May 20 – Brentford’s commercial partnership with Motors is entering a new phase, with the automotive platform elevating its recently acquired brand Cazoo to the forefront of its multi-year deal with the English Premier League club.
May 20 – Brazil has lost its seat on the FIFA Council following CONMEBOL’s decision to replace former Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) boss Ednaldo Rodrigues with Argentina’s Claudio Tapia as its representative on an interim basis.
May 20 – Dusan Kerkez, the Bosnian coach in charge of financially-stricken Bulgarian outfit Botev Plovdiv, has announced he will leave the club at the end of the current season.
May 20 – BBC presenter Gary Lineker, who was expected to host the corporation’s World Cup and FA Cup coverage next year, has confirmed he will be leaving this weekend without a payoff, just days after he apologised for amplifying online material with antisemitic connotations.
May 20 – American businesswoman Michele Kang, owner of the perennial French champions Olympique Lyonnais Féminin, has announced the team will be renamed OL Lyonnes.
May 20 – Inter Miami suffered their fifth defeat in seven matches on Sunday, prompting captain Lionel Messi to deliver a rare post-game interview in which he criticised the standard of refereeing in Major League Soccer (MLS).
May 20 – Serial entrepreneur and husband to tennis great Serena Williams, Alexis Ohanian, recently acquired an 8-10% stake in Chelsea Women worth an estimated £20 million. The Reddit founder believes the Blues will become a “billion-dollar franchise.”
May 15 – Real Madrid superstar Kylian Mbappé leads a new CIES Football Observatory ranking of the 100 players over the past two windows whose transfers now represent the biggest potential capital gains for their current clubs.
May 15 – Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian has joined the ownership group of Chelsea Women, confirming a £20 million investment that secures him a 10% stake in the reigning Women’s Super League champions.
May 15 – CONMEBOL has renewed its production and broadcast distribution partnership with Spanish media agency Mediapro, locking in the relationship through the 2026 calendar year and ensuring continued delivery of South America’s premier club competitions from a centralised hub in Buenos Aires.
May 15 – AS Monaco have extended their partnership with luxury French furniture brand Roche Bobois for another two seasons, as the club continues to grow one of the most expansive premium partnership portfolios in European football.
May 15 – FIFA’s 75th Congress is set to get started today in Asunción, Paraguay, with plenty of controversy already surrounding the event, which has been marred by the late arrival of FIFA President Gianni Infantino.
May 15 – Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Fairsquare have warned of increased migrant worker deaths in Saudi Arabia, the host country of the 2034 FIFA World Cup.
May 15 – Resting serenely on the banks of the River Thames, Craven Cottage – London’s oldest football stadium – has completed its magnificent transformation with the full opening of The Riverside Stand.
May 15 – Angel City FC defender Savy King is recovering in hospital following emergency surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after collapsing on the field during last Friday’s US National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) match against the Utah Royals.