October 13 – Steven Gerrard has rejected an approach to return to Ibrox by citing that “the timing isn’t right” — a polite brush-off that, on closer inspection, points to deeper divisions within the club’s new hierarchy.
October 10 – Not US President Donald Trump, but María Corina Machado has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
October 10 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants Europe’s clubs us to keep an “open mind”, suggesting that the World Cup could be moved from its traditional summer slot to March or October – so football can “be better for everyone”.
October 10 – World Sevens Football (W7F) has confirmed Brazil’s Clube de Regatas do Flamengo and Mexico’s Club América as the first professional women’s teams to compete in its second global tournament at the end of the year.
October 10 – Under the jurisdiction of US president Donald Trump, politics and sports do mix as demonstrated by Argentina’s friendly against Puerto Rico, which was scheduled for Chicago next week, being moved to Florida, as a sweeping immigration crackdown has left Chicago on edge.
October 10 – English football’s newest regulator, David Kogan, is going in ‘studs-up’ as the game’s first independent regulator, saying he’s ready to blow the whistle on bad ownership and financial chaos.
October 9 – Barcelona midfielder Frankie de Jong has criticised the decision by LaLiga to host a league meeting between his club and Villarreal in Miami on December 20, 2025.
October 9 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has threatened to revoke the professional licences of First League side Spartak Varna and Second League club Pirin Blagoevgrad due to their failure to repay debts.
October 9 – The European Club Association (ECA) has renamed itself European Football Clubs (EFC), complete with a new brand identity.
The brand reveal was carried out at the association’s 32nd General Assembly in Rome yesterday with the EFC saying its new name “more clearly embodies and communicates who the organisation represents and what it stands for”.
October 7 – The adoption of the report and resolution on “the role of EU policies in strengthening the European Sports Model” by the European Parliament, has been welcomed by both UEFA and the European Leagues Association.
UEFA said it is “a clear commitment to protect and strengthen the principles that define football in Europe: solidarity, open competitions, sporting merit, sustainability, inclusiveness, integrity and territoriality.”
September 8 – Brazilian club Flamengo have said that they will not leave the Libra bloc after a dispute over the distribution of TV rights money.
October 8 – Israel’s World Cup qualifier next Tuesday in Italy is a flashpoint in a geopolitical storm. As the Azzurri prepare to host Israel at the Stadio Friuli in Udine next week, the buildup has been defined by protests, politics, and painful questions about the rights and wrongs of invasions and the war in Gaza.
October 7 – Turkish Airlines, one of the Turkish Football Federation’s (TFF) oldest partners, has renewed its sponsorship of both the Men’s and Women’s national teams for an additional three years.
October 8 – Charlton Athletic’s decision to extend its lease at both The Valley and Sparrows Lane until 2040 is a clear sign of how football is increasingly becoming a real estate game. In a sport once ruled purely by results on the pitch, the battleground has shifted toward land, leases, and long-term asset control.
October 7 – The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) has launched an automatic cryptocurrency rewards programme for supporters, becoming the first national body to integrate digital tokens directly into a fan loyalty scheme.