April 14 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has moved to expand its flagship club competition, with the Competitions Committee recommending a series of changes to the AFC Champions League Elite (ACL Elite) from the 2026/27 season onwards.
April 14 – The leadership of Lega Serie A, and 18 of the 20 clubs in the competition, have endorsed former Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) President Giovanni Malagò as their preferred candidate for the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) presidential election.
April 14 – Tech provider Deltatre has rolled out a new direct-to-fan digital platform for the Italian Serie A, as part of a new four-year partnership aimed at reshaping how the league delivers content and data.
April 14 – The Bulgarian Association of Mini Football (BAMF) has announced a new strategic partnership with ERIMA, the established European sports brand, which becomes the official sports apparel provider for the association for the next three years.
April 14 – With two months until the World Cup, Ghana have named veteran coach Carlos Queiroz as their new manager.
April 14 – Thomas Partey has pleaded not guilty to two further counts of rape at Southwark Crown Court.
April 14 – SportyTV has secured pay-TV rights to the World Cup in South Africa, meaning all 104 matches from the tournament across Mexico, the United States and Canada will be available on the African sports platform’s OTT service and mobile app. Pre- and post-match coverage will come from studios in Cape Town and Madrid.
Cruz Azul (0) v (3) LAFC
LAFC travel to Puebla tonight holding a 3-0 first-leg lead after a dominant performance last week at BMO Stadium.
April 9 – Supporters buying tickets for the World Cup have accused FIFA of “misleading” them with stadiums maps that misrepresent the location of seats.
April 9 – Latest figures from the CIES Football Observatory offer a useful snapshot of where Europe’s top leagues stand when it comes to youth development – and the gap to the rest of the world remains stark.
April 9 – Leicester City’s worries over a second successive relegation have deepened after their appeal against a six-point deduction for breaching Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR) was dismissed.
April 9 – Defending champions Flamengo have opened their Copa Libertadores campaign with a 2-0 win against Peru’s Cusco.
April 9 – AC Milan, Internazionale Milano and Juventus will play a series of pre-season friendlies in August at Perth Stadium after plans to stage a Serie A match in the Australian city earlier in the season were scrapped.
April 9 – FIFA has set out plans to take the 2026 World Cup well beyond its host cities in Canada, unveiling a nationwide fan engagement programme designed to reach the majority of the population and extend the tournament’s commercial and cultural footprint.
April 9 – The issue of not enough homegrown players has been highlighted by the Mayor of Stara Zagora Zhivko Todorov, who voiced his strong disapproval over local club Beroe’s heavy reliance on foreign players. Todorov’s comments came after Beroe faced CSKA without a single Bulgarian player in the starting XI.