May 3 – Clinching a bronze medal at the U23 Asian Cup with a 2-1 extra-time victory against Indonesia, Iraq claimed Asia’s third and final ticket for the Olympic Games.
May 3 – The French Football Federation (FFF) has now announced that Nike will be its official equipment supplier for the period of the 2026/2027 to 2033/34 seasons as part of a mammoth contract extension, growing the partnership to 23 years in total with the possibility of extending further in the future.
May 3 – Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali has been fined £20,000 and handed a suspended two-month ban for breaching the English Football Association’s (FA) betting rules.
May 3 – A medical examiner’s report into the death of Argentine legend Diego Maradona has questioned evidence in the criminal negligence case brought against eight medical workers a month before they are set to stand trial for homicide.
May 3 – Manchester City picked up the double at the Football Writers Association Footballer of the Year awards as Phil Foden and Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw claimed this season’s honours.
May 3 – Serbia has begun construction of its new national stadium with a breaking ground ceremony involving the president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic,
May 3 – The row between Algerian club USM Alger and Morocco’s RS Berkane over the map of Morocco on Berkane’s shirt that shows the disputed territory of the Western Sahara, has now reached the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
May 3 – The rapidly-growing artificial intelligence industry is making its mark on the scouting and recruitment of the next generation of young footballers. British startup ai.io is emerging as one of the leaders in a sector that it hopes will revolutionise talent identification.
May 3 – LigaMX’s CF Pachuca will face Columbus Crew from the MLS in the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup Final on June 1, at Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca.
May 3 – From Pep to Pepsi: Pepsi Max has unveiled Jack Grealish as its latest global brand ambassador.
May 3 – English Championship club QPR has agreed a shirt sponsorship with on-line bookmaker CopyBet who also become the club’s official betting partner.
May 2 – Italy and Germany have won the race to gain five slots each in next season’s Champions League as England and France miss out.
Insideworldfootball talks exclusively to Annabel van Meeteren, President of SVO VV Pinkenberg to gather her thoughts on the BNG2027 bid to host the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2027 and the positive impact a successful bid could have for the women’s amateur game across The Netherlands.
May 2 – Eleven English Football League clubs and 16 from the non-league pyramid have joined forces to call for the reinstatement of FA Cup replays.
May 2 – Fluminense are the latest Brazilian club to report rising debt levels in their 2023 financial year, now running at more than R$800 million ($156.5 million) in 2023. This is despite the Rio club reporting an operating surplus of R$78 million ($15.3 million).