Written by Han Bing. Following their impressive World Cup performance, Cape Verde's head coach Bubista and goalkeeper Vozhinha, the biggest dark horses of the US-Canada-Mexico World Cup, both moved to new teams yesterday. Vozhinha joined Chilean powerhouse Colo-Colo, while Bubista surprisingly turned down offers from several football associations, including Ghana, and signed a two-year contract with Renaissance Club Berkane in northeastern Morocco.

Reporter Lu Mi reports that Shandong Taishan lost to Henan at home for the first time in 17 years, triggering a massive outburst of fan dissatisfaction that led to the resignation of the coaching duo Su Maozhen and Han Peng; Shenhua lost to their city rivals in the Shanghai derby, putting Slutsky back in the hot seat.

On Tuesday, Manchester United officially announced a training kit advertising sponsorship deal worth £20 million per season with a well-known British betting company. This amount sets a new record for training kit sponsorship in football clubs, though it is slightly lower than the Red Devils' previous contract for the same item. The club emphasized that this deal will help fund the rebuilding of the first team, aiming to end their 13-year Premier League title drought.

Amid a wave of criticism aimed at FIFA, President Gianni Infantino unexpectedly sent congratulations to Kylian Mbappe after the 2026 World Cup, praising the French striker's historic records.

After three rounds of the group stage in each group of the ASEAN Cup 2026, the race for the Top Scorer title is incredibly exciting.

Defender Justin Hubner's sarcastic remarks about Vietnam's victory in a "non-FIFA" tournament inadvertently struck the deepest wound of Indonesian football over the past three decades.

As of now, Manchester United has only successfully sold one player this summer—academy defender Taylor Fredrickson, who was transferred to another club owned by Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Lausanne-Sport in Switzerland. Now, a genuine player sale is nearing completion, with 22-year-old Czech goalkeeper Radek Vitek close to agreeing a move to Championship side Middlesbrough.

When transfer expert Romano broke the news that "Manchester City have officially contacted Pedro Neto's team," the summer winger transfer market was instantly ignited. This is not an isolated transfer move but a "domino effect" triggered by Savinho's departure. The rivalry among Manchester City, Tottenham, and Chelsea is pushing the Portuguese winger into the spotlight of public opinion.

On August 5, Beijing time, in the second round of the women's singles at the WTA1000 Toronto, a high-profile match just concluded. Chinese veteran Zhang Shuai, 37, erupted once again, blanking former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko 2-0, with set scores of 6-0 and 4-0, as her opponent retired in the second set. Thus, Zhang Shuai won 10 straight games to hand Ostapenko a 10-0 bagel—an incredible momentum.

Cristiano Ronaldo did not play as Al Nassr suffered a 0-2 defeat against Almeria, concluding their training camp in Portugal with many concerns.