May 3 – FIFA has ordered Senegal to play one competitive match behind closed doors and has fined Senegal’s FA CHF175,000 for fan disorder at a World Cup playoff game, including shining laser pointers at Liverpool’s Egyptian star striker Mohamed Salah.
By Andrew Warshaw
April 29 – Europe’s major leagues have rekindled the fierce debate over the future format of the Champions League by urging UEFA to change tack in order to protect domestic football.
April 29 – FC Barcelona have been given the green light by local authorities to begin work on redeveloping the Nou Camp, with the renovation expected to finish in the 2025-26 season.
April 29 – Fiji will host the OFC Women’s Nations Cup 2022 in July with the winner earning a spot for the inter-continental playoffs on the road to the 2023 Women’s World Cup.
April 28 – European governing body UEFA is contemplating a ‘final four’ for the Champions League to replace the current, classic two-legged semi-finals and flagship final model.
April 28 – A second straight all-English Champions League final is on the cards after Liverpool swept aside Villarreal 2-0 in the first leg of their semi-final on Wednesday.
April 28 – Seattle Sounders kept themselves in the fight for the 2022 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League title after two late goals earned them a draw against Pumas in Mexico City last night.
April 28 – LaLiga is planning an overhaul of its clubs’ academy structures via a new initiative titled the ‘National Plan forthe Optimisation and Improvement of Youth Academies’.
April 28 – Swedish lottery operator Svenska Spel has expanded its football activity with the allocation funds to support a number of street football projects across the country being developed by the Swedish Football Association (SvFF).
April 27 – A fourth head coach in the 12-team National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has been stood down following the league’s investigation into “discrimination, harassment, abuse, and bullying”.
April 27 – UEFA’s plans to give two Champions League places to teams based on their historical record in Europe is being challenged by middle-ranked clubs who say the concept is unfair on a sporting level.
April 27 – Ukraine’s top-flight league, which has had no matches since the Russian invasion, has been officially disbanded with the current standings declared final and no winner because the lack of competitive action.
April 27 – The first leg of the 2022 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League (SCCL) final kicks off tonight with the Seattle Sounders from the MLS looking to break a 13-season hold on the title by Mexico’s Liga MX clubs.
April 27 – A helicopter and an aeroplane. That’s what the Confederation of Brazilian Football (CBF) is seeking to offload to save €2.4 million (13 million reais) in annual expenses.
April 26 – A new dementia study has been launched to investigate how to reduce risk of the disease in ex-players.