April 20 – The Finnish FA has agreed a sponsorship agreement with state gambling monopoly Veikkaus Oy for the country’s top-flight division, the Veikkausliiga, as well as the National League men’s Ykkönen and men’s Kakknen teams and the men’s and women’s Futsal league teams.
April 19 – Despite the devastating invasion by Russia, Ukraine is not letting the war crush its hopes of reaching World Cup finals and has agreed to play its postponed playoff with Scotland on June 1.
April 19 – Canadian and Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies is one of the hottest players in world football. Canada’s talisman from Edmonton has led his nation to their first World Cup finals since 1986. In 2026 he could be leading them out in his home town. Davies speaks exclusively to Insideworldfootball.
April 19 – Manchester United’s Old Trafford stadium is to get a makeover and a potential expansion taking it from its current 74,000 capacity to more than 80,000, according to reports.
April 19 – The consortium led by Chicago Cubs owners the Ricketts family has pulled out of the running to buy Chelsea, leaving three bidders remaining.
April 19 – The SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, one of the candidate venues for hosting matches at the 2026 World Cup, has scheduled its first-ever football (soccer) event for this August.
April 19 – Juventus and other clubs have been acquitted by Italy’s Federal Court following a widespread investigation into the inflation of transfer fees.
April 17 – Canada looks set to have three cities hosting matches at the 2026 World Cup which it is jointly hosting with the US and Mexico.
April 18 – A number of Belgian national team sponsors have followed in the footsteps of their Dutch counterparts and said they will stay away from the World Cup in Qatar over human rights concerns.
April 18 – Meck Mwase is to remain a part of the Malawi national team structure despite having been dismissed as head coach of the senior men’s team by the Football Association of Malawi (FAM). He has now been appointed to the role of U23 national team coach.
By Samindra Kunti
April 14 – South Sudan has once again declared its love for Gianni Infantino, becoming the first African FA to endorse the FIFA president for re-election.
By Matt Scott
April 14 – Genius Sports, the official data supplier to the Premier League, has continued to offer its services to Russian punters in the weeks after it announced it was withdrawing business from the territory.
April 14 – The Netherlands, Poland, Belgium and Wales have all bid to stage the 2023 Nations League final four, European governing body UEFA has announced.
April 14 – Online footwear, apparel and accessories retailer GOAT will be Paris Saint-Germain’s new sleeve sponsor from the start of next season but joins the club as an official partner immediately.
