September 16 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has appointed Match Hospitality as the exclusive provider of official hospitality services for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco.
September 16 – Amid an increasingly congested calendar, UEFA and FIFPRO Europe have once again called for the protection of player health.
September 16 – A new football talent agency backed by former England and Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp has been launched with the aim of reshaping the way players are represented.
September 16 – Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has called for Israel to be excluded from international sports competitions over its actions in Gaza.
September 16 – Turkey’s Galatasaray, in partnership with Tatilsepeti, has launched its own travel agency. It is called Gstatil and is branded with the Turkish club’s colours of yellow and red.
September 16 – After three straight promotions, Wrexham AFC’s fairy tale rise has seen them climb the pyramid all the way to the EFL Championship. But the step up has already been testing, with the club finding early-season results hard to come by and manager Phil Parkinson under increasing pressure.
September 16 – Argentina icon and GOAT contender Lionel Messi has been breaking records on the pitch for nearly two decades. Now he’s rewriting history off it. A pristine 2004-05 Panini Mega Cracks rookie card of the Inter Miami superstar has sold for an eye watering $1.5 million through Fanatics Collect’s new private sales network, setting the benchmark as the most expensive soccer card ever.
September 16 – The San Jose Earthquakes set a new club attendance benchmark on Saturday night, drawing 50,978 fans to Levi’s Stadium for their 4-2 defeat to LAFC. The figure surpassed the Quakes’ previous record of 50,850, set in 2019 against the LA Galaxy at Stanford Stadium.
September 16 – Olympique de Marseille has taken a bold move and given its women’s team a new look and feel. From this season onward, OM Féminines will be known as Les Marseillaises.
September 11 – Australia is on track to deliver the biggest AFC Women’s Asian Cup in history, with more than 110,000 tickets sold – even before single-match sales opened to the general public.
September 11 – The stage is set for the AFC Women’s Champions League 2025/26, as the official draw has mapped out an exciting path to glory for the tournament’s second iteration.
September 11 – Brooklyn FC women have confirmed the remaining partners in their rotating front-of-kit initiative for the first half of the 2025/26 Gainbridge Super League season, part of the USL structure.
September 11 – English Premier League (EPL) side Leeds United have announced a renewed partnership with AMT that will see the Leeds-based company continue as the Club’s Official Vehicle Solutions Partner.
September 11 – Former Premier League referee David Coote has pleaded not guilty to making an indecent video of a child.
September 11 – The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has agreed a new multi-year licensing deal with EA SPORTS FC ahead of the release of its new title, FC26, on the September 26 – a deal which will include all top-flight SPFL clubs.