May 8 – The Grenada FA (GFA) has been taken to the country’s High Court with a complaint that the current executive is rigging the presidential election, to be held Saturday, by preventing a rival candidate from standing against incumbent Marlon Glean (pictured) who was elected in 2022.
May 8 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino, defending pricing for the 2026 World Cup after renewed criticism around soaring ticket resale costs, joked he would “personally bring a hot dog and a Coke” to anyone willing to spend $2 million on a final ticket.
February 8 – UK telecoms giant BT Group has been unveiled as the official telecommunications partner of UEFA Euro 2028.
February 8 – FIFA and Fanatics have signed a long-term exclusive license allowing Topps, owned by Fanatics, to produce trading cards, stickers, and trading card games for the World Cup and other FIFA events starting in 2031.
May 8 – Real Madrid’s season and the club’s galacticos are unravelling with mounting pressure surrounding Kylian Mbappé compounded by reports of dressing-room unrest ahead of Sunday’s decisive Clásico against FC Barcelona.
May 8 – Malaysian free-to-air broadcaster RTM and IPTV service Unifi TV have secured domestic rights to the 2026 World Cup, with the country’s government allocating RM24 million ($6.1 million) to fund the deal.
May 8 – Former Spain and Barcelona defender Gerard Piqué has been hit with a six-match ban and a two-month suspension from official football activity by the Spanish football federation (RFEF) following a confrontation with a referee.
May 8 – Kings League and UNICEF have launched a charity fundraising campaign during the competition’s Playoff Week, bringing together footballers, streamers and creators in support of vulnerable children around the world.
May 8 – Turkey’s Besiktas JK has signed a strategic digital collaboration agreement with OKX TR, one of Turkey’s leading crypto platforms. The partnership aims to bridge the gap between sports and the digital finance ecosystem, offering exclusive benefits to the club’s fanbase.
]Under the terms of the agreement, Besiktas fans who register as new members on the OKX TR exchange will receive three months of free access to Karakartal+, the premium membership tier of the BJK SuperApp.
May 8 – The Champions Cup final between Toluca and Tigres UANL will be a 5pm kick off on May 30, following a growing trend amongst confederations to schedule major finals earlier in the day rather than at the more traditional evening times of around 8pm.
May 7 – The instability of the football managerial job market has been unearthed by a study from the CIES Football Observatory, which found that 65.2% of clubs across 55 leagues worldwide have changed head coach at least once over the past year.
May 7 – West Ham will mark Deaf Awareness Week ahead of Sunday’s London derby against Arsenal by debuting a British Sign Language (BSL) version of the club anthem ‘I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles’ at the London Stadium.
May 7 – The German Bundesliga has strengthened its footprint in South Africa after signing a strategic Memorandum of Understanding with the South African Football Association (SAFA), further underlining the league’s long-term push into the African market.
May 7 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has added EA Sports FC to its growing commercial portfolio for the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027, confirming the gaming franchise as an Official Licensed Product of the tournament.
