May 8 – Vinci Construction Grand Projets (VCGP) will be put on trial for labour abuses in Qatar, the French Court of Cassation has decided.
May 9 – Chelsea Women have deepened their ties with Škoda UK, announcing the brand as the club’s first Back-of-Shirt Partner in a deal that reinforces the carmaker’s commitment to women’s sport.
May 9 – UEFA announced the winners of the 2025 FootbALL Awards at the RESPECT Forum in Zurich, recognising “outstanding contributions to inclusion, diversity, and accessibility” in European football.
May 9 – American Airlines is the latest big-name corporation to partner with FIFA stumping up an undisclosed amount of dollars to become the Official North American Airline Supplier for the 2026 World Cup. Qatar Airways maintains its position as the Official Global Airline Partner.
May 9 – Football Australia CEO James Johnson is leaving the federation after 5½ years, saying that while it was a difficult decision to leave “the time is right to step down”.
May 9 – Former Manchester United and England teammates Gary Neville and David Beckham are upping their stakes in League Two side Salford City, proving that not even the glamour of Miami or the Sky Sports studio can kill their appetite for a proper footballing challenge.
May 9 – One of the true cathedrals of world football, and the only stadium to host two World Cup Finals, the famed Azteca Stadium in Mexico City ,will reopen next March, just in time for the 2026 World Cup co-hosted by Mexico, Canada and the U.S.
May 9 – The 10-team Concacaf Caribbean Cup will play its 2025 edition August to December with three clubs qualifying for the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup.
May 9 – The President of the Football Federation of Montenegro (FSCG), Dejan Savićević, broke ground officially on the construction of a new training complex in Bijelo Polje.
May 8 – Football Benchmark, the strategic and financial advisory research group, is holding an executive masterclass in June that will examine the multi-club ownership (MCO) model that is transforming the global football industry.
May 8 – The final of Concacaf’s Champions Cup is set to take place June 1 in Mexico City between Cruz Azul and Vancouver Whitecaps. Two days later the confederation will begin plotting the pathway for clubs into the 2026 edition of the competition with the draw for the 2025 Concacaf Central American Cup.
May 7 – Mexico’s Club León have lost their battle to remain in the Club World Cup finals in the USA this summer after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled that Pachuca and Club León – both owned by the Pachuca Group – had failed to meet FIFA’s criteria concerning multiple club ownership.
FIFA wasted no time in issuing a statement saying that León’s place in Group S will now be taken by the winners of a play-off between Los Angeles FC and Club América.
May 7 – With the United States, Canada, and Mexico rapidly approaching their hosting duties for upcoming FIFA events, soccer’s world governing body convened a critical workshop at Audi Field, home of DC United, targeting staff members from foreign embassies.
May 7 – Patrice Motsepe, president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), a leader not noted for his good governance or for putting the game before political expediency, has come under bitter attack in his home country over his business activities.
May 7 – Three years after Liverpool supporters were wrongfully vilified for causing chaos at the 2022 UEFA Champions League Final, former French interior minister Gérald Darmanin (pictured) has finally issued a long-overdue apology for his role in the debacle.