April 24 – FIFA has appointed Turkish sports media sales agency Saran Media Group as rights holder for 24 European and Eurasian markets for the 2027 Women’s World Cup.
April 24 – The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) has launched a tender process for international broadcast and betting rights to the Greek Cup and the Super Cup.
April 24 – US Soccer has signed Oura, the Finnish wearable tech firm best known for its smart ring, to a long-term partnership that runs across all 27 of its men’s, women’s, youth, and disability national teams. Oura has been with the US women’s team since 2020.
April 23 – Amid the ongoing frictions between FIFA and FIFPRO, David Aganzo, Chairman of the Spanish union AFE, has launched a new global body to represent players.
April 23 – Chelsea have dismissed Liam Rosenior after just 106 days in charge, bringing a swift end to a contract that had been due to run until 2032.
April 23 – English Football League (EFL) Championship side Sheffield United will switch kit supplier next season after agreeing a new multi-year deal with adidas, bringing the two back together from the start of the 2026/27 campaign.
April 23 – English Premier League (EPL) side Brentford have entered a sponsorship deal with global jobs platform Indeed ahead of a voluntary ban on front-of-shirt betting sponsorships within the English top-flight that begins next season.
April 23 – Toronto, unlike other World Cup host cities, appears to have come to its senses. The city’s executive committee is now recommending that the majority of World Cup Fan Fest tickets be handed out free, after a backlash against an earlier plan to charge $10 a head.
April 23 – The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) has announced a one-year sponsorship agreement between the Turkish eNational Teams and xDrive, one of the country’s leading gaming chair brands. This partnership establishes xDrive as the official sponsor, supporting the national teams across both domestic and international stages.
April 23 – Concacaf and Saudi Arabia’s PIF (Public Investment Fund) have launched an initiative designed to give women football players the tools to transition into new careers after their professional football careers are over.
The ‘Concacaf Next Game Plan Presented by PIF’ will be delivered via a new digital-led platform designed to help equip women football players with education, and opportunities once they retire from the game.
April 23 – Sports ETA, the US trade association for the sports events tourism industry, says that sports tourism has evolved into a $274.5 billion total economic impact industry in the USA.
The report finds that 3.6 million international travelers visited the US for sports in 2025, generating $6.3 billion in direct spending.
July 22 – With 50 days left until kickoff, FIFA is launching another last-minute tickets sales phase for the 2026 World Cup on Wednesday.
FIFA said new World Cup tickets will be released to the general audience with all 104 matches available on sale on a first-come, first-serve basis. The world governing body will keep releasing tickets until July 19, the day of the World Cup final at MetLifeStadium in New Jersey.
April 22 – Aston Villa have brought forward the redevelopment of Villa Park’s North Stand, compressing the project into a single-season build that will see the stand closed for the entirety of the 2026/27 campaign.
The most important lesson to learn in FIFA’s Disney World of football administration is nothing.
It doesn’t matter that support is bought with FIFA contributions disguised as development funds. It doesn’t matter that these funds have not been released in certain countries for a long time – against all promises and public declarations made. It simply doesn’t matter.
