February 19 – Kylian Mbappe appears to have suffered another setback in his legal battle with Paris St Germain after the French Football Federation opted not to hear an appeal from the player against his former club from whom he is demanding €55 million.
February 17 – Defending champions Manchester City may be finding it tough on the field to maintain their dominance but off it they have scored a significant win over the Premier League.
February 14 – Qatari president of PSG and European Club Association chair Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, has been caught up in a French investigation into a corporate fraud case involving the Lagardère group.
February 12 – Disgraced former Spanish FA boss Luis Rubiales came out fighting at his trial on Tuesday, telling the court he was “absolutely sure” Jenni Hermoso gave her consent to his kiss on her lips that sparked global outrage.
Rubiales was forced to resign in 2023 after kissing Hermoso following Spain’s triumph at the Women’s World Cup in Australia.
February 12 – FIFA has been plunged into scandal following a report that federal agents in the USA have arrested one of the organisation’s executives for alleged sex with a minor.
February 12 – After seven days of witnesses and questions, the jury in the Sam Kerr trial took four hours and 17 minutes to find the Chelsea and Australian striker, not guilty of aggravated harassment of a police officer.
February 10 – Premier League champions Manchester City have launched a new legal action against the Premier League over associated party transactions (ATP).
February 7 – As the trial of disgraced former Spanish FA (RFEF) chief Luis Rubiales moved towards the end of its first week, teammates of Jenni Hermoso corroborated her account of the infamous World Cup kiss when they testified on Thursday.
February 7 – After years of turmoil within the Spanish FA (RFEF), at last some positive news.
New RFEF chief Rafael Louzan (pictured) will remain in his post after the country’s Supreme Court granted his appeal against a seven-year ban from holding public office.
February 5 – The trial of Chelsea and Australian international Sam Kerr continued yesterday with the striker saying she feared for her life when “trapped” in a taxi. This moment occurred before she was alleged to have caused racially aggravated harassment to a police officer, constable Stephen Lovell.
February 5 – Spain men’s coach Luis de la Fuente told the Luis Rubiales ‘kissgate’ trial on Tuesday that he did not get involved in discussions related to Jenni Hermoso after she was kissed on the lips by the former Spanish FA (RFEF) boss at the presentation ceremony.
February 4 – The US Soccer Federation (USSF) and the MLS are celebrating a major win after a federal jury in New York found that the USSF did not violate anti-trust law in denying the North American Soccer League (NASL) Division II league status.
The NASL which operated between 2011 and 2017 and included perhaps the US’s best known club name globally – the New York Cosmos – argued that the USSF and MLS had illegally conspired against the NASL to ensure it wasn’t sanctioned as a Division II league.
January 29 – A helicopter crash that killed the owner of Premier League club Leicester City and four others was an accident, an inquest jury has concluded.
January 29 – West Ham United have not had the happiest of times since moving from their much beloved Upton Park to the London Stadium, however, the club is potentially now £3.6 million better off after winning a court case against The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), which owns London Stadium.
January 28 – Serie A champion, and former Belgian international, Radja Nainggolan has been arrested as part of an investigation into cocaine trafficking into Europe from South America.