May 24 – The £4.25 billion sale of Chelsea to a consortium led by Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team co-owner Todd Boehly is on the verge of finally being approved by the UK government, according to reports.
May 24 – Seven founding members, including Brazil and Portugal, have launched the Union of Portuguese-Speaking Football Federations to develop greater co-operation and shared goals between the countries.
May 24 – Concacaf has agreed a major new three-year broadcast deal with TelevisaUnivision for Spanish-language media rights in the US.
May 24 – Kenya and Zimbabwe will not feature in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations after they were kicked out of the upcoming qualifiers by the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
By Andrew Warshaw
May 23 – Kylian Mbappe has become the world’s most expensive footballer after dramatically turning his back on Real Madrid and signing a new three-year contract with Paris St. Germain reportedly worth almost €5 million a month.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 23 – Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola hailed his players as “legends” as the club won their fourth Premier League title in five years on Sunday in the most dramatic and nail-biting of circumstances.
May 23 – This week Nottingham Forest owner Evanglos Marinakis will potentially experience the euphoria of making it into the English Premier League via a play-off against Huddersfield Town. While things are on the up in England, in Greece where Marinakis owns Super League champions Olympiakos, he is far from happy.
May 23 – After a decade of disappointment and frustration, AC Milan won their 19th Serie A title but the first for 11 years on Sunday to spark wild celebrations in the red and black half of the city.
May 23 – With regulators starting to squeeze gambling advertising and promotion via football clubs, French Ligue1 club AS Monaco has agreed a three-year extension to its partnership with online sports betting company VBET.
May 23 – Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has denied allegations that he received ‘sexual gifts’ from former Haiti football president Yves Jean Bart.
May 23 – The Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani has said that gay fans will be welcome at the 2022 World Cup, but demanded that visitors “respect our culture”.
May 23 – Olympique Lyon reclaimed the European crown in women’s football following a sweeping three-goal first half against FC Barcelona to run out 3-1 winners in the final of the Champions League in Turin.
May 23 – Manchester City have launched an investigation after Aston Villa keeper Robin Olsen was assaulted during a pitch invasion during City’s title-winning celebrations on Sunday.
By Andrew Warshaw
May 20 – Rarely, if ever, has the final day of a Premier League season made for such a thrilling climax at both ends of the table.
May 20 – In a historic first, Stéphanie Frappart of France, Rwanda’s Salima Mukansanga and Yoshimi Yamashita of Japan, three women, have been chosen among the 36 referees to officiate at the World Cup in Qatar, FIFA announced on Thursday.