May 9 – Bursaspor, one Turkey’s biggest clubs, but currently languishing at the bottom of the Super Liga’s third tier and set to be relegated to the fourth, has announced debts of TL1.5 billion (€43.3 million).
May 9 – Fanatics Collectibles will take over from Panini as the Premier League’s exclusive provider of trading cards, trading card games and stickers from June 2025.
May 9 – With Lionel Messi back on the pitch and Inter Miami sitting top of the MLS and hammering in goals at more than double the rate of their nearest rival, the club have upgraded their sponsorship roster with a blue chip marketing partner.
May 8 – In a letter to the European Parliament, three Palestinian clubs from the West Bank have called for the ban of Israel “from all sports until it ceases the occupation of Palestine.”
May 8 – Brazil’s bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup was given a small boost, perhaps a surprising one, after being ranked slightly higher than the rival joint European bid submitted by Germany, Netherlands and Belgium (BNG) in FIFA’s technical report.
May 8 – Football fans around the world now have a day to celebrate the world’s most popular sport every year – May 25.
May 8 – Diego Maradona’s Golden Ball trophy from the 1986 World Cup, which went missing for decades, will be auctioned in Paris next month and is expected to raise millions.
May 8 – Gibraltar-based Manchester 62 FC has announced an angel investment of $20 million which will allow the club to continue to be at the forefront of research into concussion and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in high-contact sports.
May 8 – Striker Darwin Nunez has responded to his online critics by deleting all Instagram evidence of his Liverpool career, thrusting his future into doubt as the transfer window looms.
May 8 – Manchester United manager Erik Ten Hag has been linked with a move to FC Bayern Munich this summer, despite a poor season with the Red Devils.
May 8 – Dortmund will return to Wembley and the Champions League final after a dramatic 1-0 second-leg victory against Paris Saint-Germain (2-0 on aggregate), raising the prospect of an all-German final in London once again.
May 7 – USA, Mexico, Panama and Canada have been pre-seeded into the quarter finals of the 2024/25 Concacaf Nations League that will be played over two-legs in the November 11-19 international fixtures window.
May 8 – Concacaf will unveil the brand identity for its new Concacaf W Champions Cup competition at the draw for the 11-team event on June 6.
May 8 – The Gate 13 ultras of Greek giant Panathinaikos, the club’s largest supporters group, have organised a protest rally calling for the resignation of president Giannis Alafouzos after 12 years in power.
May 8 – The Asian Football Confederation kicked off its 3rd AFC National Coaches Conference kicked off on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur.