July 1 – Arsenal have pulled off another shrewd piece of business, securing Japan’s premium beer giant Asahi Super Dry as their new global beer partner in a deal that transforms the Emirates Stadium drinking experience from the 2025/26 season onwards.
June 29 – With the Club World Cup now in the last 16 stages and European clubs dominating, UEFA, supported by the European Club Association, European Leagues and FIFPRO Europe, has launched a “scientific and data-driven” study into player workload and welfare.
June 28 – The Portuguese league – Liga Portugal – has approved a budget for the next season which forecasts record revenue of €31.8 million.
June 30 – Marseilles winger Jonathan Rowe came off the bench a minute into extra time to fire England to a second successive Uefa U21 Euro crown after a 3-2 victory over Germany in Bratislava – a result that could put a few players in the frame for 2026 World Cup selection.
June 30 – The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) has unveiled it new grassroots development programme, dubbed ‘Renaissance’, aimed at nurturing young talent across Greece. The program emphasises a structured organisation of football academies and is set to usher in a new era for the sport in the country.
June 27 – Crystal Palace are sitting in UEFA’s naughty corner today (Friday), waiting to discover if they’ll be allowed to play in next season’s Europa League – because John Textor’s multi-club empire is infringing on UEFA’s rules.
June 27 – England will defend their title against Germany in the final of the UEFA U21 European Championship on Saturday in Bratislava, as two of Europe’s elite youth systems prepare to clash once again.
June 27 – Belgium wrapped up their Women’s Euro 2025 preparations with a morale-boosting 2-0 victory against Greece in a friendly.
June 26 – UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 is on course to deliver a watershed moment for the commercial side of the women’s game, with new research from Ampere Analysis projecting a minimum of €32.5 million in sponsorship revenue – more than double the €15.3 million generated in 2022.
June 26 – As the UEFA Women’s EURO 2025 approaches, newly released research from Lidl GB has exposed a glaring blind spot in women’s sports: nutrition.
June 26 – The German Football Association (DFB) has been convicted of tax evasion and fined along with former top officials nineteen years after Germany hosted the 2006 World Cup.
June 254 – Manchester United will face Dutch club PSV Eindhoven in the second round of UEFA Women’s Champions League qualifying.
June 24 – In a world where football partnerships often feel like hollow branding exercises, there’s something refreshingly substantial about Macron’s continued relationship with UEFA. The Italian sportswear brand has just secured their third consecutive contract as Official UEFA Referee Match Kit Supplier.
June 25 – Romania’s FC Rapid 1923 Bucharest has changed its name to Fotbal Club Rapid. The new name of the club will be used officially from the start of the 2025/2026 season in Romania.
June 25 – EA Sports is hitting the mark with its FC Futures programme, doubling its global reach in year two of the project. What started as a £8 million (US $10 million) commitment to grassroots football back in April 2023 has now impacted over 340,000 people -bringing the overall tally to more than 500,000 participants across communities worldwide.