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PSG’s youth start as favourites to beat Inter’s old guard in UEFA’s showpiece final

May 30 – Paris Saint-Germain will be the slight favourites to win their first Champions League, but a resilient, battle-tested Inter Milan will provide obdurate opposition in the final in Munich, Saturday.

Without the presence of Real Madrid or an English Premier League club, the final may have the appearance of being low wattage, but PSG, the nouveau riches of European football, and Inter Milan, the old aristocracy, are deserved finalists after eliminating Arsenal and FC Barcelona,

Euro 2025

Lionesses given £1.7m bonus boost ahead of Euro 2025

May 30 – The Lionesses are just weeks away from defending their UEFA Women’s European Championship crown, and this time they’ll be doing so with significantly more financial incentive after the Football Association announced record bonus payments that dwarf previous tournaments.

Europe

Chelsea lift Conference League in Wroclaw to complete European set

May 29 – Chelsea lifted the UEFA Conference League title after defeating Real Betis 4-1 following a second-half comeback in Wroclaw.

Europe

Zaniolo slammed by former club Roma after youth match fiasco

May 29 – Former AS Roma midfielder Nicolò Zaniolo, currently on loan at Fiorentina from Galatasaray, has been accused by his former club of assaulting two youth players and urinating in their facilities following a heated Primavera play–off match.

Broadcast

Fox puts Women’s EURO 2025 on the big stage in United States

May 29 – Fox is putting women’s football front and centre on American television like never before, after the broadcaster announced that 19 matches from UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 will air on the main Fox broadcast channel. This isn‘t just news – it‘s a statement.

Europe

DFL renews contracts for key Bundesliga commercial bosses

May 29 – Germany’s DFL has extended the contracts of two of its key commercial executives, Peer Naubert and Bastian Zuber, until at least 2028.

Europe

UNICEF taps Dusan Vlahovic to lead the line for mental health project in Serbia

May 28 – Juventus striker and one of Serbia’s best-known players, Dusan Vlahovic, has become UNICEF’s partner in Serbia to support of the mental health of children and young people. Vlahovic is joining UNICEF’s ambassador-led initiative that includes Lionel Messi and David Beckham.

Europe

Union Saint-Gilloise end 90-year wait for Belgian league title

May 27 – Substitute Promise David led Union Saint-Gilloise to their first Belgian league title in 90 years on Sunday in a 3-1 victory against AA Gent, the culmination of a years-long renaissance and another stellar season.

Europe

Bonmatí scoops latest award as UEFA crown Barcelona star for third time

May 27 – UEFA has crowned Barcelona’s Aitana Bonmatí as the 2024/25 UEFA Women’s Champions League Player of the Season, recognising the midfielder’s consistent brilliance despite her side falling short in their bid for a third successive European crown. The award, decided by UEFA’s Technical Observer Group, marks Bonmatí’s third consecutive win — a reflection of her dominance at the elite level of the women’s game.

Europe

Ronaldo ends volatile spell as Valladolid owner, selling up to US group

May 27 – Real Valladolid’s volatile ownership era under Brazilian football legend Ronaldo Nazário has come to an end following the sale of his majority stake to a North American investment group, the club confirmed late Friday. The deal concludes a six-year tenure that promised commercial transformation but ultimately delivered sporting instability, fan unrest, and diminishing returns both on and off the pitch.

Europe

Furious Aston Villa make refereeing complaint after Champions League failure

May 27 – The UEFA Champions League represents the pinnacle of club football in Europe, generating millions in revenue. That makes every refereeing decision potentially critical. Aston Villa learned this harsh reality following a controversial call at Old Trafford on Sunday that cost them qualification.

Competitions

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.

Europe

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.

Europe

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.

Broadcast

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.