February 12 – Manchester United’s owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe (pictured) is planning more redundancies at the club, part of a bid to cut costs and losses which have reached an accumulated £300 million over the past three years.
February 12 – Sami Trabelsi has been reappointed as Tunisia’s head coach, marking his second tenure with the Carthage Eagles.
February 12 – Sports.com has secured a multi-year global partnership with football trade show organiser Soccerex. part of the deal, Sports.com will be the title sponsor for six events, including Soccerex 2025 in Cairo, Amsterdam, and Miami.
February 12 – New York-based Relevent Sports has long seen itself as a disruptor in world football, and now they have officially hit ‘pay-dirt’ after overcoming rival bidders to earn an exclusive negotiation period to secure the global commercial sales rights to UEFA’s men’s club competitions.
February 13 – The 2025 Leagues Cup schedule has been released and brought smiles to the faces of the Mexican clubs and Liga MX officials after a number of concessions were granted to clubs south of the border.
February 12 – Chelsea’s American owner, Todd Boehly, who was in the news earlier this week as Blues fans were unhappy about his partnership with Vivid seats and the unavailability of match tickets, is making more waves but this time in cricket.
February 12 – NRG Energy, who hold the naming rights to the Houston Stadium that will be a host of the 2026 World Cup, has increased its commitment, to Texas’ biggest city, becoming an official Supporter of FIFA World Cup 26 Houston.
February 12 – Preparations for the Women’s Euro 2025 in Switzerland are gathering pace with all 16 qualified teams now having chosen their base camp hotels and training centre.
February 12 – After seven days of witnesses and questions, the jury in the Sam Kerr trial took four hours and 17 minutes to find the Chelsea and Australian striker, not guilty of aggravated harassment of a police officer.
February 12 – The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) and global blockchain company Kadena have announced a partnership running through 2028, including the 2026 World Cup and the 2028 European Championship, aimed at delivering new types of experiences to Croatian national team fans, regardless of their location.
February 11 – Major League Soccer (MLS) opens its 2025 season on February 22, however, LAFC have already hit the news in controversial fashion as part-owner, Ruben Gnanalingam, was forced to apologise for anti-Israel posts on social media.
February 11 – Women’s football in Spain continues to be rocked by inappropriate behaviour on and off the pitch. During last Sunday’s Catalan derby between Espanyol and Barcelona, Spanish and Barca center back, Mapi León, was accused of touching Espanyol’s Daniela Caracas in the crotch area.
The incident happened in the 15th minute of the game during a set piece. Leon said something to Caracas while briefly touching her inappropriately.
February 11 – ‘Tragedy Chanting’ has reared its ugly head again and following in the wake of Millwall fan’s offensive chants against Leeds last weekend, an Essex police officer has been sacked after admitting to ‘tragedy chanting’ at Liverpool fans last year.
February 10 – Olympique de Marseille became the first Ligue 1 club to launch an amputee football team at their league ties against RC Strasbourg in January.
