August 1 – Mission 89 and United Through Sports have launched a global campaign to raise awareness of child exploitation, abuse and trafficking in sport, titled ‘The Line We Don’t Cross’.
The campaign was unveiled on the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
August 1 – Sport integrity non-profit SIGA (The Sport Integrity Global Alliance) has elected its new Council for the 2025-29 term.
July 28 – With global major sports event focus centring on the USA with the World Cup in 2026 and the Olympics Games in Los Angeles in 2028, sports integrity group SIGA has named its SIGA AMERICA Advisory Board for the 2025–2027 cycle.
July 24 – Former Manchester United striker, Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernández is in the process of ruining his reputation after the Mexican Football Federation’s fine and warning for his jaw-dropping TikTok misogyny.
July 23 – Premier League clubs could follow the England Lionesses in stopping taking the knee next season amid growing division among anti-racism campaigners over the merits of the symbolic gesture.
July 11 – John Textor’s cup would have been half full, but it now looks to be overflowing. His win with the reinstatement of Olympique Lyonnais to France’s Ligue 1 and hence Europa League participation two months ago would have been balanced by the loss over the expected relegation of Crystal Palace from Europa League participation.
June 26 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) has agreed a strategic partnership with Soul Touchin’ Experiences LLC (STE) aimed at advancing inclusion, equity, and integrity in sport.
June 20 – Two clubs and one league made it into the top tier of the just launched Sport Transparency Index, a benchmarking tool to assess transparency and good governance across the European Sport ecosystem.
June 18 – The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) has launched its Sport Transparency Index, a benchmarking tool to assess transparency and good governance across the European Sport ecosystem.
The Index focuses on European Sport Stakeholders, from professional clubs to leagues, national federations and international governing bodies. In its first iteration the Index ranks almost 650 organisations, predominantly from Germany, Italy, France and Spain.
June 11 – Following in the footsteps of their female counterparts, a coalition of male football players has called on FIFA to take urgent climate action.
May 28 – Mauro Silva, aWorld Cup winner with Brazil’s men team in 1994, and Tamires who has more than 100 caps for the Brazilian women’s national team, have joined the SIGA Champions programme.
May 28 – On the tenth anniversary of FIFAGate, FairSquare, NGOs, academics, writers, whistleblowers and football supporters’ groups have argued that “FIFA is arguably more poorly governed today than a decade ago”.
FIFA has responded that it is “a completely new organisation”, and that 2015 marked the beginning of a process of “fundamental change”.
May 13 – The Brazilian Beach Soccer team earned a record-setting seventh World Cup title in the Seychelles on Sunday, securing the crown with a 4-3 win over Belarus at the Paradise Arena in Victoria.
May 5 – On Dorival Junior’s home debut, Yuri Alberto’s hat-trick lifted Corinthians to a dramatic 4-2 win against Internacional.
April 10 – Canada’s Northern Super League (NSL) has announced a major new partnership with BMO, naming the bank as the Official Bank of the league and the Presenting Partner of all league broadcasts.