Global diary
A comprehensive record of recent events around the world
Thursday August 2
ALGERIA: Former international midfielder Djamel Belmadi becomes Algeria’s sixth coach in two years.
EGYPT: Mexico’s Javier Aguirre succeeds Argentinian coach Hector Cuper, who parted company with Egypt after the World Cup.
ITALY: Leonardo Bonucci rejoins Juventus from Milan in a deal for Mattia Caldara, while Juve striker Gonzalo Higuain goes the other way on a season-long loan.
Friday August 3
ARGENTINA: Lionel Scaloni, who was assistant to Jorge Sampaoli at the World Cup, and under-17s coach Pablo Aimar take temporary control of the national side in the wake of Jorge Sampaoli’s exit.
GERMANY: A sell-out crowd of 57,000 see Hamburg play secondtier football for the first time as they lose 3-0 at home to Holstein Kiel.
ITALY: Juventus are the first Italian club to have a second side admitted to the professional league pyramid, with their under-23s starting this season in Serie C.
PHILIPPINES: Former England captain Terry Butcher steps down as Philippines coach after less than 50 days in charge and without managing a single game.
Saturday August 4
CAMEROON: Clarence Seedorf is appointed coach of Cameroon’s national side after a deal for Sven Goran Eriksson fell through.
FRANCE: Paris Saint-Germain equal Lyon’s record of eight French Super Cup wins – and six in a row – with a 4-0 victory over Monaco.
IRAQ: While many Arab countries refuse to visit the Palestinian territories as they do not recognise Israel – which controls the West Bank’s borders and maintains a blockade on the Gaza Strip – Iraq plays its first-ever match in the region, beating Palestine 3-0 in Al Ram, near Jerusalem.
Sunday August 5
ENGLAND: Sergio Aguero gets both goals and becomes the first player to score 200 goals for Manchester City as they beat Chelsea 2-0 in the Community Shield at Wembley.
SCOTLAND: Aberdeen score in injury time to draw 1-1 with Rangers to deny manager Steven Gerrard a winning start in the Premiership.
Monday August 6
SPAIN: Barcelona sign Arturo Vidal from Bayern Munich for a reported € 19m plus add-ons.
Tuesday August 7
ENGLAND: Bournemouth pay a club-record fee of £25m to Spanish side Levante for Colombian midfielder Jefferson Lerma.
Wednesday August 8
CHINA: Jordi Cruyff takes charge of 14th-place Chongqing Dangdai Lifan with half the 16-team Chinese Super League season gone.
ENGLAND: Chelsea make Kepa Arrizabalaga the most expensive goalkeeper of all time after his € 80million release clause from Athletic Bilbao is met.
ICELAND: Former Sweden coach Erik Hamren takes charge of Iceland’s national side.
PERU: Argentinian coach Ricardo Gareca signs a contract extension that will see him remain in charge of Peru through the qualifying campaign for Qatar 2022.
Thursday August 9
AUSTRIA: Sturm Graz’s Europa League game against Cypriot club AEK Larnaca is held up for more than 20 minutes after a fan throws a missile at assistant referee Fredrik Klyver and cuts the Swede’s head.
ENGLAND: As the transfer window closes, Tottenham Hotspur become the first Premier League club to not make a summer signing since the current system began in 2003.
ITALY: Parma’s five-point penalty, imposed after a match-fixing row, is lifted on appeal. The club’s striker Emanuele Calaio, who was banned for two years as part of the same investigation, has his sentence reduced to four months.
Friday August 10
FRANCE: VAR is used for the first time in French football, with Dimitri
Payet scoring from the spot as Marseille are awarded a penalty in their opening day 4-0 victory over Toulouse.
SPAIN: Lionel Messi is named as Barcelona’s new captain following the departure of Andres Iniesta to Japanese club Vissel Kobe.
Saturday August 11
CHINA: Shanghai SIPG make it five derby wins out of six with a 2-0 victory over Shanghai Shenhua.
FRANCE: Patrick Vieira’s first game as coach of Nice ends in a narrow 1-0 home defeat by Reims.
USA: Bradley Wright-Phillips becomes the first player in MLS history to score 15-plus goals in five successive seasons as New York Red Bulls beat Chicago Fire 1-0.
Sunday August 12
ECUADOR: At least 10 Barcelona supporters are killed and 30 injured when the bus they are travelling on overturns on its return from a 1-1