June 5 – The United Soccer League (USL), operators of men’s second and third tier pro leagues and a women’s pro league in the US, have taken another step into the sports real estate business with the unveiling of a plan with Central Florida Pro Soccer to bring a professional team to Winter Garden, Florida.
June 4 – With the World Cup one year away, the Nations League Final Four on home soil will serve as a test of Germany’s credentials. First challenge for Die Mannschaft: Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo in the semi-finals.
Last year, Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann failed to mastermind a fairytale at Euro 2024, crashing out of the finals against eventual winners Spain in Stuttgart. This summer, the Germans return to take centre stage on home soil in the Nations League Final Four,
June 4 – Inter Milan and Simeone Inzaghi have parted ways after the Italian club’s 5-0 defeat in the final of the Champions League, the club has confirmed.
Following the loss, the Italian manager had remained tight-lipped about his future, but on Tuesday, the club and Inzaghi announced that they would no longer work together, ending a four-year relationship.
June 4 – Chicago Fire FC owner Chicago Fire FC owner Joe Mansueto is set to privately finance a new £510 million ($650 million) football stadium in the city’s South Loop, marking one of the most ambitious privately funded stadium projects in U.S. soccer history.
June 4 – Legendary NFL quarterback Peyton Manning has become a minority owner in the new Denver NWSL team that will debut in the 2026 season.
June 3 – Manchester United’s want-away winger Jadon Sancho has found himself back at the club after Chelsea baulked at turning his loan into an acquisition and instead paid the £5 million penalty clause not to take him.
June 4 – Football media giant Footballco has bought YouTube football funnies animation brand and studio 442oons.
June 4 – Aston Villa have lured Francesco Calvo away from Juventus to become the club’s new President of Business Operations, starting at the club in July. He takes over from Chris Heck.
June 4 – The Munich Champions League final saw the second iteration of UEFA’s Champions Innovate programme that enables UEFA sponsors and start-up companies to work together to leave a lasting legacy in the host city.
June 4 – Coinciding with UN World Football Day, Special Olympics has kicked-off a new five-year football development strategy to bring the game to more players with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) than ever before.
June 4 – The 32 teams at the Club World Cup that kicks off June 14 will use 34 training bases in 14 states across the US. 20 of the facilities are at schools or universities.
June 4 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has signed a new three-year deal with bookmaker operator efbet which becomes the main sponsor of the Bulgarian men’s and women’s national teams. Efbet will also receive naming rights to the national team training base, which will be renamed the efbet National Football Base.
June 2 – Mexican clubs maintained their vice-like grip on the Concacaf Champions Cup on Sunday with Cruz Azul emphatically beating Canada’s Vancouver Whitecaps 5-0 at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City.
June 3 – Having announced a landmark deal last week with US broadcaster Fox for the broadcast of every match of this summer’s women’s Euro, UC3 (the commercial arm for UEFA’s club competitions) has added a further US broadcast deal with CBS Sports who will become the exclusive English-language home of the new-look UEFA Women’s Champions League until 2030.
June 2 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s favourite steak chef Salt Bae (real name Nusret Gokce) has responded to reports saying that he had been refused entry to a Champions League post-match party by hotel security personnel.