Mexico 1 Honduras 0
July 2 – The question on the lips of pundits and fans at Levi Stadium, Santa Clara, was “would tonight be business as usual or unusual business?” as Mexico and Honduras met for the right to face the United States in the Concacaf Gold Cup Final on Sunday in Houston.
Spain 5 Portugal 0
July 3 – With an imperious display, world champions Spain waltzed past neighbours Portugal at the Wankdorff Stadion in Bern, winning 5-0 to back up their status as tournament favourites.
June 13 – Belgian midfielder Kevin de Bruyne has completed his move to Napoli following his departure from Manchester City at the end of the Premier League season.
June 13 – Mexico approach the 2025 Gold Cup with typical confidence, having secured early silverware through March’s Concacaf Nations League triumph – a psychological boost that sets them up beautifully for the right to be called Kings of the Region.
June 13 – With the fear of ICE agents roaming around Los Angeles and spiriting illegal and legal immigrants away, supporter groups of the Mexican national team are rightly concerned ahead of the opening game of the 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup between El Tri and the Dominican Republic.
June 13 – The 2025 Gold Cup has entered uncharted commercial territory after Concacaf struck a landmark deal with Mexican sports betting giant Caliente.mx – the first time a gambling platform has officially sponsored the region’s premier national team competition.
June 13 – Concacaf’s ‘This is Ours’ campaign will hit the ground running with a promotional blitz spanning television, digital platforms and stadium display, built around themes of unity and regional pride. It’s slick packaging for a competition that continues to capture the imagination of the region.
June 13 – Botev Plovdiv has said it may be forced to declare bankruptcy in the near future as a result of the complicated financial situation it has been left in with the club’s owner Anton Zingarevich’s ten-year ban on residence in Bulgaria.
June 13 – With the Club World Cup kicking off on Saturday in Miami and Los Angeles, broadcaster DAZN has agreed a deal with Sportradar for exclusive rights to distribute ultra-low latency betting data, as well as non-exclusive media content.
June 13 – Oscar-winning director Spike Lee has swapped his courtside seats at Madison Square Garden for the San Siro, linking up with Inter Milan for a slick new campaign that’s designed to make Americans fall in love with one of Italy’s great names.
June 12 – One year from this week, the 2026 FIFA World Cup is set to kick off across 16 cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
With 48 teams and an anticipated 6.5 million fans expected in stadiums, FIFA is billing it as the “biggest and most inclusive” tournament in football history. But behind the countdown clocks and marketing slogans, the political undertones are hard to ignore.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino,
June 12 – The 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship kicks off in Slovakia with a major change to the rules – and it could have a big impact on goalkeepers.
Starting in yesterday’s opening round, if a goalkeeper holds the ball for more than eight seconds, the referee will award a corner kick to the opposing team. This replaces the old rule, where the punishment was just an indirect free kick after six seconds –
June 12 – Liverpool FC have agreed a British record transfer fee for German midfielder Florian Wirtz, with the starlet expected to join from Bayer Leverkusen in the coming days.
June 12 – At the upcoming Club World Cup, FIFA will roll out innovations, including body cameras and live footage from referee devices, but those technologies seem more about enhancing the entertainment value of the game than helping referees with decision-making.
June 12 – One year out from the 2026 World Cup, a coalition of rights groups, led by the Sports & Rights Alliance, have urged FIFA to take steps to safeguard human rights during the tournament.
June 12 – Bulgaria’s Beroe Stara Zagora have launched a large-scale renovation of the Beroe Stadium – with the works set to cost 3.5 million leva, around €1.75million.
June 12 – The 4-0 thrashing by Switzerland has exposed the harsh reality of Mauricio Pochettino’s US Men’s National Team project: expensive doesn’t always mean effective.