Fiorentina beat Bruges to make second consecutive Conference League final
May 9 – Fiorentina reached back-to-back Europa Conference League finals after a late penalty gave them a 1-1 draw and a 4-3 aggregate win over Club Bruges on Wednesday.
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CPL goes on tour with Vancouver vs Cavalry to showcase the league in Kelowna
May 9 – The Canadian Premier League has launched the ‘On Tour’ series in an effort to expand the League to new communities across Canada’s vast coast-to-coast area.
LaLiga continue gender equality outreach in Africa with Kenya project backed by 22 football scholarships
May 9 – La Liga and FUNDACION LALIGA have launched a project in Kenya that will provide scholarships and football training to ‘empower’ young girls.
From UCL to Turkey’s fourth tier. Buraspor losing the battle to get on top of its £43.3m debt mountain
May 9 – Bursaspor, one Turkey’s biggest clubs, but currently languishing at the bottom of the Super Liga’s third tier and set to be relegated to the fourth, has announced debts of TL1.5 billion (€43.3 million).
Premier League swaps Panini for Fanatics for 2025/26 season
May 9 – Fanatics Collectibles will take over from Panini as the Premier League’s exclusive provider of trading cards, trading card games and stickers from June 2025.
Inter Miami add VISA to sponsorship roster in worldwide deal
May 9 – With Lionel Messi back on the pitch and Inter Miami sitting top of the MLS and hammering in goals at more than double the rate of their nearest rival, the club have upgraded their sponsorship roster with a blue chip marketing partner.
Palestinian West Bank clubs write to EU calling for ban on Israeli sports participation
May 8 – In a letter to the European Parliament, three Palestinian clubs from the West Bank have called for the ban of Israel “from all sports until it ceases the occupation of Palestine.”
Brazil and BNG bids go forward to FIFA Congress for vote on 2027 WWC hosting
May 8 – Brazil’s bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup was given a small boost, perhaps a surprising one, after being ranked slightly higher than the rival joint European bid submitted by Germany, Netherlands and Belgium (BNG) in FIFA’s technical report.
UN adopts May 25 as ‘World Football Day’
May 8 – Football fans around the world now have a day to celebrate the world’s most popular sport every year – May 25.
Maradona’s 1986 World Cup Golden Ball trophy to be auctioned in Paris
May 8 – Diego Maradona’s Golden Ball trophy from the 1986 World Cup, which went missing for decades, will be auctioned in Paris next month and is expected to raise millions.
Monstranamus’ Cheng invests $20m into Manchester 62 FC for concussion research
May 8 – Gibraltar-based Manchester 62 FC has announced an angel investment of $20 million which will allow the club to continue to be at the forefront of research into concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in high-contact sports.
Nunez throws his Liverpool social media pictures out the pram after fan criticism
May 8 – Striker Darwin Nunez has responded to his online critics by deleting all Instagram evidence of his Liverpool career, thrusting his future into doubt as the transfer window looms.
Job swap? Ten Hag for Tuchel? Man Utd and Ratcliffe still can’t find their man
May 8 – Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag has been linked with a move to FC Bayern Munich this summer, despite a poor season with the Red Devils.
Dortmund survive PSG onslaught to book trip to London for UCL final
May 8 – Dortmund will return to Wembley and the Champions League final after a dramatic 1-0 second-leg victory against Paris Saint-Germain (2-0 on aggregate), raising the prospect of an all-German final in London once again.
Concacaf draws groups and sets format for 2024/25 Nations League
May 7 – USA, Mexico, Panama and Canada have been pre-seeded into the quarter finals of the 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League that will be played over two-legs in the November 11-19 international fixtures window.