England’s Women’s Super League given a new look and feel
May 19 – England’s Women’s Super League is rebranding with new names and visual identity as the women’s professional game continues its transition from FA control.
Women's Euro 2025
Sweden wary of Pajor threat for Poland
July 8 – Sweden face Poland in Lucerne this evening with a place in the UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 quarter-finals within reach. A win for Peter Gerhardsson’s side, combined with Germany avoiding defeat against Denmark, would confirm their passage from Group C with a game to spare.
Liverpool open 19th club shop in Copenhagen
May 19 – Liverpool have opened its first standalone retail store in Denmark. The new outlet, located in the heart of Copenhagen’s Jørcks Passage, was unveiled by former Liverpool and Denmark defender Daniel Agger in a launch event that brought the club’s brand directly to fans in the region.
Conmebol and UEFA meet to thrash out detail of Argentina-Spain Finalissima
May 19 – Conmebol and UEFA met on the sidelines of the FIFA Congress in Paraguay last week to discuss the staging of the second edition of the men’s Finalissima, the single match intercontinental championship between the winners of the 2024 Copa America and the 2024 Euro.
Serbian FA to supply kits to all women’s clubs in top two tiers
May 19 – The Football Association of Serbia (FSS) is to support all women’s clubs in the Serbian Super League and First League with the supply of a full kit, consisting of a shirt, shorts, and socks.
Tango of the malignant narcissists
By James Dostoyevsky
Sometimes, when you set out to debone a Branzino, it fools you and turns out to be a Fugu in disguise.
That’s a bit like a football administrator who turns out to be a narcissistic megalomaniac, completely mistaking himself for a global statesman, when he’s no more than a mediocre village idiot.
Late on parade Infantino given clear Congress message as UEFA’s FIFA Council delegates walk out
By Samindra Kunti in Asuncion, Paraguay
May 16 – European football leaders staged a dramatic walkout at the FIFA congress in protest against Gianni Infantino’s delayed arrival following his Middle East Trip with US President Donald Trump.
Tensions boiled over at what had promised to be a routine Congress. Europe’s Council members walked out was supported by a sizable number of European football associations.
Better late than never, or better never than late? Infantino’s tour de force
May 16 – He may have turned up four hours late, and have key members of his ‘football family’ walk out on him at the interval in protest, but FIFA’s president Gianni Infantino barely missed a beat as he rattled through all the talking points that in his ivory tower make him a global powerbroker and now seemingly bigger than the sport he was elected to administer.
Palestine FA wins warmth of FIFA Congress but is brutally shut down by FIFA executive
May 16 – FIFA and its administration have once again kicked the issue of Israeli settlement clubs into the long grass, a tradition the world governing body has maintained for more than a decade.
Dominguez asks FIFA members to rethink bigger when it comes to centenary World Cup
By Samindra Kunti in Asuncion, Paraguay
May 16 – South American football boss Alejandro Dominguez has once again beat the drum for a 64-team World Cup in 2030 to celebrate the tournament’s centenary. Taking the stage in his home country of Paraguay it was a remarkable exhortion of FIFA’s members to “think in a different way”.
FIFA reports $2bn upward budget revision to $11bn for 2023-26 cycle
May 16 – Football Unites the World is FIFA’s slogan, but it is money that truly unites FIFA, and FIFA is about to have a whole lot more, announcing at its 75th Annual Congress in Asuncion Paraguay that its new budget for the 2023 to 2026 is $13 billion, exactly double the $6.5 billion of its previous 2019 to 2022 cycle.
Brazilian court strips Ednaldo of CBF presidency over forged signature
May 16 – Ednaldo Rodrigues, president of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and member of the FIFA Council, has been removed from office by a Brazilian court for the second time.
Barca complete domestic treble securing LaLiga title with win at Espanyol
May 16 – Barcelona were crowned LaLiga champions on Wednesday night after a 2-0 derby win at Espanyol – and fittingly, it was Lamine Yamal who delivered the decisive blow.
Europe’s top 36 video gamers head to Manchester for EA Sports eChampions League finals
May 16 – The 2025 edition of the EA Sports eChampions League gets underway this weekend in Manchester, bringing together 36 of Europe’s top EA Sports FC players in a Champions League-style tournament to determine who will be crowned the continent’s best.
Real Madrid players to be charged in Canary Islands sex case
May 16 – Real Madrid and Spanish international Raul Asencio, 22, along with three former teammates from Real’s academy could face criminal charges for allegedly recording and distributing sexual images of a woman and a minor without their consent.
South Korean police detain couple over attempts to blackmail Spurs’ favourite Son
May 16 – South Korean international and Tottenham Hotspur captain, Son Heung-min, has filed a criminal complaint with South Korean police after becoming the victim of an alleged blackmail plot.