February 10 – The charismatic Joan Laporta has stepped aside as FC Barcelona President, but his fans can breathe easy, as it’s only for a constitutional pause before asking the members to vote him in again when elections are held on March 15.
February 10 – The Disciplinary Commission of the Football Federation of North Macedonia (FFM) has officially issued a two-year ban from all football-related activities to Muamed Sejdini, a delegate of the FFM Assembly and former President of the body.
February 10 – Bulgaria’s CSKA Sofia have taken a significant strategic step in their long-term development with the official opening of a new, high-tech medical centre.
February 9 – Spanish giants FC Barcelona have withdrawn from the proposed breakaway European Super League, leaving Real Madrid as the last club still backing the competition and the organising entity A22 friendless and exposed.
February 9 – Eritrea’s Paulos Weldehaimanot Andemariam has been voted the new president of the Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA).
February 10 – Just six match days into its new format, the UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) is breaking records both in terms of media impact and increased competitiveness.
February 10 – Pumas UNAM has the Mt. Everest of comebacks on their hands after a 4-1 loss on the road to tournament debutants San Diego FC in the 1st leg of the opening round of the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup.
February 10 – Tigres go into the home leg of their Round 1 tie at the daunting Estadio Universitario in Nuevo Leon after a 0-0 draw at Forge FC.
February 10 – Favourites Monterrey go into the home leg of their tie with CSD Xelajú M.C. tonight (Tuesday) knowing the Guatemalans will be motivated from the first leg which they feel they should have won.
February 10 – Mexican giants Club America left it late to take a 2-1 lead over Olimpia back to the Azteca.
February 6 – When the Brasileirão Série A kicked off last week, only 12 of the league’s 20 clubs were carrying a betting company as their master sponsor, down from 18 last season. An eye-popping drop in the age where gambling sponsorship, where allowed, is seemingly driving the world’s game.
February 6 – Baller League’s push into the US market has taken a big step forward with confirmation of a broadcast agreement with CBS Sports, which will air the inaugural American season on its free-to-view Golazo Network.
February 6 – US-born Aaliyah Farmer who has Mexican heritage has quit Tigres UANL after just one season in Liga MX Femenil and joined Chicago Stars after ‘harassment’ from home fans pushed her to the point where the player felt unsafe.
February 6 – Adidas has unveiled the official match ball for the 2026 UEFA Women’s Champions League final ahead of the competition’s showpiece event in Oslo next May.
February 5 – Concacaf president Victor Montagliani, speaking at his confederation’s congress in Managua, Nicaragua, at the weekend, struck both a reflective note on the world’s fragile politics and a powerful endorsement of his own confederation’s progression to the centre of the football world with the World Cup in their region this summer.