March 12 – Former world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury and ex-England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney will coach an England squad made up of athletes and celebrities against a World XI on June 15.
March 12 – Mexican manager Javier Aguirre has left out veteran goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, so often the talisman of Mexican teams, and Club América’s evergreen forward Henry Martín from his 23-man roster for the upcoming Concacaf Nations League Finals.
March 12 – Gaining traction in the crowded Chicago sports market is always a challenge, however, the Chicago Stars Football Club of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) have come up with a novel way of turning heads in the Windy City.
March 12 – Brazilian superstar, Neymar, who recently returned with much fanfare to his boyhood team, Santos, has come under fire after attending carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
March 11 – South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe (pictured) will run unopposed to secure a second four-year term as African football boss at the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Wednesday.
March 11 – Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe has delivered a scathing assessment of the club’s current squad, branding several high-profile players as “not good enough” and “overpaid”.
March 11 – Danish Football Union (DBU) chairman Jesper Møller has said that FIFA and UEFA are interested in overturning the ban that prevents Russian clubs, and the Russian National Team, from competing in their competitions.
March 11 – The Romanian Football Federation (FRF) has signed a new sponsorship agreement with official partner 5 to go which will run until 2031.
March 11 – Mexico does what Mexico wants, including the installation of an unelected president to represent the country’s federation on all international boards, meetings and at FIFA and Concacaf events.
March 11 – Major national team tournaments always have mascots who often become synonymous with the competition. Concacaf have taken the concept a stage further with the unveiling of Volar, the Confederation’s first-ever official mascot who will be deployed across all the confederation’s competitions.
March 10 – Fecafoot boss Samuel Eto’o has scored a victory at the highest court in sport to allow him to run for an executive committee seat at the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
March 10 – Fresh from the surprise resignation of head scout, Graeme Abel, due to allegations of abuse while at the University of Oregon, Bay FC of the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has been rocked again by an investigation into the club’s technical staff.
March 10 – Every player in the top two men’s divisions in France celebrated International Women’s Day at the weekend with ‘WO=MAN’ imprinted on the back of their shirts instead of their names.
March 10 – Former England international defender Stuart Pearce is reported to be in good spirits after suffering a medical emergency on a flight from Las Vegas.
March 10 – Barcelona’s home game against Osasuna in the Spanish league was postponed on Saturday after the death of first-team doctor Carles Miñarro Garcia.