May 14 – Darwin Núñez will miss Uruguay’s next three World Cup qualifiers after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld Conmebol’s disciplinary sanctions stemming from the chaotic post-match altercation involving players and fans during the 2024 Copa América semi-final against Colombia.
May 14 – Aston Villa FC are making waves in the Premier League with their ambitious expansion into entertainment. The club has partnered with Oak View Group (OVG) to launch The Warehouse – a 3,500-capacity live entertainment venue adjacent to their home ground, Villa Park opening this December.
May 14 – Bulgaria’s Botev Plovdiv have announced that the club has been unable to sell 30% of its shares, and is ready to return the money to everyone who bought shares in the sales campaign.
May 14 – Match week 36 delivered an average stadium capacity of 97.82%, offering a slight reality check after last week’s bumper figures, as persistent underperformance by familiar strugglers — Tottenham Hotspur and Southampton — dragged down the overall average.
May 14 – Somalian football, which has been making great strides to overcome the country’s violent and turbulent past, is being given a high profile boost with the visit of three of Africa’s most senior football legends in a show of solidarity and demonstration of the increased safety in the country.
May 14 – UEFA is doubling down on its entertainment-driven fan engagement with confirmation that Swedish DJ Sebastian Ingrosso will headline the Friday Night Show at this year’s UEFA Champions Festival in Munich.
May 14 – Lionel Messi has scored more than 800 goals in his career but which one is his favourite? As part of a charity campaign promotion between Inter Miami CF Foundation (IMCFF) and UNICEF all will be revealed this month and then further immortalised in art.
May14 – Romania’s István Kovács will take charge of the UEFA Champions League final, while Croatia’s Ivana Martinčić will officiate the Women’s Champions League final.
May 13 – With just four weeks until the FIFA Club World Cup (CWC) kicks off, the tournament’s opener featuring Inter Miami and their star Lionel Messi have hit a concerning run of form, prompting first-year coach Javier Mascherano to acknowledge that “there are things that need to be corrected.”
May 13 – Turkmenistan’s FC Arkadag have etched their name into Asian football history, defeating Cambodia’s Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng FC 2-1 after extra-time to claim a first Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Challenge League title on Saturday at Phnom Penh’s Morodok Techo National Stadium.
May 13 – The English Premier League (EPL) has renewed its licensing agreement with Avery Dennison for another five seasons, extending the partnership through to the end of the 2029-30 campaign.
May 13 – The UEFA Women’s European Championship, scheduled to take place in Switzerland this summer, is shaping up to be one of the most impactful tournaments in the history of the women’s game according to a recently published report by Europe’s governing body.
May 13 – A total of six clubs from Bosnia and Herzegovina are set to receive grants of €8,300 from UEFA’s Emergency Grants initiative with the support of the country’s football federation.
May 13 – The Brazilian Football Association (CFB) has confirmed the appointment of out-going Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti as the country’s new head coach.
May 13 – A stellar week for Major League Soccer’s (MLS) Minnesota United FC saw them thrash Inter Miami 4-1, cheekily troll Miami owner David Beckham, and ink a groundbreaking multi-year deal with hometown heroes NutriSource Pet Foods and Finley’s Pet Treats.