May 5 – Tigres UANL go into the deciding leg of their Champions Cup semi-final tonight against Nashville SC a goal up and with the intimidation and expectation of their home crown at the Estadio Universitario behind them.
By Paul Nicholson and Samindra Kunti in Vancouver
April 30 – An attempt by FIFA president Gianni Infantino to stage a photo-opportunity handshake between Palestinian FA president Jibril Rajoub and Israeli FA vice president Basim Sheik Suliman spectacularly backfired at the FIFA Congress in Vancouver, Canada.
May 1 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has confirmed that he will seek re-election for another four-year term in 2027.
May 1 – ‘What a difference a year makes’. This time last year the FIFA president was late for his own congress in Paraguay, the Conmebol president pitched a 64-team World Cup for 2030, and the European delegation walked out at the coffee break in protest.
May 1 – UC3 has confirmed a wide-ranging slate of preferred bidders for the 2027–31 rights cycle of UEFA’s club competitions in 19 territories worldwide.
May 1 – Chelsea have reported a sharp rise in enforcement action against ticket touting, following a season of increased investment in monitoring and digital controls.
May 1 – UEFA has added new Memoranda of Understanding with the Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), and the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) in agreements aimed at deepening co-operation across development, education and governance. The deals were signed on the fringes of the FIFA Congress in Vancouver this week.
May 1 – Major League Soccer (MLS) and private equity firm KKR have established a 50-50 joint venture, Hometown Soccer Holdings, to centrally manage commercial rights for most teams in MLS Next Pro, the league’s third-division development circuit.
May 1 – UEFA and Concacaf have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to deepen cooperation between the two confederations through 2031. The agreement was signed in Vancouver by UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin and Concacaf president Victor Montagliani ahead of the 76th FIFA Congress.
May 1 – The humble football has become serious business. French soccer’s LFP league organizing body has renewed its official match ball deal with sporting goods retailer Decathlon for another five seasons.
May 1 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino was declined a request for a police motorcade escort by the Vancouver Police Department during this week’s FIFA Congress in the city, the department confirmed Wednesday.
April 30 – Viaplay Group has extended its exclusive rights deal to men’s UEFA Champions League football in Denmark, along with the UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League in Norway and Finland, in a four-year renewal running through to 2031.
April 30 – Betano has signed on as an Official Regional Sponsor of the Argentina national team, extending Kaizen Gaming’s footprint in international football in the run-up to the 2026 World Cup this summer.
April 30 – FIFA and the Local Organising Committee for Football Events (LOC) have confirmed that the 2026 edition of its expanded U-17 World Cup will return to Qatar, with the tournament scheduled to run from 19th November to 13th December.
April 30 – Heat is the variable nobody at the 2026 FIFA World Cup can control. Officials from host cities and stadiums are working with FIFA on heat risk assessments, expanded shade, cooling zones, water access, and on-site medical teams across all 16 venues in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.