May 8 – The Champions Cup final between Toluca and Tigres UANL will be a 5pm kick off on May 30, following a growing trend amongst confederations to schedule major finals earlier in the day rather than at the more traditional evening times of around 8pm.
May 7 – West Ham will mark Deaf Awareness Week ahead of Sunday’s London derby against Arsenal by debuting a British Sign Language (BSL) version of the club anthem ‘I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles’ at the London Stadium.
May 7 – The German Bundesliga has strengthened its footprint in South Africa after signing a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with the South African Football Association (SAFA), further underlining the league’s long-term push into the African market.
May 7 – The Football Association of Montenegro (FSCG) and Crnogorski Telekom have officially extended their partnership for another year, continuing a collaboration spanning nearly two decades.
May 7 – Football Australia has called on the Victorian government to overturn a decision banning World Cup matches from being shown on the big screen at Melbourne’s Federation Square.
May 7 – English Premier League giant Manchester United are in advanced talks with betting firm Betway to conclude a training kit sponsorship deal which will begin next season.
May 7 – AFC Bournemouth have signed a five-year kit deal with sportswear manufacturer Hummel from the 2026/27 season, in what the club call a record agreement after a competitive supplier tender.
May 7 – The fast growing World Leagues Association (WLA) held its 3rd Central American Leagues Meeting this week in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, hosted by Liga Hondubet.
With four unanswered goals, LigaMX’s Toluca brushed MLS’s LAFC aside winning their Champions Cup semi-final series 5-2 on aggregate and setting up an all-Mexico final against Tigres UANL.
May 6 – Merseyside Police arrested an Everton fan during the club’s Premier League match against Manchester City for alleged racist abuse aimed at Antoine Semenyo.
May 6 – Sky Sports has secured exclusive broadcast rights in the UK for the upcoming London edition of the World Sevens Football (W7F) tournament, which will be staged at Brentford’s Gtech Community Stadium from May 28-30.
May 6 – Bayern Munich host Paris Saint-Germain tonight at the Allianz Arena with their Champions League semi-final finely balanced as they go into the tie a goal down after the chaotic 5-4 first leg in Paris.
May 6 – Arsenal will take their place in the final of the Champions League for a second time in their history after Bukayo Saka pushed the London club past Atletico Madrid 1-0 with a first-half strike in the second leg.
May 6 – A week after hosting the FIFA Congress, the Canadian city of Vancouver is embracing its host city status with the reveal that the city’s Science World will transform its iconic dome into a giant representation of the official World Cup match ball.
May 6 – International data and technology firm Genius Sports has signed a multi-faceted partnership with Mexico’s top-flight LigaMX, deploying its GeniusIQ data and AI platform across every Liga MX stadium.