September 22 – Forty-six players and coaches from the first (efbet League) and second (Mr Bit Second League) divisions of Bulgarian football have been found guilty of betting on matches within those leagues during the 2024/25 season. This is the largest number of players being sanctioned for betting on domestic league matches in Bulgarian football history.
September 22 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) for the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco have opened applications for the official volunteer programme.
September 22 – Serie A side AS Roma have extended their agreement with Sport e Salute to use the Stadio Olimpico until the end of the 2027/28 season, giving the club some much-needed stability while work advances on its long-awaited new home in the Pietralata district.
September 22 – MLS NEXT continues to expand at a pace that mirrors the rapid growth of the game across North America.
September 22 – Ligue 1 blockbuster Olympique Marseille vs Paris Saint-Germain on Sunday was hit by bad weather and rescheduled for Monday (today), but clashing with tonight’s Ballon d’Or ceremony.
September 22 – One of the founding teams of Major League Soccer, D.C. United has hired British-German sports agent Erkut Sogut as its next sporting director, according to The Athletic.
Boston Legacy FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has secured more than $100 million in financing to redevelop White Stadium in Franklin Park as their future home. Boston Legacy make their debut in the NWSL next season.
September 19 – Glenn Micallef, the European Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, has given his backing to The European Leagues Association and the key role of leagues as stakeholders in the European game and ensuring its sustainability.
European Leagues were meeting in Brussels for their first in-person meeting of the new season.
September 9 – Brazilian giants Flamengo will take the advantage into the second leg of their Copa Libertadores quarterfinal tie against Argentina’s Estudiantes following a hard-fought 2-1 victory in the first leg at the Maracana on Thursday.
September 19 – Rwandan police have opened an investigation into two former federation employees on suspicion of embezzlement, forgery and corruption.
By Samindra Kunti in Brugge
September 19 – Spearheaded by midfielder Hans Vanaken, Club Brugge thrashed AS Monaco 4-1 in the Champions League, marking back-to-back Belgian victories in the competition this week.
September 19 – Major League Soccer’s (MLS) latest international broadcast agreements highlight a trend that is seeing itsforeign superstars fuel the league’s global pull.
September 19 – The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) and the Japan Football Association (JFA) have signed a cooperation agreement, strengthening the relationship between the two organisations. The deal was finalized at a meeting in Tokyo by HNS president Marijan Kustić and JFA president Tsuneyasu Miyamoto.
September 19 – Liverpool’s dramatic stoppage-time victory over Atletico Madrid in the UEFA Champions League Group stage on Wednesday night was marred by an altercation between members of the Atletico staff and Reds supporters.
September 18 – José Mourinho is back in Lisbon, 25 years after his first managerial steps at Benfica, which lasted all of nine matches. His latest move feels as much about legacy and completing the circle as it does about results.