April 9 – Fenerbahce have defended their walking off the field in the Turkish Super Cup against Istanbul rivals Galatasaray, saying they are protesting against a football system in the country that is rigged.
April 9 – UEFA is considering increasing squad sizes for this summer’s European Championship in Germany to 26 players following talks with coaches.
April 9 – Cereal brand Kellogg’sis providing 30,000 free spces at football camps throughout Great Britain this summer for 7-14 year olds.
April 8 – In an extraordinary move, Fenerbahce fielded a youth team and walked off the pitch two minutes into the Turkish Super Cup final on Sunday, handing bitter rivals Galatasaray the trophy.
April 8 – The Italian Football Federation has opened an investigation into Roma defender Gianluca Mancini after he waved a flag depicting Lazio fans as ‘rats’ on Saturday.
April 8 – A huge cache of rockets and explosive devices was seized before the start of Bulgaria’s biggest derby between Levski and CSKA Sofia on Sunday.
By Samindra Kunti in Leuven
April 8 – World champions Spain kicked off their Euro 2025 qualifying campaign with a 7-0 demolition job of Belgium as FC Barcelona’s Salma Paralluelo starred, scoring a hat-trick.
April 8 – The battle this week in the Champions League quarter finals will also see some of Europe’s biggest football club social media accounts swing into action.
April 5 – With the UEFA Champions League (UCL) resuming next week at the quarter final stage, Football Benchmark has undertaken a financial analysis and comparison of the qualified clubs, examining the economic balance of the pairings.
April 5 – Disgraced former Spanish FA boss Luis Rubiales remains defiant in the face of a possible prison sentence and suggests he’s being punished for being a man.
April 5 – Wisla Krakow have threatened to boycott the Polish Cup final if a ban on their fans attending the game is upheld.
April 5 – Scenes of violence marked the Croatian Cup semi-final between Hajduk Split and Dinamo Zagreb. After the match at the Poljud Stadium, which ended with a 1-0 victory to the visitors from Zagreb, the home team’s ultras broke through security on to pitch to confront the Hajduk players.
April 5 – Hull City manager Liam Rosenior is the latest club manager to call for social media users to be made more accountable after being the target of online racist comments.
April 4 – Spanish top-flight club Getafe have been ordered to partially close their central stand for three matches by the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) following the racial and xenophobic abuse suffered by Sevilla manager Quique Sánchez Flores and player Marcus Acuna (pictured) in Saturday’s league game.
April 4 – The Turkish Football Federation has ordered Trabzonspor to play their next six home matches in front of empty stands following the riots after the Super Lig match between Trabzonspor and Fenerbahce last month.