March 3 – UC3, the joint venture between UEFA and European Football Clubs (EFC), has issued a rights tender for Champions League broadcasts in the next four-season cycle, beginning in 2027–28, across 19 markets.
March 3 – The Croatian Football Federation (HNS) has signed a historic agreement with partners Hrvatski Telekom and SuperSport for media and marketing rights. The signing ceremony, held at the Garden Inn by Hilton in Zagreb, solidifies the financial future of Croatian club football for the next five seasons.
March 2 – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has postponed four Champions League fixtures until further notice following the US and Israeli military attack on Iran, and the reciprocal Iranian strikes across the region.
Matches in Champions League Two and the AFC Challenge League, including the tie involving Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr, have also been postponed.
March 1 – Australia opened their home AFC Women’s Asian Cup with a 1-0 win over the Philippines in front of a record 44,379 crowd at the Perth Stadium.
March 2 – With 10 months to go until kick-off, the Asian Football Confederation has confirmed the match schedule and venue plan for the AFC Asian Cup Saudi Arabia 2027, mapping out a 30-day tournament that will run from January 7 to February 5 across Riyadh, Jeddah and Al Khobar.
March 2 – The head of Iranian football has left Iran’s participation in the World Cup in the United States open after the 2026 co-host and Israel attacked the Persian country.
March 2 – Lise Klaveness has been re-elected as chair of the Norwegian FA (NFF), but grassroots motions about the discontinuation of the FIFA Peace Prize and the suspension of Israel fizzled out at the organization’s annual congress.
March 2 – Italian public-service broadcaster Rai has secured exclusive, multi-platform free-to-air rights for the 2026 World Cup.
March 2 – Liverpool have posted record revenue of £703 million for the year ending May 31, 2025, a year boosted by their Premier League win under first-year manager, Arne Slot.
March 2 – Major League Soccer will allow clubs to sell a new sponsorship position on the lower back of jerseys starting this season, adding a fourth commercial placement on each kit and creating another source of revenue for teams across the league.
March 2 – Alsi has been confirmed as an Official Global Supporter of the AFC Champions League Elite Finals Jeddah 2026, strengthening the commercial programme around the AFC’s revamped flagship club competition.
March 1 – The English Premier League is set to launch its first direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming service later this year, with Singapore confirmed as the pilot market. This move by the Premier League has been part of a long-term plan to look beyond traditional broadcast distribution.
March 2 – The newest disruptor to traditional football, the Kings League, has taken another step toward its US launch with the appointment of David Muoser as its managing director in the market.
March 2 – Ridesharing company Yandex Uzbekistan has entered domestic football sponsorship through a broad cooperation agreement with the Professional Football League of Uzbekistan.
March 2 – Dutch professional football dedicated the weekend’s round of fixtures to mental health, as the Eredivisie and Eerste Divisie combined for a league-wide awareness drive under the banner ‘Together for Vulnerability’.