May 28 – In its second year of competition, Club América became the first Mexican club to win the Concacaf W Champions Cup tile with a 5-3 win over Washington Spirit of the NWSL at Estadio Hidalgo in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico.
It was a big win for the Mexican women’s game that for so long has lived in the shadows of their dominant US neighbours.
Club América scored first in the 22nd,
May 28 – Paris Saint-Germain are returning to LA with their Ici C’est Paris: La Maison concept and opening a similar experience in New York in June to co-incide with the World Cup.
Designed as immersive and cultural social, La Maison promotes the Parisian ‘art of living’ through immersive experiences combining sport, music, fashion, art and gastronomy.
The Los Angeles site (June 11 to 14) will see a return to the Hollywood Athletic Club,
May 28 – Premier League Liverpool have renewed their sponsorship with hot cloud storage company Wasabi Technologies in a multi-year deal. Wasabi will keeps its designation as the club’s Official Cloud Storage Partner and will work closer with the club on its digital content strategy.
That will see Wasabi implement Wasabi AiR, its intelligent media storage service, which it says will “enable the club to move faster, scale smarter, and deliver more personalised fan experiences”.
May 27 – Qatar whistleblower Abdullah Ibhais was detained in Jordan with local authorities allegedly confiscating his passport after having attended a Norwegian event where he spoke about human rights abuses.
A former media manager of the Supreme Committee for Legacy and Delivery, Ibhais had just returned home from the Nordic Media Days in Bergen where he spoke about FIFA, Qatar, and media manipulation around the 2022 World Cup when according to Ibhais authorities detained him,
May 27 – Violence broke out in Leipzig, Germany, on the eve of the UEFA Conference League final after Crystal Palace supporters were targeted in an organised attack in the city centre ahead of tonight’s clash with Rayo Vallecano.
According to reports trouble flared on Tuesday evening as Palace fans gathered outside bars in the German city to celebrate the club’s first major European final. Videos circulating on social media showed a group of men,
May 27 – The Champions League final this weekend sees two recently crowned champions of their domestic leagues meet each other. The PSG-Arsenal clash is also the first time in 55 years that clubs from two different capital cities have faced each other in a European Cup or UCL final, since Ajax of Amsterdam met Panathinaikos of Athens in the 1971 final.
Football Benchmark has analysed how the two clubs have financially, operationally and through the balance of transfer market spending and development of homegrown players,
May 26 – The Executive Committee of the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) has issued a statement saying that it unanimously supports Aleksander Čeferin to retain the UEFA presidency for the 2027–2031 term.
Čeferin (pictured right with FRF president Răzvan Burleanu) said in 2024 that he wouldn’t stand for another term. But since then there has been no obvious candidate put themselves forward while federations have privately urged him to stand again. He has yet to formally announce his candidacy.
May 27 – As the European football world gathers in Budapest ahead of Saturday’s Champions League final, another continental title will also be decided in the Hungarian capital as Europe’s best EA SPORTS FC players descend on the Hungexpo Budapest Congress and Exhibition Centre for the eChampions League 2026 Finals tonight.
The showpiece event, staged through the long-running partnership between UEFA and EA Sports, will see the top eight competitors in Europe battle for the eChampions League crown and a share of a $281,000 prize pool.
May 27 – FIFA is facing the threat of legal action over its reported plan to prohibit the pre-revolutionary Iranian flag from World Cup venues across North America this summer.
The Institute for Voices of Liberty has written to FIFA outlining its concerns. The group’s legal counsel, Shahrokh Mokhtarzadeh, said that depending on FIFA’s response – or lack of one – “a decision will be made to commence formal proceedings in Superior Court,
May 27 – The Homeless World Cup Foundation has announced a new partnership with Genius Sports ahead of the Mexico City 2026 Homeless World Cup, with the sports technology group joining as an Official Supporter of the global tournament and social impact movement.
Genius Sports will support the Foundation’s international fundraising and awareness efforts through a new supporter engagement campaign due to launch later this summer. The initiative is expected to help generate both funding and visibility for the Homeless World Cup Foundation’s work across its network of 75 Member Countries.
May 27 – Palmeiras coach Abel Ferreira has been fined $15,000 by Conmebol after showing his middle finger to one of his own players during a Copa Libertadores match.
The gesture was aimed at striker Flaco López, moments after the Argentine had scored the opener in Palmeiras’ 2-0 win at Sporting Cristal on May 6. Conmebol found Ferreira guilty of breaching its disciplinary code and warned that any repeat would carry far more serious consequences.
May 27 – With weeks remaining until the 2026 World Cup kick off, FIFA looks to be closing in on a reduced broadcast rights deal for the tournament in India.
Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd said it is in talks with FIFA to stream and broadcast the tournament in India, though no financial details were disclosed. Local media report that negotiations between the Reliance-Disney joint venture and FIFA remain deadlocked.
The global governing body had asked for $100 million for the broadcast rights to the 2026 and 2030 World Cups,
May 27 – From Kenny Dalglish and Denis Law to Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour, generations of Scotland’s footballing greats have been brought together in a new edition of Scottish Football Stars Top Trumps, launched as the country prepares for a return to the World Cup finals after a 28-year absence.
The new pack celebrates some of the biggest names to pull on the dark blue shirt, blending iconic figures from Scotland’s footballing past with the modern squad that has reignited football hope across the nation.
May 26 – Keir Starmer is, first and foremost, a happy Arsenal fan. He is also the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and he has used both hats to push for every football supporter in Britain to watch the Champions League final without reaching for their wallet.
Arsenal face Paris Saint-Germain in this weekend’s final, but for the first time in the competition’s history, the match will sit behind a paywall in the UK.
May 26 – Pay-TV broadcaster Setanta Sports has secured the rights in Georgia to this summer’s World Cup, and will offer the entire tournament free of charge.
The network will provide live free-to-air coverage of all 104 matches, a significant jump from the 2022 edition, on its OTT platform for registered users. The expanded 48-team tournament runs across Mexico, the United States, and Canada, though Georgia’s national team will not feature,