April 25 – Didier Drogba has failed in his bid to become the new president of Ivory Coast’s FA (FIF). Yacine Idriss Diallo (pictured) has been elected to the position after beating Sory Diabaté by two votes in a second round of voting. The former Chelsea star exited the race in the first round with just 21 votes.
April 25 – Chinese Taipei has pulled out of hosting AFC Cup 2022 Group J matches in Tainan due to a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the country.
April 25 – A normalisation committee running the affairs of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) has fired NFA Secretary General Franco Cosmos with immediate effect after he was found guilty on five counts out of the nine brought against him followed months of division and in-fighting.
April 25 – FIFA has published a guide for member federations looking to set up a club licensing system for women’s football competitions in their countries.
April 23 – Barcelona Femení have once again set a women’s world record attendance at Camp Nou with 91,648 supporters attending the club’s Champions League semi-final against Wolfsburg.
April 22 – World Cup host city contenders Washington, DC and Baltimore have merged their bids to create a joint application to stage 2026 World Cup matches.
April 22 – Dutch club NAC Breda will not become a part of the portfolio of City Football Group (CFG) clubs after a backlash from fans saw the ‘golden share’ vote of the NOAD Foundation veto the sale.
April 22 – Football Australia has removed the cap on transfer fees for contracted players in a move designed modernize the transfer system and encourage the development of players.
April 22 – Formula One star Lewis Hamilton and 23-time Grand Slam tennis champion Serena Williams have joined a consortium to buy Premier League club Chelsea, according to reports.
April 22 – UEFA will introduce the video assistant referees (VAR) for the last four of the Conference League, the European governing body has announced.
April 22 – The head of Asian football has denied reports in Italy that he is involved in talks to buy AC Milan.
April 22 – The CSCF Sport Integrity Group, which has a focus on battling and information sharing on match-fixing issues, has scheduled its next Awareness Raising Session for Malta at the end of April.
April 21 – Organisers of the Women’s EURO 2022 have unveiled plans for the national football roadshow that will tour the nine host venues in May and June before the tournament kicks off in Manchester on July 6.
April 21 – The storm around leaked phone tapes of Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales is still raging. Rubiales has hit back at what he calls “mischievous and dishonest” accusations from Spanish media of alleged wrongdoing over the deal to relocate the Spanish Super Cup to Saudi Arabia.
April 21 – Madrid’s commercial court, with a new sitting judge, has lifted the interim injunctions imposed on UEFA at the request of the Super League.