By Samindra Kunti in Asuncion, Paraguay
May 16 – South American football boss Alejandro Dominguez has once again beat the drum for a 64-team World Cup in 2030 to celebrate the tournament’s centenary. Taking the stage in his home country of Paraguay it was a remarkable exhortion of FIFA’s members to “think in a different way”.
May 16 – Football Unites the World is FIFA’s slogan, but it is money that truly unites FIFA, and FIFA is about to have a whole lot more, announcing at its 75th Annual Congress in Asuncion Paraguay that its new budget for the 2023 to 2026 is $13 billion, exactly double the $6.5 billion of its previous 2019 to 2022 cycle.
May 16 – Ednaldo Rodrigues, president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and member of the FIFA Council, has been removed from office by a Brazilian court for the second time.
May 16 – Barcelona were crowned LaLiga champions on Wednesday night after a 2-0 derby win at Espanyol – and fittingly, it was Lamine Yamal who delivered the decisive blow.
May 16 – The 2025 edition of the EA Sports eChampions League gets underway this weekend in Manchester, bringing together 36 of Europe’s top EA Sports FC players in a Champions League-style tournament to determine who will be crowned the continent’s best.
May 16 – Real Madrid and Spanish international Raul Asencio, 22, along with three former teammates from Real’s academy could face criminal charges for allegedly recording and distributing sexual images of a woman and a minor without their consent.
May 16 – South Korean international and Tottenham Hotspur captain, Son Heung-min, has filed a criminal complaint with South Korean police after becoming the victim of an alleged blackmail plot.
May 16 – A week-long coaching exchange between the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) and Bundesliga clubs Eintracht Frankfurt and RB Leipzig has wrapped up in Germany, marking another significant step in Saudi Arabia’s growing investment in women’s football.
May 16 – This Saturday at the King Power Stadium, the Leicester City faithful will bid an emotional farewell to the ultimate footballing fairytale—Jamie Vardy.
May 16 – Nothing says England more than necking pints and watching football at the local pub – and this summer, bleary-eyed punters will have an extra excuse to tell their bosses they’re “working from home” should England or Wales reach the business end of the UEFA Women’s European Championships.
May 16 – Bulgarian champions Ludogorets Razgrad have signed a partnership with Swedish industrial company Husqvarna. As a result of the signed contract, the latest generation of robotic lawnmowers will maintain all the pitches of the club’s training complex in Razgrad.
May 14 – Premier League Bournemouth’s owners – the Black Knight Football Club – are set to buy the Vitality Stadium, which the club have called home since 2010. Having considered moving to a larger new-build stadium locally, the club will now develop its existing ground instead.
The smallest stadium in the Premier League with a capacity of just 11,307, the club said it “making progress” on development plans. The club recently opened a new multimillion-pound performance centre.
May 14 – Kaizen Gaming’s online betting brand Betano, which has been establishing a large footprint in football sponsorship, has become the main partner and shirt sponsor of Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF in a three-year deal beginning this August.
May 13 – Imitation is indeed the sincerest form of flattery, and the 33-year-old English Premier League is deserving of a bow as the French Football Federation (FFF) unveils plans to completely transform their governance structure by adopting the Premier League’s club-owned model.
May 14 – Goodison Park will live on with the iconic stadium to become the home of Everton Women, the club confirmed on Tuesday.