March 23 – The Concacaf Champions Cup exploded into nail-biting action and cliff hanging finales in the round of 16 last week. The last eight teams standing sees four winner-takes-all Liga MX vs MLS ties.
March 23 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has reported a financial loss for 2025 and is projecting to end the current year in the red as well, according to figures presented at the federation’s regular congress.
March 23 – Major League Soccer (MLS) is readying for life after Don Garber, with formal succession planning underway ahead of the commissioner’s contract expiring at the end of 2027.
March 23 – UEFA is exploring the launch of a direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming platform in Asia that would carry live UEFA Champions League matches as early as the next tournament cycle, marking a significant shift in its media strategy.
March 20 – Major League Soccer has released details of its shortened 2027 MLS Sprint Season, which will see each MLS team play 14 regular-season games.
March 20 – European football is heading for a VAR (video assistant referee) reset, but will it be for less or more?
March 20 – Football’s biggest annual cost at the professional level anywhere in the world is the paying of its players. The game’s biggest, and endless, challenge is finding the balance that makes the sport sustainable on a professional level.
March 19 – Tigres UANL went into the second leg of their last 16 series against FC Cincinnati three goals down and needing an explosive reaction in their El Volcan home if they were to stay in the competition.
March 19 – Senegal’s government has alleged corruption at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) and called for an investigation after the governing body stripped the country of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title.
March 19 – LaLiga President Javier Tebas believes Cristiano Ronaldo’s involvement with UD Almería is already paying off – not just in visibility, but in commercial terms.
March 19 – Partizan Belgrade’s General Director, Danko Lazović (pictured), has issued a stark warning about the club’s future in European competitions, stating that both internal and external forces are working to prevent the club from obtaining their UEFA license for next season.
March 19 – After having their team decimated by the visa denials of US President Donald Trump’s draconian immigration policy, Jamaica’s Mt Pleasant returned to the National Stadium in Kingston, staring at a 3-0 deficit to the 2000 Concacaf Champions Cup winners, the LA Galaxy. On a soaking wet evening, it proved a step too far.
March 18 – Senegal have been stripped off their Africa Cup of Nations 2025 title and Morocco declared continental champions following an unprecedented CAF decision.
March 18 – Preliminary data released by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) shows that the confederation’s blue riband Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) grew its global footprint with its 2025 edition in Morocco.
March 18 – In the round of 16 of the Champions League, Sporting Lisbon defeated Bodo/Glimt 5-0 after extra time to overturn a first-leg 3-0 defeat and end the Norwegians’ fairy tale run in Europe’s premier club competition.