February 15 – Paris St Germain coach Mauricio Pochettino has backed Lionel Messi to come good against Real Madrid in tonight’s mouth-watering Champions League last-16 first leg despite an underwhelming domestic campaign.
February 15 – Danish midfielder Christian Eriksen marked his 30th birthday with a first appearance since his cardiac arrest at last summer’s Euros, playing 60 minutes for his new club Brentford in behind-closed-doors friendly against fifth-tier club Southend United.
February 14 – With the Super Bowl’s cheapest tickets priced at an eye-watering $7,500 for last night’s NFL showpiece, UEFA has moved in the opposite ticket price direction, announcing it will be making available a chunk of free tickets to club fans in its finals this season.
February 14 – UEFA has issued a strong message to its referees to clamp down on simulation ahead of the Champions League knockout stages which start this week.
February 14 – A man was shot dead during a riot on Saturday among Palmeiras fans who had watched their team lose to Chelsea in the final of the Club World Cup.
February 14 – The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have vowed to rebrand and lift the image of the debt-ridden organisation with a new logo and identity as part of a new strategic plan.
February 14 – With the MLS season kick off less than two weeks away clubs and the MLS itself are scrambling to close new partnership and sponsorship deals for the season.
February 14 – Concacaf has moved swiftly following its promise to overhaul its referees’ procedures and upgrade the level of its elite match official structure.
February 14 – Gus Poyet has become the new manager of Greece’s national team after the country’s failure to qualify for the World Cup in Qatar.
February 14 – It has been a feisty start to the year for the AFC having completed its landmark expanded Women’s Asian Cup and progressed its men’s World Cup qualifiers to the final two rounds.
February 13 – Kai Havertz’s extra-time penalty strike crowned Chelsea World Champions with a 2-1 victory against Brazil’s Palmeiras in the final of the Club World Cup. The London club have now won every trophy available in the Roman Abramovich era.
February 13 – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) have replaced Bert Van Marwijk with Rodolfo Arruabarrena a month before crucial World Cup qualifiers on the road to Qatar 2022.
By Paul Nicholson
February 11 – For the first time the overseas broadcast rights revenues for the Premier League will be higher than the domestic broadcast deal.
February 11 – The English Premier League hopes to phase out all Covid-19 emergency measures by the end of this month.
February 11 – A decade after losing the 2012 competition, Chelsea will seek to win their first Club World Cup against Palmeiras from Brazil on Saturday to wrap up a tournament of which the future remains shrouded in mystery.