March 19 – Manchester City Women have signed a unique global partnership with leading period underwear brand snuggs, marking the first time the club has brought on an official partner in this space.
March 19 – A peak UK TV audience of nearly 8 million watched Newcastle United upset Liverpool 2-1 at Wembley on Sunday to claim the 2025 Carabao Cup, ending a 70-year wait for major domestic silverware.
March 19 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has signed a new partnership with leading Chinese fintech firm Du Xiaoman Technology, who will back the AFC Asian Qualifiers – Road to 26 as a Global Supporter.
March 19 – The inaugural AFC Women’s Champions League 2024/25 has reached the quarter finals stage with matches to be played on Saturday, March 22, between the eight teams from eight different nations.
March 19 – Even the very best run out of gas eventually, and one can’t help wondering if ‘father time’ is finally catching up with the world’s greatest player, Lionel Messi after he was left out of Argentina’s World Cup qualifying squad.
March 19 – Another day, and another pound getting squeezed out of Manchester United supporters as the club have announced that season ticket prices will be increasing next season.
March 18 – Despite the fraught political climate between the United States and Mexico, for the fourth time in five years, the best of Major League Soccer (MLS) will take on the best of Liga MX in its annual All-Star Game.
March 19 – The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) has signed a sponsorship agreement with the Croatian National Post.
March 18 – With the Concacaf Nations League OneSoccer just a day away from kick-off and Canada lined up for a blockbuster semi-final against Mexico, Canada’s football streaming channel OneSoccer has closed a deal to broadcast all of the federation’s leading international and club competitions.
March 18 – Concacaf has released details of seedings and pot allocation for the 2025 Gold Cup draw that will be held April 10, at 7pm (ET) as a live, made-for-tv event.
March 18 – The draw for the last eight of the AFC Champions League Elite Finals Jeddah 2025 has pitched four West Asian sides against four from East Asia.
March 17 – After 70 long years, the wait is finally over for Newcastle United as they upset Liverpool to win the English League Cup on Sunday and end a trophy drought stretching back generations.
One of the best supported clubs in the English game and now under Saudi ownership, Newcastle’s delirious fans turned Wembley into a sea of black and white as they inflicted a 2-1 defeat on the runaway Premier League leaders to round off a miserable week for Arne Slot’s side.
March 17 – UEFA has confirmed that one of European football’s longest established commercial partnerships is about to end with the announcement that its leading clubs are set to drop the Swiss agency that has sold Champions League rights since 1992 and replace it New York-based Relevent Sports.
March 17 – The Premier League has confirmed a multi-year partnership with global sportswear giant Puma, who will become the League’s Official Ball Supplier from the 2025/26 season onwards. The announcement, made public for the first time this morning, formalises what many in the industry already expected, and ends Nike’s 25-year tenure as the League’s ball provider.
March 17 – Cindy Parlow Cone, president of the US Soccer federation has been elected (unopposed) to the FIFA Council, while new Mexican chief, Mikel Arriola, has been elected to the Concacaf Council after just a week in the Mexican federation’s top job.