Finland’s Veikkausliiga becomes WLA’s 28th member

March 27 – The top tier Finnish Veikkausliiga is the latest league to join the World Leagues Association (WLA) which is rapidly increasing its global representation and stakeholder credentials.
March 27 – The top tier Finnish Veikkausliiga is the latest league to join the World Leagues Association (WLA) which is rapidly increasing its global representation and stakeholder credentials.
March 28 – The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) has announced plans to buy a new training facility for its national teams.
March 28 – Bernd Neuendorf will retain his presidency of the German FA (DFB) after he gained the backing from both the professional and amateur clubs.
March 28 – SIGA Latin America has signed what it says is a landmark Technical Cooperation Agreement with Brazil’s Office of the Comptroller General (Controladoria-Geral da União – CGU) the highest federal authority responsible for promoting transparency, auditing public accounts, enforcing internal control mechanisms, and combating corruption across Brazil.
March 28 – The unfairly maligned U.S. Open Cup has just received a major shot in the arm with the announcement that CBS Sports and U.S. Soccer have reached a multi-year, multimedia rights agreement for the exclusive English-language rights through 2026.
March 27 – The Road to 2026 Asian Qualifiers are going down to the wire with two match days left in June to qualify four more teams for the World Cup next year.
Round 3 of AFC qualifying has seen 18 teams in three groups of six with each nation playing each other home away over the 10 match schedule. The top two teams in each group qualify direct to World Cup 2026 and after eight rounds of matches,
March 27 – All 16 teams for the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup have now qualified following the completion of the preliminary round play-offs last night.
March 26 – The removal of Club León from the Club World Cup (CWC) has sparked an appeal at Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) by the Mexican club. In a separate case at CAS, Costa Rican club Deportiva Alajuelense are claiming that they should be awarded the slot.
March 26 – Premier League Everton have secured a £350 million financing package to refinance the costs of building their new stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock, a move that is expected to save the club tens of millions of pounds annually in debt repayments.
March 26 – Iran have become the second Asian team to clinch World Cup qualification following a 2-2 draw with Uzbekistan.
March 26 – Ahead of the 2026 AFC Women’s Asian Cup qualifiers, the Afghan national team and human rights groups have called on FIFA to end the team’s exile and reinstate it in international competition.
March 26 – Manchester City Women have announced a new global partnership with Hytro, a leading innovator in Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) wearables, as part of their commitment to integrating cutting-edge sports science into elite women’s football.
March 26 – Bulgaria’s Levski Sofia have unveiled plans to build a new stadium, which will cost the club BGN 200 million (€100 million). The new facility, which will be built on the site of the current Georgi Asparuhov Stadium (pictured), will have a seated-capacity of 20,200.
March 26 – The National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) is just two rounds into its new season, and with coaching and administrative issues taking up news space off the pitch, they are now having to deal with abuse in the stands investigating ‘hateful language’ directed towards, Barbra Banda.
March 26 – After waiting 55 years, 10 months, and 1 day since lifting a major domestic trophy, Newcastle United’s long-suffering fans were eagerly awaiting their hero’s open-bus tour through the city, however the club announced there would be instead a party at Town Moor. Cue outrage and the club hastily back tracking.