November 26 – MLS NEXT Fest is almost here, and this year’s edition isn’t just massive. It’s a veritable gold mine. With more than 30,000 players and nearly 1,500 teams converging in Mesa, Arizona for 12 straight days, the 2025 event has quietly become one of the most profitable showcases in North American soccer.
November 26 – Chelsea and England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton has been voted BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year 2025, a clear sign of how far the profile of goalkeepers has risen in the women’s game. A position that once delivered the line “put the slow kid in goal” is now producing some of the sport’s biggest and juiciest storylines, and Hampton has been front and centre over the last year.
November 25 – Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez has reopened hostilities with Barcelona, using his club’s Assembly of Representative Members to revive the long-running Negreira scandal and question what he called “not normal” patterns of refereeing decisions during the club’s most successful modern era.
November 25 – Southampton owners Sport Republic are set for formal talks to acquire a controlling stake in one of Bulgaria’s most prominent football clubs, Levski Sofia.
November 25 – Rangers have sacked Chief Executive Patrick Stewart and Sporting Director Kevin Thelwell as their season continues to implode in spectacular fashion.
November 25 – Valencia CF’s new home, the Nou Mestalla, has taken some baby steps towards completion.
November 25 – A settlement has been reached in the class action lawsuit stemming from the 2024 Copa América final between Argentina and Colombia at Hard Rock Stadium in Florida. The scene outside the venue saw ticketless fans forcing their way in and overwhelm security, while many ticketholders didn’t even manage to gain access to the stadium.
November 25 – The German Football Association (DFB) mobilised domestic support for its bid to host the UEFA Women’s Euro 2029 last weekend with a nationwide campaign titled ‘WE’29 Celebration Weekend’.
November 24 – Argentina’s Lanus have won the Copa Sudamericana for a second time after defeating Brazil’s Atletico Mineiro 5-4 on penalties following a goalless draw in the final on Saturday.
November 23 – Fat-shaming Panamanian FA president Manuel Arias (pictured) is under suspension from all football activity for a second time, after failing to abide by the terms of his suspension of his firs 6-month ban.
November 23 – For the first time since 1998, Scotland is going to the World Cup finals, and the joy of the fans has literally rattled the country. The Tartan Army’s spiritual home, Hampden Park, is known for the ‘Hampden Roar’ and on Wednesday night in their dramatic 4-2 win over Denmark, they celebrated with such force that the British Geological Survey picked it up like a tiny earthquake.
November 24 – U.S. Soccer has added four new partners to the Arthur M. Blank U.S. Soccer National Training Center (NTC) near Atlanta, bringing Kwik Goal, FieldTurf, John Deere in partnership with Beard Equipment, and True Natural Gas into the fold alongside existing partner Musco Sports Lighting.
November 24 – Gotham FC are queens of all they survey after a 1–0 win over the Washington Spirit on Saturday night, to claim their second NWSL Championship in three years at PayPal Park in San Jose.
November 24 – LaLiga’s Villarreal CF has launched its first official academy in North Macedonia.
November 21 – Claiming ‘unprecedented interest’, UEFA’s joint venture commercial arm UC3 has unveiled a raft of new deals and broadcasters (preferred bidders) for its club competitions in Europe’s top five markets of UK, Germany, Spain, Italy and France.
US media powerhouse Paramount is set to become a major player in the UEFA Champions League in the UK and Germany from 2027. In Spain telecoms giant Telefonica have scooped up rights to all UEFA’s club competitions,