April 19 – Brazil’s sports tribunal has postponed the trial of Botafogo owner John Textor after the American presented ‘credible’ evidence to back up his allegations of match-fixing.
April 19 – Liverpool were dumped out of the Europa League on Thursday night after being unable to reverse the 3-0 deficit from the first leg in the quarter-final versus Atalanta.
April 19 – Aston Villa progressed as the only English team to make it into the semi-finals of any of UEFA’s club competitions this season, defeating Lille away from home.
April 19 – Germany manager Julian Nagelsmann has extended his contract until the 2026 World Cup, the German Football Association (DFB) said on Friday.
April 19 – US home improvement chain Lowe’s has brought a Hispanic focus to a new sponsorship covering Conmebol’s Copa América 2024 USA, MLS side Inter Miami, and Lionel Messi.
April 18 – Interim Spanish FA (RFEF) president Pedro Rocha says he has no intention of resigning despite an investigation being opened into his alleged role in an ongoing bribery scandal.
April 18 – FA Cup replays will be scrapped from the first round onwards in the 2024-25 competition, as part of a series of changes made by a new six-year agreement between the Football Association (FA) and the Premier League.
April 18 – Holders Manchester City have been dumped out of the Champions League in the quarter finals, sending Real Madrid through to meet Bayern Munich in the last four after a nerve-shredding evening that ended in a penalty shootout.
April 18 – Barcelona have been fined for racist behaviour and other actions by their fans in their Champions League quarter-final first leg at Paris St-Germain.
April 18 – Daniele De Rossi will continue as AS Roma’s manager for next season and the “foreseeable future”, his contract extended after just three months in the job.
April 18 – Team doctors for all 24 teams set to compete at the Euro 2024 have signed UEFA’s anti-doping charter, committing to a “clean and safe tournament for all participants”.
April 17 – Cameroon FA boss Samuel Eto’o, a four-time African footballer of the year, has accused the Confederation of African Football’s general secretary of several breaches of FIFA’s code of ethics during an investigation into allegations that he was involved in match-fixing.
April 17 – Vasco da Gama president Pedrinho has demanded assurance from 777 Partners that they can comply with their financial obligations to the club, taking the American owners by surprise.
April 17 – It was an uncharacteristically poor night of European club football for Spanish teams on Tuesday as the Champions League qualified its first two semi-finalists, with PSG and Borussia Dortmund both overcoming first leg deficits to go through on a thrilling evening of European football.
April 17 – Eleven UEFA national associations from Southeast Europe convened on Tuesday at the headquarters of the Albanian Football Association in Tirana for the UEFA Strategic National Associations meeting.