June 27 – Conmebol has announced a new chapter in its expanding relationship with the betting industry, confirming Betano as the Official Sponsor of the 2025 Copa América Femenina.
June 22 – On the sidelines of the FIFA summit in Miami, CBF president Samir Xaud has pitched his country to stage the 2029 Club World Cup.
June 13 – Alejandro Domínguez has been re-elected as the president of Conmebol for a four-year term.
June 11 – On his home debut, Carlo Ancelotti’s Brazil, the five-time world champions, defeated Paraguay 1-0 to secure their qualification for the 2026 World Cup.
June 9 – Davide Ancelotti has joined his father, Carlo Ancelotti, as an assistant coach for the five-time World Cup winners Brazil.
June 1 – The group draw for the U-20 World Cup was held in Santiago at the end of last week and saw hosts Chile opening their campaign in Group A against New Zealand before facing Japan and Egypt.
May 30 – Global betting behemoth bet365 has secured all betting rights to Allianz Parque – the gleaming 43,000-capacity fortress that houses Brazilian giants Palmeiras in Sao Paulo and stands as one of South America’s most prestigious sporting cathedrals.
May 29 – New Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) President Samir Xaud has promised to reduce the state championships to 11 match days, targeting reform of what were Brazil’s first professional competitions.
May 29 – FIFA’s events have become like buses. You wait for four years for one and then suddenly you get four of them at the same time. With the Club World Cup set to kick off next month and the draws for the U17 World Cup and Arab Cup in Qatar held last week, today FIFA focus is on the draw for U20 World Cup Chile 2025.
May 28 – Carlo Ancelotti, the first foreign manager to lead Brazil in modern history, has omitted Santos’ Neymar from his squad for the World Cup qualifiers against Paraguay and Ecuador in June.
May 27 – Samir Xaud has been elected the new president of the Brazilian FA (CBF), but numerous clubs boycotted the vote because of discontent over the electoral process.
May 23 – Brazilian football clubs will boycott the CBF elections to protest against what they claim is an unbalanced power structure in the domestic game with Samir Xaud (pictured), president of the Roraima Football Federation, poised to become the organisation’s new president.
May 20 – Brazil has lost its seat on the FIFA Council following CONMEBOL’s decision to replace former Brazilian Football Federation (CBF) boss Ednaldo Rodrigues with Argentina’s Claudio Tapia as its representative on an interim basis.
May 19 – Samir Xaud, president-elect of the Roraima Football Federation, will be the only candidate in the election to replace Ednaldo Rodrigues as the president of the Brazilian FA (CBF).
May 19 – Conmebol and UEFA met on the sidelines of the FIFA Congress in Paraguay last week to discuss the staging of the second edition of the men’s Finalissima, the single match intercontinental championship between the winners of the 2024 Copa America and the 2024 Euro.