May 13 – AviaGames has partnered with the Argentine Football Association as a regional sponsor in a move designed to bring World Cup-themed football content into its portfolio of mobile games ahead of this summer’s tournament.
May 13 – Bundesliga’s archive footage business will continue to be handled by IMG after the two sides agreed a multi-year extension covering the international licensing rights to one of football’s largest historical content libraries.
May 13 – TVC Technology Solutions has completed a major AV rollout across 30 English Football League clubs, as clubs continue investing heavily in technology designed to keep supporters in the stadium longer.
May 13 – The NFL Players Association has issued what amounts to a public scolding of league owners, after 11 NFL stadiums currently fitted with artificial turf confirmed they will install high-quality natural grass for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, only to rip it back up once the tournament leaves town.
May 12 – Former FC Barcelona and Spain star Gerard Pique has been fined €200,000 for insider trading.
May 12 – Chelsea are exploring a move for former Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso as the club continue their search for a permanent successor to Liam Rosenior – a development unlikely to go unnoticed on Merseyside.
May 12 – For a few weeks this summer, Valencia CF’s Mestalla will look a little different from its usual matchday setup.
May 12 – With exactly one month until kickoff, FIFA has begun rolling out the social messaging that will accompany the 2026 World Cup across North America, as the governing body looks to shift at least part of the conversation away from the growing scrutiny surrounding tournament costs and accessibility.
May 12 – UEFA has unveiled the refereeing appointments for this month’s European club finals, with German official Daniel Siebert handed the marquee assignment of the season – the Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal in Budapest.
May 12 – Major League Soccer champions Inter Miami have announced IM8 as their official health supplements partner, in a deal that also sees the club take an equity stake in parent company Prenetics, the health business co-owned by David Beckham.
May 12 – FIFA has unveiled the Technical Study Group (TSG) that will dissect every match at the World Cup, and the lineup reads like a coach’s dinner party.
May 12 – West Ham will lodge a complaint with the Professional Game Match Officials (PGMO) over their disallowed equaliser against Arsenal in a stoppage-time defeat at London Stadium on Sunday.
May 11 – The international calendar being enforced by FIFA is under renewed challenge in Europe after the European Committee of Social Rights ruled that the complaint by France’s players’ union (UNFP) was admissible under the European Social Charter.
May 11 – Former football federation finance leader Canover Watson (pictured), a close friend and associate of disgraced former Concacaf president Jeff Webb, has had his Cayman Islands residential status revoked because of his criminal convictions.
May 12 – Marlon Glean (pictured) has been re-elected unopposed for a second term as President of the Grenada Football Association (GFA), after the GFA narrowly avoided a High Court injunction on the morning of the election on Saturday (May 9) calling for the postponement of the Extraordinary General Congress.