Canada 5 Honduras 0
June 17 – Canada over the past six years have forced their way into Concacaf’s elite but have so often flattered to deceive. They are the team everyone quite likes but have never delivered the championship title their talent screams for. Re-adjust everyone.
June 18 – Javier Tebas is seemingly determined not to make FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s Christmas card list, as his criticisms of the expanded FIFA Club World Cup are becoming increasingly vitriolic. But here’s the thing – he might actually have a point.
June 17 – Even to the casual television viewer watching DAZN’s broadcast of Paris Saint-Germain versus Atlético Madrid at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, during FIFA’s Club World Cup, it looked brutally hot. Now we’re hearing from the fans and media who were actually there – and it’s an absolute horror story that should have the brass at FIFA headquarters asking questions.
June 18 – Premier League West Ham United have renewed their long-standing partnership with Corpay, signing a multi-year extension that will see the collaboration enter its eighth year.
June 18 – The road to the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League officially got underway on Tuesday, with 28 clubs learning their fate in the first qualifying round draw held at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon.
June 18 – In ‘Ange we Trust’ sang Tottenham Hotspur fans, however, the chairman of the club, Daniel Levy didn’t feel the same way releasing Ange Postecoglou from his job 16 days after the Australian brought home the clubs first European trophy in more than 40 years.
June 18 –Belgium’s Pro League clubs are ringing the management changes with Issame Charai replacing Timmy Simons as manager of Westerloo, while at OH Leuven, David Hubert (pictured centre) succeeds Chris Coleman.
June 18 – Brazilian star Neymar has confirmed that Fluminense approached him with a short-term offer to join the club for the Club World Cup.
June 18 – FIFA’s expanded Club World Cup is attracting more attention over the thousands of empty seats in stadia across the US than the football that is being played.
June 18 – Paris Saint-Germain has deepened its creative partnership with Canadian music artist The Weeknd and his brand XO, launching the ‘Beyond Limits. Beyond Borders.’campaign with a focus on Los Angeles – where the European Champions will play two of their Club World Cup group games.
June 18 – Former Premier League referee David Coote’s spectacular fall from grace has taken another turn for the worse, with the Football Association now charging him over comments he made about former Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp in July 2020. Because apparently, his career wasn’t quite dead enough already.
Canada 5 Honduras 0
June 17 – Canada over the past six years have forced their way into Concacaf’s elite but have so often flattered to deceive. They are the team everyone quite likes but have never delivered the championship title their talent screams for. Re-adjust everyone.
Curaçao 0 El Salvador 0
June 17 – The “Little General” – aka the Dutch master Dick Advocaat – has coached some of the biggest teams in world football, so Curaçao versus El Salvador in the Group B Concacaf Gold Cup opener at PayPal Park should be a walk in the park, right?
June 17 – English women’s football is set for a significant shake-up as the Women’s Super League (WSL) prepares to expand to 14 teams from the 2026/27 season and introduce a new relegation-promotion playoff.
June 18 – Three Qatari FA execs are currently working the 2025 Gold Cup circuit as part of the collaboration between Concacaf and the hosts of the 2022 World Cup that has provided an on-going legacy and international knowledge exchange programme.
June 17 – The 2025/26 European club season gets underway this week in Nyon with the draws for the first and second qualifying rounds of UEFA’s three men’s club competitions. More than 150 clubs from 50 national associations will be involved as the long road to the group stages is laid out.