May 12 – With exactly one month until kickoff, FIFA has begun rolling out the social messaging that will accompany the 2026 World Cup across North America, as the governing body looks to shift at least part of the conversation away from the growing scrutiny surrounding tournament costs and accessibility.
May 12 – UEFA has unveiled the refereeing appointments for this month’s European club finals, with German official Daniel Siebert handed the marquee assignment of the season – the Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal in Budapest.
May 12 – Major League Soccer champions Inter Miami have announced IM8 as their official health supplements partner, in a deal that also sees the club take an equity stake in parent company Prenetics, the health business co-owned by David Beckham.
May 12 – FIFA has unveiled the Technical Study Group (TSG) that will dissect every match at the World Cup, and the lineup reads like a coach’s dinner party.
May 12 – West Ham will lodge a complaint with the Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) over their disallowed equaliser against Arsenal in a stoppage-time defeat at London Stadium on Sunday.
May 11 – Former football federation finance leader Canover Watson (pictured), a close friend and associate of disgraced former Concacaf president Jeff Webb, has had his Cayman Islands residential status revoked because of his criminal convictions.
May 12 – Marlon Glean (pictured) has been re-elected unopposed for a second term as President of the Grenada Football Association (GFA), after the GFA narrowly avoided a High Court injunction on the morning of the election on Saturday (May 9) calling for the postponement of the Extraordinary General Congress.
May 11 – Iran has demanded a series of guarantees from FIFA and the United States over its participation in the 2026 World Cup this summer.
May 11 – Having revamped its top men’s Champions Cup club competition, Concacaf has now turned to its W Champions Cup, unveiling a new and expanded format that will take effect in 2027.
May 11 – Slavia Prague face disciplinary sanctions after supporters invaded the pitch and attacked Sparta Prague players during Saturday night’s Czech title derby, forcing the match to be abandoned.
May 11 – World Cup matches across the United States face heightened terrorism risks, with experts warning that vulnerabilities are amplified by the US-Israel conflict with Iran and a depletion of counter-terrorism expertise within federal law enforcement.
May 11 – With criticism of FIFA’s ticketing strategy and astronomical pricing reaching fever pitch, the world governing body at the end of last week unashamedly raised ticket prices for the 2026 World Cup final to a staggering $33,000 in its latest ticket release.
May 11 – The Bulgarian efbet League was mired in controversy at the weekend following a racism incident in the match between Cherno More Varna and Botev Plovdiv, and the failure of match officials to act in accordance with UEFA guidelines and protocols.
May 11 – FC Barcelona sealed their 29th La Liga title with three matches left to play after a 2-0 win over Real Madrid in El Clásico at the weekend.
May 11 – The Asean region as well as the the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain have endorsed Gianni Infantino for re-election as FIFA president in 2027.