April 9 – With two stunning freekicks from Declan Rice, Arsenal stormed to a 3-0 victory against Real Madrid to leave the European champions on the brink of elimination ahead of the quarter-final second leg.
By Samindra Kunti in Leuven
April 9 – Belgium upset injury-hit England 3-2 with a brace from Tessa Wullaert in the Nations League.
April 9 – SoFi Stadium, in Inglewood, has seen two different faces to America’s relationship with their respective men’s and women’s national teams over the last two weeks, and the differences could not be starker.
April 9 – FIFA has stepped up preparations for the inaugural 32-team Club World Cup this summer by holding a series of referee seminars around the world, as the governing body seeks to ensure officiating standards match the scale and profile of its newest tournament.
April 9 – PepsiCo, who have been a supporter of UEFA Women’s Football since 2019, have renewed their sponsorship until 2030.
April 9 – The draw for the semi-finals of the inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup will see two Mexico vs USA match-ups with Tigres Femenil to play Thorns FC and America Femenil to meet Gotham FC.
April 9 – The Egyptian Football Association (EFA) and the French Football Federation (FFF) have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a strategic partnership aimed at accelerating the growth of women’s football in Egypt.
April 9 – Players at Turkish second tier club Gençlerbirligi have refused to train over unpaid wages. Told to report for training at 12:00 on Tuesday, they failed to show on the training ground, instead protesting over the club’s ongoing financial malaise.
April 9 – Jessica Berman, National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) commissioner, speaking at the SheBelieves Summit, said that the US women’s league could expand to 32 teams.
April 9 – Manga, one of Brazil’s goalkeepers at the 1966 World Cup, has died at the age of 87 following a battle with prostate cancer.
April 9 – Rhode Island FC, who debuted in the US’s second tier USL Championship in 2024, will open their second season in their new stadium with a new corporate partner, Centreville Bank, who have bought the stadium naming rights.
April 8 – Cristiano Ronaldo’s off-pitch brand continues to expand with the launch of the first CR7 LIFE flagship store and museum in Hong Kong, marking the footballer’s most ambitious commercial move in Asia to date.
April 8 – Southampton have sacked manager Ivan Juric just 107 days into his tenure as the club fights to avoid going down in history as the English Premier League’s (EPL worst outfit.
April 8 – The Court of Genoa has dismissed an attempt by A-Cap, creditor of 777 Partners which owned Serie A outfit Genoa before collapsing, to halt a takeover of the club by Romanian businessman Dan Sucu.
April 8 – Bulgarian Third Division club Svetkavitsa Targovishte have announced that the team’s players have not received salaries for the past four months.