In what will be the first major non-Cal sports event to be held in renovated Memorial Stadium, Real Madrid will play Inter Milan in a preseason soccer match on July 26, following the World Cup. Game time is 3 p.m. PDT. Tickets start at $45. For ticket information, visit www.calbears.com.

The game is part of the Guinness International Champions Cup, featuring eight teams in two brackets of four. Winners of each bracket will play for the championship on Aug. 4 at Sun Life Stadium in Miami.

Real grass will be installed in Memorial Stadium for the soccer game. Alas, athletic director Sandy Barbour said the grass will be removed after the game and donated to a local facility. Cal football begins fall practices in the stadium on Aug. 4.

Vice Chancellor John Wilton said from a guaranteed licensing fee of $100,000, 25 percent will got toward academic scholarships for low-income students. He also said a sellout of 65,000, with attendant revenues from concessions and parking, could push the economic benefit to the university and the City of Berkeley to as much as $800,000.