March 25 — On Sunday night Mexico beat Panama 2-1 infront of the 68,000 fans in the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles to win the Concacaf Nations League. In June they will be back again to open the defence of their defence of their Gold Cup title.
That championship was won in 2023, also at the SoFi Stadium and also against Panama in front of a sold out crowd.
March 24 – UEFA have confirmed that Germany will host the Nations League finals this June, with Munich and Stuttgart confirmed as the venues for the four-team tournament.
March 24 – New Zealand laboured to a 3-0 victory against New Caledonia to qualify for the 2026 World Cup and return to the global stage for the first time in 16 years.
March 24 – DAZN’s quest to become the global broadcast leader in football has taken another step forward with the announcement that the platform will be the global broadcasting, production, sales and marketing partner of Worlds Sevens Football (W7F).
March 24 – With two goals Romelu Lukaku fired Belgium to a 3-0 win against Ukraine to erase a shock 3-1 defeat from the first leg and retain his side’s spot in the Nations League A-League.
March 24 – The Football Federation of North Macedonia (FFM) is to donate all proceeds from ticket sales for Tuesday’s World Cup qualifier against Wales.
March 22 – The joy of Panamanian Ceclio Waterman, as he celebrated his last-minute winner against the USA on the set of CBS with former Arsenal great and TV pundit, Thierry Henry, screaming ‘Eres mi idolo’, Spanish for ‘You’re my idol’, reminded all watching that ‘this is the reason we love the game’.
March 21 – SoFi stadium, Inglewood, California is for all intents and purposes a spaceship, and the United States Men’s National Team (USMNT) probably wishes they were boarding it with a one-way ticket to Mars after being dumped out of the Concacaf Nations League semifinal by Panama.
March 21 – The governance of South American football is under renewed pressure as Conmebol President Alejandro Domínguez faces a formal legal complaint in Brazil, deepening tensions with the continent’s largest footballing power over his handling – and apparent trivialisation – of racism in the game.
March 21 – As political tensions between Canada and the United States escalate following controversial remarks from former US president Donald Trump about Canada becoming the 51st state, the Canadian Premier League (CPL) has launched a national branding campaign titled ‘Made in Canada’, emphasising homegrown talent and self-sufficiency in football development.
March 21 – Canada have announced they are hosting a four-team friendly tournament this June at Toronto’s BMO Field. Played as two doubleheaders on June 7 and June 10, matches will complete four days before the Gold Cup kicks off.
March 21 – Concacaf has inked a multi-year deal with Sports AI and data heavyweight Stats Perform, as the confederation looks to capitalise on the soaring value of sports data and betting content to grow its bottom line.
March 20 – Dutch authorities have convicted four more men for their part in November’s violence against Israeli fans that sparked accusations of anti-Semitism.
March 20 – European Club Association (ECA) has concluded its first Executive Committee and Board Meetings of the year and reinforced its commitment to strengthening ties with key European Union (EU) institutions.
March 20 – Scottish Premiership side Rangers have condemned fans who held up a giant “anti-woke” banner during a recent UEFA Europa League (UEL) tie and admit they now face significant sanctions from UEFA.