reports in Spain suggest the Dutch international striker, who only moved to the Nou Camp 12 months ago, is no longer required by coach Xavi. Barcelona has set an amount of 20 million euros to allow Depay to leave this summer. The 28-year-old Dutch striker joined Barcelona last summer on a free transfer.

Registrations to become a FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ volunteer will close on Sunday 31 July, with interviews set to be completed by 13 August – which marks 100 days to go to the tournament. It is scheduled that 20,000 volunteers will participate in supporting the operational aspects of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, in the first edition of the world championship to be held in the Arab world and the region, which begins on November 21 and will continue until December 18. FIFA World Cup Qatar competitions will be hosted among eight stadiums built according to the highest specifications. Volunteers will form a pivotal and active element in the success of the tournament, as they receive more than 30 different roles, through which they provide support to 45 operational aspects. The International Football Association (FIFA) announced the opening of applications to participate in the volunteer program for the Qatar World Cup 2022, during a special ceremony held last March in the open theater in Katara Cultural Village. The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ Volunteer Program has interviewed thousands of candidates from more than 170 countries since mid-May when the Volunteer Centre was opened in Doha. The interviews are being conducted by volunteers who have actively supported FIFA tournaments organized by Qatar, such as the FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020™ and the FIFA Arab Cup Qatar 2021™. The task of carrying out interviews were carried out by volunteers who provided support for tournaments organized in Qatar under the umbrella of FIFA, such as the Club World Cup 2020 and the Arab Cup 2021.

Italian club Juventus announced the absence of French midfielder Paul Pogba from the friendly game against rival Spanish counterpart Barcelona, scheduled for Wednesday, as part of the two teams' preparations for the start of the new season. Paul Pogba went off with problems with his knee at half-time in the friendly against Chivas Guadalajara due to his suffering from injury. Juventus revealed they sent Pogba for preliminary scans, which revealed a meniscus issue, and they will now seek a further specialist opinion on the issue. “Following complaining of pain in his right knee, Paul Pogba underwent radiological examinations that revealed a lesion of the lateral meniscus,” Juventus said in a statement on Monday night. “In the next few hours, he will undergo a specialist orthopedic consultation. Therefore, in order to continue treatment, he is not taking part in the trip to Dallas.” Sky Sports International revealed that Pogba will not appear in the remaining games with Juventus, as he is expected to miss the start of the Italian League against Sassuolo. Pogba has missed significant chunks of his last three seasons at Manchester United through injury - but interestingly he has never suffered a publicly recorded knee injury.

The Generation Amazing Foundation – one of the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy’s (SC) FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ legacy projects – and CONCACAF have marked the first anniversary of their joint football for a development project, which is set to benefit thousands of children and coaches across North and Central America and the Caribbean. Since being launched during last year’s CONCACAF Gold Cup in Houston, Texas, programs have been rolled out in ten CONCACAF countries to equip local coaches and volunteers with the tools and support to provide grassroots football training in their communities. After training, the coaches will lead six-week-long programs in schools, academies and clubs to benefit hundreds of girls and boys aged 8-12. Later in the year, each country will host a football festival to unite participants and share key learning. Following this, the Generation Amazing Festival will be held in Qatar from 16-21 November.

Bayern Munich newcomers Sadio Mané and Matthijs de Ligt were training on Monday even though the team officially had the day off. Coach Julian Nagelsmann gave the rest of the players Monday off to recover from their week-long trip to the U.S. Bayern Munich returned from a week-long trip to the U.S., and coach Julian Nagelsmann had given the players Monday off to recover before starting final preparations for the upcoming season. But Mane and de Ligt trained together with Bayern Munich’s head of fitness, the club said in a statement on Monday. Former Liverpool forward Mane left the team to be present for Thursday’s African Player of the Year award in Morocco, which he won, and then returned to Munich. Centre-back de Ligt joined Bayern Munich on Tuesday in the U.S. immediately after signing from Italy’s Juventus. Mane, the former Liverpool striker, left the team's camp in the United States to attend the Confederation of African Football (CAF) awards ceremony, which was held in the Moroccan capital Rabat on July 21 and was crowned the best player in Africa, and then returned to Munich.

England’s Premier League and Football League have announced tough new sanctions for pitch invasions and the use of smoke bombs and pyrotechnics. Last season saw an increasing number of pitch invasions at the end of the season with fans celebrating titles, promotions, or survival. Several altercations took place on the field, including one involving Crystal Palace manager Patrick Vieira, while Sheffield United's Billy Sharp was attacked by a fan after a playoff defeat at Nottingham Forest. Smoke bombs and pyrotechnics, which have long been used at games in continental Europe and elsewhere in the world, used to be relatively rare in England but their use has become a more regular occurance. The leagues and the Football Association said that from the start of the new season "all identified offenders will be reported by clubs to the police and prosecution could result in a permanent criminal record, which may affect their employment and education, and could result in a prison sentence." "Furthermore, anyone who enters the pitch and those identified carrying or using pyrotechnics or smoke bombs will now receive an automatic club ban. These bans could also be extended to accompanying parents or guardians of children who take part in these activities," the statement said. The English Premier League and the English Football Club Association have announced tough new penalties to tackle the invasion of stadiums and the use of smoke bombs and fireworks.