April 17 – FC Barcelona has filed a second complaint to UEFA over the refereeing in their Champions League quarter-final exit to La Liga rivals, Atlético Madrid. Atléti won the tie 3-2 on aggregate and now face Arsenal in the semi-final.
April 16 – The San Marino Football Federation (FSGC) has taken a long-awaited step into the women’s game, formally launching its first senior national team – a move that marks a shift from development phase to international ambition.
April 16 – Two men have been convicted under new legislation targeting unauthorised entry to football matches, after being arrested at last month’s Carabao Cup final at Wembley.
April 16 – The German Football Association (DFB) is launching its own pay-TV channel on May 22, the day before the DFB-Pokal final.
Seattle 3 Tigres UANL 1 (3-3 agg, Tigres advance on away goal)
April 15 – Tigres UANL secured their place in the Champions Cup semi-finals on the away goal rule against Seattle Sounders at Lumen Field.
LA Galaxy 0 Toluca 3 (agg 2-7)
April 16 – Toluca dismantled Greg Vanney’s LA Galaxy side 3-0 in the Concacaf Champions League quarter-final second leg in a performance that should spark some serious soul-searching in Carson.
April 15 – Beginning in 2027, fans in Mexico will have a new place to watch two of the region’s biggest international tournaments.
April 15 – Eighteen Senegalese supporters have lost their appeal against prison sentences handed down after crowd trouble during the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations final in Rabat.
April 15 – Women’s Leagues Forum (WLF) has added Iceland’s top tier league, Besta deildin kvenna, to its growing network.
April 15 – The UEEFA Champions League quarter finals close tonight with two finely poised second legs, as four more of Europe’s heavyweights gear up for do-or-die contests to stay in the competition.
April 14 – Defending champions Cruz Azul crashed out of the competition in their second quarter final leg against LAFC with a late Denis Bouanga goal levelling the tie to send the Angelenos through 3-1 on aggregate.
April 15 – The Argentine Football Association has added Nexo, a digital asset platform, as a regional sponsor in South America ahead of the 2026 World Cup, with the now familiar ticket giveaways, signed shirts, and “exclusive” content with Lionel Messi and his teammates.
April 15 – US Soccer sporting director Matt Crocker is leaving the job after less that three years in the role and with two months to go to the home-hosted 2026 World Cup.
April 14 – A Hany Mukhtar goal early in the second half was enough to send Nashville into the Champions Cup semi-finals and end the run of a stunned Club América on their return to their revamped Azteca Stadium.
LA Galaxy (2) v (4) Toluca Deportivo
The Liga MX champions come to Carson on Wednesday holding a 4-2 first-leg lead, and on paper, that looks comfortable, but two vital away goals from Gabriel Pec and Marco Reus mean this tie is very much alive heading into the second leg at Dignity Health Sports Park.