February 17 – The English Premier League and Football League will once again implement Ramadan matchday procedures this season, which allow brief pauses in play to give Muslim players and officials time to break their fast.
February 17 – The future of the Indian Super League (ISL) looked grim until streaming service FanCode stepped in to purchase the media rights earlier this month. With that deal locked down, the platform has now sublicensed the linear TV rights to one of the giants in the region, Sony Pictures Networks India (SPNI).
February 17 – German football fans are getting a closer look at a competition that is rapidly going global.
February 18 – The on-going war on streaming pirates has again hit the courts, this time in Spain, with another victory for rights owners and their broadcast buyers.
February 18 – The six-time MLS Cup Champions LA Galaxy will be looking to uses Panama’s Sporting San Miguelito as the stepping stone to a deep run in the 2026 Champions Cup and a kick start to their season after a poor 2025.
February 16 – Confederation of African Football (CAF) president Patrice Motsepe has refused to clarify the retirement of the organisation’s general secretary Veron Mosengo-Omba (pictured).
February 16 – Casey Wasserman (pictured), leader of the LA28 Olympic Committee and controlling shareholder of the Wasserman sports and entertainment talent agency, has said he will sell his agency after being named in the Epstein files.
February 16 – African football supremo Patrice Motsepe has dismissed media reports that the next edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) will be postponed until 2028.
February 16 – UEFA approved its 2024-25 accounts for the financial year at its congress in Brussels last week with a record €5 billion in total revenue being achieved, the first time it has passed that mark in a year without a men’s Euros final tournament.
February 16 – Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabéu has been identified as Europe’s most valuable stadium naming rights asset, with an annual fair market value of €21.1 million (£18.4 million), according to new analysis from The Sponsor.
February 16 – Benfica boss Jose Mourinho believes Real Madrid will arrive in Lisbon with their pride hurt – and that makes them all the more threatening – when the two sides renew acquaintances in the Champions League playoffs on Tuesday night.
February 16 – The AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 will expand its matchday offer beyond the pitch with the launch of dedicated Health Hubs at stadium precincts across Sydney, Perth and the Gold Coast.
February 17 – Nashville closed out their highest ever MLS points tally season (54) only to lose in the first round of the play-offs to Lionel Messi and Inter Miami. If they overcome Canada’s Atlético Ottawa in the first round they will meet Miami next.
February 17 – Back on the Champions Cup stage for the first time since 2023, Real CD España return with experience on their side — this is appearance number 18 for Los Aurinegros.
February 17 – The Dominican Republic is one of Concacaf’s challenger nations looking to join its elite group of countries that are competitive in qualification for major international tournaments.
Underpinning that is a fast improving and competitive domestic club game that enables its players to develop at home.
The next big test of how fast they are developing is the first round Champions Cup tie between O&M FC (Universidad Organización y Método) and FC Cincinnati.