Portugal
Portugal breezed through the qualifiers to win every single match of their campaign for the first time.
Gold Cup 2025
Rampaging Canada tear Honduras apart
Canada 5 Honduras 0
June 17 – Canada over the past six years have forced their way into Concacaf’s elite but have so often flattered to deceive. They are the team everyone quite likes but have never delivered the championship title their talent screams for. Re-adjust everyone.
Romania
After failing to qualify last time round, Romania’s participation was impressively achieved with an unbeaten run of six wins and four draws.
Aston Villa owner Naseef Sawiris threatens Premier league with legal action over ‘nonsensical’ financial rules
June 12 – The Premier League is potentially facing legal action from one of its club owners over its profit and sustainability rules.
Data driven ranking makes Spain and Germany favourites for Euro 2024
June 11 – England may be the bookies’ favourites for Euro 2024 but an analysis by the CIES Football Observatory has Germany and Spain as the teams most likely to win.
Man Utd to keep faith with Ten Hag after Tuchel talks fizzle out
June 12 – If numerous reports were anything to go by, it was one of football’s open secrets. Yet the secret has suddenly been turned on its head.
Swiss complain training pitch is poor quality and that spies could infiltrate in the TV tower
June 12 – In the first official spat with UEFA among those competing in the upcoming Euros, Switzerland have filed a formal complaint regarding the quality of the playing surface at their training camp.
India crash out of 2026 World Cup qualifying
June 12 – In an indictment of Igor Stimac’s management, India crashed out of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers after a 2-1 defeat against Qatar ended their hopes of making the third round group stages.
Bulgarians invest in more cameras to improve VAR decision making
June 12 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) is to invest an additional BGN 200,000 (€100,000) per season to improve the VAR system in the Bulgarian first division – the efbet League. Currently, the BFU pays BGN 1 million (€500,000) per season for VAR.
Klose takes manager role at Nuremberg
June 12 – Miroslav Klose has become the new manager of German club Nuremberg in a two-year deal.
England expects. Southgate says it is time to deliver a trophy
June 11 – England manager Gareth Southgate has admitted that the upcoming European Championships in Germany could be his final swansong in charge of the national team.
Lewandowski to miss Poland’s opener against Dutch
June 12 – Poland have been rocked by the news that their talisman and captain Robert Lewandowski will miss his side’s opening Euro 2024 game against the Netherlands on Sunday because of a thigh injury.
AFC set for U17 and U20 Asian Cup qualifying draw
June 12 – The AFC will hold its draw for the qualifiers for the AFC U17 Asian Cup 2025 and AFC U20 Asian Cup 2025 tomorrow at AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur.
AFC looks to the future with second edition of leadership programme
June 12 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has launched the 2nd AFC Certificate in Football Leadership (ACFL) programme.
Valencia fans handed jail terms for racial abuse of Vinicius
June 11 – Three Valencia football fans who racially abused Real Madrid star Vinicius Junior have each been jailed for eight months. The individuals were also given a two-year stadium ban from any venue hosting LaLiga matches.
Real Madrid say they will be at Club World Cup, whether FIFA can pay for it or not
June 11 – Real Madrid have argued that their participation in the expanded 2025 Club World Cup was never in doubt, backtracking on a comment by manager Carlo Ancelotti that the Spanish giant would boycott the competition.