March 20 – Arda Kardzhali’s management has apologized to club legend Petko Ganchev (pictured) after finding out that they had mourned him prior to last weekend’s Bulgarian league match with Levski Sofia when he was in fact very much alive!
March 19 – Former England manager Gareth Southgate has raised concerns that “cold-hearted, manipulative, and toxic influencers” are stepping into the role of traditional father figures, worsening mental health challenges for young men.
March 18 – LaLiga has launched the fourth edition of its annual anti-racism campaign in partnership with EA Sports FC as part of its broader strategy to tackle discrimination in football and strengthen its social responsibility credentials.
March 18 – Homophobic and racist chanting during the traditional Ligue 1 showpiece between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Marseille has once again blighted the game domestically amid calls for French authorities to do more to stop it.
A French campaign group has urged the government to punish discriminatory chanting, while Marseille midfielder Adrien Rabiot, a former PSG player who not for the first time was targeted, took aim at PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi.
March 18 – UEFA has launched Queenzine, a new content platform aimed at celebrating the diverse football cultures of cities hosting UEFA Women’s Champions League (UWCL) fixtures, while elevating the competition’s stars and connecting with fans beyond matchdays.
March 18 – France’s top divisions, Ligue 1 and Ligue 2, have united in a campaign against piracy, urging fans to support their clubs by subscribing to official broadcast partners.
March 18 – Belgian club Cercle Brugge have dismissed manager Ferdinand Feldhofer after the club finished 13th in the Pro League table, ultimately falling into the relegation play-offs.
March 18 – North Macedonian side FC Shkupi have paid tribute to midfielder Andrej Lazarov, who was one of the 59 people killed in the fire at a nightclub in Kocani at the weekend. Due to the huge tragedy, seven days of national mourning were declared in North Macedonia.
March 17 – UEFA has confirmed that one of European football’s longest established commercial partnerships is about to end with the announcement that its leading clubs are set to drop the Swiss agency that has sold Champions League rights since 1992 and replace it New York-based Relevent Sports.
March 17 – A dispute over fan banners blocking emergency exits caused kickoff to be delayed by nearly an hour in a German Bundesliga game between Bochum and Eintracht Frankfurt on Sunday.
March 17 – The United States Soccer Federation (USSF) has announced the broadcast schedule for the opening two rounds of the 2025 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, and they will air exclusively on its dedicated YouTube channel at youtube.com/ussoccer.
March 14 – 2025 is a busy year for European women’s football. In addition to EURO 2025 in Switzerland, the race to host the following Women’s EURO, in 2029, is a high-profile affair, with Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Denmark/Sweden competing. This week they each submitted their preliminary bid to UEFA, ahead of final submission in August. The UEFA Executive Committee will decide on the hosts in December.
March 14 – The international careers of Marcus Rashford and Jordan Henderson have been suddenly revived after both were included in new England coach Thomas Tuchel’s first squad.
March 14 – UEFA is to consider a potential rule change after the highly contentious penalty incident that cruelly saw Atletico Madrid knocked out of the Champions League this week by holders and arch rivals Real.
March 13 – The French Ministry of the Interior has banned AS Saint-Étienne (ASSE) supporters from traveling to Montpellier Hérault SC for this weekend’s Ligue 1 meeting between the two relegation-threatened clubs because of a high risk of violence.