April 8 – Criticism for this summer’s expanded FIFA Club World Cup competition in the United States continues to be expressed by managers and players across global football, with Brentford FC boss Thomas Frank the latest to articulate his opinion.
April 8 – With just over 100 hundred days until the start of the English Premier League’s (EPL) Summer Series in the United States, one of the four participating teams, West Ham United, are planning ahead to engage local fans on their arrival.
April 8 – LaLiga is not backing away from the fight with Spain’s National Sports Council (CSD) and FC Barcelona over the contested registrations of Dani Olmo and Pau Víctor.
April 7 – Manchester City has initiated another legal challenge against the Premier League over rules regarding “associated party transactions” (APT).
The club is contesting amendments to the APT rules that were voted on by Premier League clubs last November. These changes were implemented following an earlier legal challenge by the defending champions.
April 7 – The salaries of the presidents of the 27 Brazilian state federations have jumped from R$50,000 (US$8,555) to R$215,000 (US$36,777) per month, an increase of 330% under the administration of CBF boss Ednaldo Rodrigues that also extended to junkets at the 2022 World Cup.
April 7 – Paris Saint-Germain sealed their 13th Ligue 1 title – and 11th under Qatari ownership – with a 1-0 win over Angers on Saturday, extending their domestic dominance with a remarkable season-long unbeaten run and clinching the championship with six matches still to play.
April 7 – UEFA has fined three Real Madrid players – Antonio Rüdiger, Kylian Mbappé, and Dani Ceballos – following last month’s highly charged UEFA Champions League last-16 clash against city rivals Atlético Madrid.
April 7 – Jérémie Manirakiza, the secretary general of the Burundi Football Federation (FFB), has been arrested at Bujumbura airport by intelligence services. He was been detained for his alleged support for the rebel military group M23.
April 7 – England claims to be the home of football, but this summer, it won’t be the home of the FIFA Club World Cup (CWC) after both the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and their rivals, Independent Television (ITV) declined to move forward in televising the competition to be held in the United States.
April 7 – The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has a busy month unravelling the qualification mess that FIFA’s Club World Cup has become following the late barring of Club León from the competition over multi-club ownership rules.
April 6 – In early March, Ignacio Alonso from Uruguay made the wild proposal of expanding the FIFA World Cup from 48 teams to 64 in 2030. It is a proposal that is supported by Conmebol president Alejandro Dominguez and insiders say it is the brainchild of Gianni Infantino.
April 7 – The rocky relationship between broadcaster DAZN and France’s Ligue 1 (LFP) has hit a new low with DAZN considering cancelling its contract at the end of the domestic season.
April 6 – US hardware and building supplies retailer Lowe’s has become the Official Home Improvement Retailer of the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup.
April 7 – AC Milan have announced a new regional partnership with Reals, a leading sports betting and online gaming company in Brazil, as the Rossoneri look to deepen their presence across Latin America. The agreement sees Reals become the Official Regional Betting Partner of the club in the region.
April 7 – German club Borussia Dortmund is always at the forefront of innovative ideas, and their latest partnership pairs football with the pig-skin variety of football as they have collaborated with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL).