May 26 – Budapest is already gripped by Champions League fever days before kick-off in the UEFA Champions League final, with supporters filling the city centre and UEFA’s fan activations beginning to take shape ahead of Saturday’s shiwpiece at the Puskás Aréna. That atmosphere will intensify as the week unfolds, with UEFA’s Champions Festival set to take over […]
By Samindra Kunti in Oslo May 23 – FC Barcelona clinched a fourth Women’s Champions League with a resounding 4-0 win against OL Lyonnes with two goals apiece from both Ewa Pajor and Salma Paralluelo. It took Barcelona 55 minutes to find their first attempt on target but when Pajor raced into the right-hand channel […]
By Samindra Kunti in Oslo May 22 – In a new chapter of their European rivalry, FC Barcelona will seek to reclaim their European crown against Olympique Lyon in the final of the Women’s Champions League. Last season, Barcelona lost the Women’s Champions League against Arsenal 1-0, but in their sixth consecutive Champions League final […]
May 20 – Arsenal became the champions of England for the first time in 22 years after rivals Manchester City failed to take three points at Bournemouth, drawing 1-1 with a late goal from striker Erling Haaland. The Londoners now enjoy an unassailable lead at the top of the Premier League with one match left […]
May 18 – FIFA has held positive talks with Iranian football officials on the team’s participation in this summer’s World Cup. Iran was one of the first of the 48 finalists that qualified for the super-sized finals, but its participation has been in doubt ever since the US, World Cup co-hosts, and Israel launched a […]
May 15 – FIFA has expanded its partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) which has become a major sponsor of the 2026 World Cup. Last month FIFA announced in Atlanta that all its World Cup 2026 sponsorship categories had been filled. On Thursday, the world governing body announced that PIF will headline the tournament […]
May 14 – Brazil continues to dominate football’s global export market, but France is closing fast. That’s according to figures released by the CIES Football Observatory, which show 1,455 Brazilians currently playing abroad – the most represented expatriate nationality across the 135 worldwide professional leagues analysed. France now sits second with 1,275 players overseas – […]
May 12 – Former FC Barcelona and Spain star Gerard Pique has been fined €200,000 for insider trading. On Monday, the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), Spain’s market regulator, announced that the 2010 World Cup winner was punished after buying shares in a health and safety company two days before it was revealed to be […]
May 8 – US president Donald Trump has questioned the high ticket prices at the World Cup, arguing he wouldn’t pay a four-figure World Cup ticket for a United States match. In an interview with the New York Post, Trump, in reference to $1,000+ tickets for the United States’ opening match against Paraguay in Los […]
By Paul Nicholson and Samindra Kunti in Vancouver April 30 – An attempt by FIFA president Gianni Infantino to stage a photo-opportunity handshake between Palestinian FA president Jibril Rajoub and Israeli FA vice president Basim Sheik Suliman spectacularly backfired at the FIFA Congress in Vancouver, Canada. A congress that was structured to close with Infantino […]
