May 11 – Palermo have submitted plans to the Sicilian Region for the redevelopment of the Stadio Renzo Barbera, pushing forward a project the club says will reshape both the stadium and the surrounding area ahead of Italy’s hosting of UEFA Euro 2032.
May 11 – Forty World Cup matches are heading to Cosm venues, equipped with an 87-foot LED dome, which brings you as close to the action as possible without actually being at the stadium.
May 11 – VfL Wolfsburg have restored the club’s historic crenellated crest with immediate effect, ending years of debate around the club’s visual identity and handing supporters a rare off-field boost during what has been a difficult Bundesliga campaign.
March 11 – FIFA has decided the 2026 World Cup won’t begin with one opening ceremony. It’ll begin with three.
May 11 – The battery brand built on a single promise, and perhaps the best marketing line, ‘lasting longer than the rest’, has just bought the rights to football’s most agonising minutes.
May 8 – US president Donald Trump has questioned the high ticket prices at the World Cup, arguing he wouldn’t pay a four-figure World Cup ticket for a United States match.
May 8 – The Grenada FA (GFA) has been taken to the country’s High Court with a complaint that the current executive is rigging the presidential election, to be held Saturday, by preventing a rival candidate from standing against incumbent Marlon Glean (pictured) who was elected in 2022.
May 8 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino, defending pricing for the 2026 World Cup after renewed criticism around soaring ticket resale costs, joked he would “personally bring a hot dog and a Coke” to anyone willing to spend $2 million on a final ticket.
February 8 – UK telecoms giant BT Group has been unveiled as the official telecommunications partner of UEFA Euro 2028.
February 8 – FIFA and Fanatics have signed a long-term exclusive license allowing Topps, owned by Fanatics, to produce trading cards, stickers, and trading card games for the World Cup and other FIFA events starting in 2031.
May 8 – Real Madrid’s season and the club’s galacticos are unravelling with mounting pressure surrounding Kylian Mbappé compounded by reports of dressing-room unrest ahead of Sunday’s decisive Clásico against FC Barcelona.
May 8 – Malaysian free-to-air broadcaster RTM and IPTV service Unifi TV have secured domestic rights to the 2026 World Cup, with the country’s government allocating RM24 million ($6.1 million) to fund the deal.
May 8 – Former Spain and Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué has been hit with a six-match ban and a two-month suspension from official football activity by the Spanish football federation (RFEF) following a confrontation with a referee.
May 8 – Turkey’s Besiktas JK has signed a strategic digital collaboration agreement with OKX TR, one of Turkey’s leading crypto platforms. The partnership aims to bridge the gap between sports and the digital finance ecosystem, offering exclusive benefits to the club’s fanbase.
]Under the terms of the agreement, Besiktas fans who register as new members on the OKX TR exchange will receive three months of free access to Karakartal+, the premium membership tier of the BJK SuperApp.
