April 6 – UEFA has expanded its video gaming commercial category into three parts, taking account of the growth opportunities in the video gaming and exploding eSports sector.
April 6 – New York City FC has become the second of the City Football Group clubs and the first in the MLS to sign an eSports player top play competitively under the club brand and in club colours.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 5 – In a speech delivered with a mixture of the icy calmness and refreshing straightforwardness that has come to typify his leadership, UEFA president Alexander Ceferin laid down his vision for overhauling European football today by re-re-iterating there would be “no empty promises, no empty words, no scandals.”
By Andrew Warshaw
April 5 – Sweden and the Republic of Ireland were the big winners when their respective federation bosses gained the most votes in being elected today to UEFA’s new-look executive committee.
April 5 – The Republic of Ireland women’s team have threatened to go on strike in a row over treatment by their national association (FAI), throwing Monday’s game against Slovakia into doubt.
April 5 – With 22 days to go to the start of the Beach Soccer World Cup Bahamas 2017 the trophy is touring the islands, if not whipping up a soccer fervour and frenzy for the April 27 kick-off, certainly getting a warm Caribbean-style welcome for the 16-team competition that will be the first FIFA World Cup finals competition hosted by a Caribbean nation.
April 4 – Manchester United added 90,000 new twitter followers last week, a high mark even for their impressive weekly growth statistics.
April 4 – In a notable break with tradition, UEFA have decided to stage the final of both the Champions League and Europa League in the same week from next season.
April 4 – Just when it is striving to shake off its tainted past, CONCACAF is having to deal with yet another painful sanction slapped on one of its past federation bosses.
April 4 – Russia’s chief World Cup figurehead says the subway blast in St Petersburg that killed 11 people should not be used by the country’s critics to call into question next year’s finals or the confederations cup this coming summer.
April 4 – French top-flight club Toulouse have sacked two players for their alleged role in a pellet gun attack.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 3 – Any attempt by Morocco to link up with Spain and Portugal in a bid to stage the 2026 World Cup seems destined to fall foul of FIFA’s strict hosting regulations.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 3 – Yet another potentially significant twist has emerged in the 2006 World Cup scandal that continues to heap suspicion on those who organised the tournament in Germany.
April 3 – Premier League clubs have urged the British government not to allow immigration regulations under Brexit to damage the free movement of players into the country.
April 3 – Qatar is taking advice from British security services as it builds towards the 2022 World Cup according to Hassan Al Thawadi, head of the tournament’s organising committee.