Mediapro wins Concacaf World Cup 2026 broadcast production contract
May 27 –Mediapro has been appointed by Concacaf to produce and distribute the broadcast signal for 30 World Cup 2026 qualifying matches.
Author: Paul Nicholson
Arsenal outgun Barca’s women superstars to break Champions League duopoly
May 25 – Arsenal stunned FC Barcelona 1-0 to win the Women’s Champions League for a second time. Having beaten Lyon in the semi-final, Arsenal took the scalps of the two clubs who have dominated the European Women’s club game for a decade.
Pulisic, Musah and Robinson out of US team for Gold Cup; McKennie, Weah and Reyna to play CWC
May 22 – When Mauricio Pochettino (pictured) unveiled his 27-player United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) roster for the upcoming Concacaf Gold Cup, the conversation inevitably centered on who wasn’t there rather than who was. In an era where player welfare collides head-on with international ambition, the Argentine manager finds himself navigating perhaps his most challenging selection dilemma yet.
Qatari organisers hike Arab Cup 2025 prize money to $36.5m
May 23 – The Qatar Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the 2025 FIFA Arab Cup, to be played December 1-18, has unveiled a total prize pool of $36.5 million, an $11 million increase on the reported 2021 prize pool of $25.5 million.
Brazilian clubs to boycott CBF presidential elections; players lobby for change
May 23 – Brazilian football clubs will boycott the CBF elections to protest against what they claim is an unbalanced power structure in the domestic game with Samir Xaud (pictured), president of the Roraima Football Federation, poised to become the organisation’s new president.
Canadians lure James Johnson from Australia to head CSB
May 23 – Departing Football Australia CEO James Johnson is changing country and continent to take on the role of CEO at Canadian Soccer Business (CSB), the independent sports rights agency that handles all commercial and media rights to Canada’s men’s and women’s national team as well as the Canadian Premier League.
Class enemy Wenger’s comments highlight FIFA-UEFA disconnect
By Andrew Warshaw
When Tottenham Hotspur lifted the Europa League trophy in Bilbao on Wednesday to end the club’s 41-year quest for European silverware, penny for the thoughts of a certain Arsene Wenger.
Luka Modrić to leave Real Madrid after 12 trophy-laden seasons
May 23 – Luka Modrić will bid farewell to Real Madrid this summer, with the Club World Cup marking the final chapter of his glittering 12-year career in the Spanish capital.
Renard resets Saudi for 2026 WC qualifiers and planning for a deep run in Gold Cup
Saudi Arabian coach Hervé Renard has returned to Saudi Arabia for a second term in charge of the national team that has faltered in 2026 World Cup qualification, but where the expectations of a football-loving nation are sky high.
Pochettino feels the pressure but says time together will heal his team’s Nations League wounds
Mauricio Pochettino needs to put the disastrous performances of the Nations League in March behind him and his team. The Gold Cup is the perfect opportunity but with key players resting or not being released how will be adapt a year out from 2026.
Women’s Super League attendances drop 5%, finds data report
May 23 – Women’s professional football is growing like crazy – it must be because everyone is saying it is. So a sobering piece of analysis by Sportscasting.com that finds England’s Women’s Super League matches showed a 5.1% drop in attendances over the 2024/25 season statistically flies in the face of accepted wisdom.
Rematch video game to launch in June with 2.5m users signed up
May 23 – Rematch, a new video gaming football title is set to launch June 19, offering an alternative take on the genre with a third-person, player-controlled format that is based on stripped-back, skill-based gameplay.
Disney+ wins Women’s Champions League TV rights from DAZN
May 23 – The UEFA Women’s Champions League has found a new home in the UK with Disney+ clinching a landmark five-year deal to broadcast European women’s football’s premier club competition, wresting the rights from DAZN who had held them for the past four seasons.
Hertha’s 26-year Nike kit deal to end this season
May 23 – Hertha BSC will bring its 26-year partnership with Nike to a close at the end of the 2024/25 season, ending one of the Bundesliga’s longest-standing kit supply deals.
Online bookie Tipico extends sponsorship in Germany’s third tier
May 23 – Tipico and the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB) have confirmed the extension of their ongoing partnership.