September 10 – FC Barcelona have been forced switched their La Liga match versus Valencia on Saturday to their 6,000-seater training ground – extending the 30-month wait to return to the new-look Spotify Camp Nou, which is as visually impressive as it is useless in its current state.
September 10 – Cristiano Ronaldo scored his 39th goal in FIFA World Cup qualifying on Tuesday night, making him the joint-highest ever international goal scorer alongside Guatemala’s Carlos Ruiz – and three ahead of Argentina’s Lionel Messi.
September 10 – Arsenal Women, the current Champions of Europe, have confirmed a record haul of more than 17,000 seasonal memberships for the 2025/26 Barclays Women’s Super League campaign, a 12% leap on last year that underlines the momentum behind the women’s game and Arsenal in particular.
September 8 – Anderlecht have confirmed the resignation of Wouter Vandenhaute (pictured), the Belgian club’s chairman since 2020.
September 1 – Bulgaria’s Spartak Varna has signed a partnership agreement with second-division FC Fratria that will see Fratria will use the Spartak stadium for its home matches in the Second League.
September 2 – Scottish Premiership’s Aberdeen is lobbying the granite city’s political powers on the city council to back a proposal for a new Aberdeen Beach stadium for the club.
September 1 – The Special One and The Baby-Faced Assassin, aka José Mourinho and Ole Gunnar Solskjær, now have two things in common. Firstly, both have been fired from Manchester United, and now they have both been relieved of their jobs in the Turkish capital, Istanbul, by Fenerbahçe and Beşiktaş, respectively.
August 29 – A report into the impact of expanded UEFA club competitions for small and medium-sized markets, finds that they have created clear benefits in terms of increased visibility for sponsors and broadcasters, and increased credibility in the transfer market.
August 29 – Former Swedish international Zlatan Ibrahimović received the 2025 UEFA President’s Award at the UEFA Champions League draw in Monaco yesterday.
August 28 – Aston Villa Women Football Club has hired Maggie Murphy as managing director.
August 28 – On the eve of the Champions League draw adidas has unveiled the official match balls for the league phase of the 2025/26 men’s Champions League and the Women’s Champions League.
August 27 – Parental involvement has usually been the battleground in youth football; however, it is becoming more prevalent in the professional game. First we had the Reynas and then the Pulisics in the United States, and now even English parents are getting in on the act with the Bellinghams.
August 27 – Serie A’s anti-piracy guard dog Sportian blocked more than 4,500 attempts to steal and illegally stream the Italian league’s broadcast signal in the first year of their partnership last season.
August 27 – The Bulgarian government has given a BGN 2.2 million (€1.1 million) grant to First League newcomers Dobrudzha Dobrich to instal modern lighting at the Druzhba Stadium.
August 27 – Slovakia’s top tier Nike Liga has agreed a one-season sponsorship national car dealership Todos for the Cupra brand. Cupra is manufactured by SEAT and is part f the Volkswagen Group.