NRG Stadium sold out for Gold Cup final
July 6 – Concacaf has announced that today’s 2025 Gold Cup Final at NRG Stadium, Houston, between the United States and Mexico, is sold out.
Women's Euro 2025
Swiss keep knockout hopes alive as Iceland exit
Switzerland 2 Iceland 0
July 6 – Switzerland got their Euro 2025 campaign back on track with a 2-0 victory against Iceland, the first team to be eliminated from the tournament.
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Belgian Pro League calls for stadia to be opened for season ending play-offs
April 23 – The Belgian Pro League have called for the partial reopening of stadiums for the season-ending playoffs, but their requests look unlikely to be met.
US fund pulls out of Bordeaux leaving club on brink of insolvency
April 23 – French Ligue1 club Bordeaux are on the brink of bankruptcy after American investment fund King Street decided to withdraw its financial support.
Transfer values: Man City tops squad value ranking, Man Utd second
April 23 – Manchester City top a ranking of clubs with the most valuable squads by transfer value, ahead of local rivals Manchester United and Chelsea and more than twice the value of PSG.
ePremier League to debut in China with Tencent. Clubs repped by local talent
April 23 – The Premier League is is launching ePremier League in China this monthin partnership with it broadcast license holder Tencent Sports, Tencent Gaming and EA SPORTS.
Spanish hammer their breakaway clubs; Tebas asks Infantino where he really stands
By Paul Nicholson
April 22 – Spain’s Laliga, and its clubs, are keeping their foot firmly on the pedal of opposition to the now fractured European Super League. With its two biggest clubs – Real Madrid and Barcelona – belligerent in their belief that the ESL is the way forward, the league’s clubs issued a statement rejecting the format, followed by a press conference that forcefully emphasised their unity in opposition.
Super League ‘good guys’ PSG and Bayern topped UEFA distribution payments for 2019-20
By David Owen
April 22 – The 2019-20 European club football season was overshadowed, interrupted and ultimately elongated by covid. Even so, UEFA still managed to distribute well over €2.4 billion to the clubs which took part in its main competitions.
Out in the cold: England’s Big-6 bosses feel the backlash as EPL reorganises, reviews begin
By Paul Nicholson
April 22 – With the European Super League dead in the water, at least in its latest incarnation, the Premier League has wasted no time in moving on the management of the renegade six clubs, stripping them of key positions on key Premier League committees and working groups.
Bilbao fury as Euro 2020 hosting looks to have evaporated over fan guarantees
By Samindra Kunti
April 22 – The Spanish city of Bilbao looks to have become the first city to drop out of hosting Euro 2020 matches this summer, according to a statement published by the regional authorities on Wednesday.
Real Madrid’s Perez says ESL revolution is not beaten, it’s just reloading
April 22 – Even in defeat, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez remains defiant. In an interview on Spanish radio, the Madrid supremo doubled down on the European Super League (ESL), claiming the proposed competition is “on standby”.
PSG and Al-Khelaifi: the ESL ‘winners’ entrusted with the future of the ECA
By Andrew Warshaw
April 22 – When Paris St Germain were conspicuous by their absence as a member of the so-called “dirty Dozen” clubs who formed the elitist but ill-fated European Super League, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin made a point of personally praising PSG boss Nasser Al-Khelaifi for refusing to join the much derided cartel.
JP Morgan feels blowback of ESL failure with sustainability rating downgrade
April 22 – American bank JP Morgan, who underwrote initial investment in the European Super League (ESL), have been hit with a downgraded sustainability rating as integrity issues have been raised over the bank’s role in the wake of the ESL collapse.
Glazer’s rhetorical grovel maintains reform still needed. Fans sceptical of apology
April 22 – As the repercussions of the collapse of the European Super League begin to take shape, Manchester United’s American co-chairman Joel Glazer has become the latest high-profile figure to “apologise unreservedly” to fans for the club’s involvement in the aborted project, saying United failed to show respect to the “deep-rooted traditions” of the English game.
Integrity chief Medeiros says ESL is the most dramatic crisis ever, what happens next is crucial
By Paul Nicholson
April 22 – Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, former European Leagues boss and head of global integrity group SIGA, has said the collapse of the European Super League proposal presents a “unique opportunity to redefine European football” and move away from the days of the ‘gun on the table’ negotiations of Europe’s super wealthy clubs.
Japanese sports giant Dentsu renews with AFC for next rights cycle
April 22 – Japanese sports marketing giant Dentsu has renewed its deal with The Asian Football Confederation (AFC), continuing as its commercial partner for the 2021-24 rights cycle.
Super League left in ruins as Inter, AC Milan and Atletico drop out, Juve to follow
By Samindra Kunti
April 21 – More nails were hammered into the coffin of the European Super League breakaway plan this morning (Wednesday) with rebel clubs Inter Milan, AC Milan and Atletico Madrid all officially announcing they are withdrawing in the wake of the departure of England’s Big Six Premier League clubs.