Following Pep Guardiola’s side’s return from our pre-season tour of Asia, our campaign curtain-raiser with Arsenal in the Community Shield final sharply comes into focus.
Elsewhere, the Women’s World Cup is reaching fever pitch with the conclusion of the group stages and the opening Round of 16 ties beginning as we provide City-centric coverage of matches – while the finale of our latest City Studios documentary is released.
Find out all the key information below…
MONDAY
On Monday, Gareth Taylor and his City players return to the CFA as pre-season training begins.
As always, we’ll provide a gallery of the very best images from our first session.
Meanwhile, Guardiola’s team will land back in the UK in the early hours after our narrow 2-1 defeat to Atletico Madrid in Seoul, South Korea.
Rest assured, that doesn’t signal the end of our in-depth coverage of the tour, as our Pitcam coverage returns with a unique look at the meeting with Diego Simeone’s side.
It is also judgment day for sky blue duo Mary Fowler and Alanna Kennedy’s Australia at the World Cup, who need to beat Canada in their final Group B to progress into the knockout stages.
The Matildas currently sit in third one place below their opponents and the final progression place.
Yui Hasegawa’s Japan are also in action, facing Spain in their final group game with first place up for grabs after the two nations having already qualified for the last-16.
TUESDAY
Amazing content is set to follow the day after as the finale of our ‘3in3’ documentary, which maps the tremendous 2022/23 campaign by our Elite Development Squad, is released on CITY+.
The August edition of the Manchester City magazine, which is packed with amazing interviews, articles and much more, will also be made available on mancity.com and our official app.
Stay close to our channels too for the Continental Cup group stage draw, which begins at 11:15 (UK) on TalkSPORT 2, where we will publish our opponents for the opening stage of the competition.
Finally on Tuesday, England will play their final group match of the 2023 World Cup against China, while Kerstin Casparij and Jill Roord’s Netherlands face Vietnam in theirs.
WEDNESDAY
City’s men’s team return to training on English soil on Wednesday and a gallery and video will be published shortly after the conclusion of the CFA session.
And the final City-focused group games of the Women’s World Cup will be played as Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw’s Jamaica face Brazil and Filippa Angeldahl’s Sweden play Argentina.
THURSDAY
After claiming a historic third successive Premier League U18 National title last term, our Under-18s will learn the fixtures for the upcoming season on Thursday.
Stay close to mancity.com and our official app for all of the details.
FRIDAY
City v Arsenal | Pep Guardiola press conference | 12:30 (UK)
Guardiola will be facing the media ahead of our meeting with Arsenal in the Community Shield final on Friday afternoon at 12:30 (UK).
As always, you can follow it live on mancity.com and our official City app, with a written review and video recap available soon after its conclusion.
SATURDAY
Following the closing of the Women’s World Cup group stages, the first two last-16 ties in the prestigious tournament will be played.
At present, only Julie Blakstad’s Norway and Hasegawa’s Japan from City’s squad have confirmed their places in the knockout rounds.
SUNDAY
City v Arsenal | Community Shield final | 16:00 (UK)
All roads then lead to Wembley as the shutters raise on the 2023/24 campaign when we lock horns with Arsenal for the first prize of the term.
Kick-off is scheduled for 16:00 (UK), with our Matchday Centre getting under way two hours before kick-off.
Special guests Paul Dickov and Kevin Campbell will join Natalie Pike in the Matchday Live studio, with Alistair Mann and Michael Brown providing live audio commentary from kick-off.
A match report and reaction from Pep and players alike can be accessed soon after the final whistle, with extended highlights and a full-match replay (via CITY+ and Recast) available to access following the game.
