Inter Miami sign AutoNation stadium naming rights deal
April 13 – MLS side Inter Miami have secured a three-year stadium rights naming deal with US car retailer AutoNation. The agreement will also branding on first team training kits.
Court approves USWNT working conditions deal; focus back on equal pay compensation
By Samindra Kunti
April 13 – An American court has approved a partial deal between players of the United States women’s national team and the U.S. Soccer Federation over unequal working conditions.
Perez keeps grip on Real Madrid presidency until 2025
April 13 – Florentino Perez (pictured) has been re-elected as Real Madrid president for a fifth consecutive term in office, the Spanish club announced on Tuesday.
Spurs’ favourite Son racially abused after McTominay incident
April 13 – Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean international Son Heung-min is the latest English Premier League player to be targeted with racist abuse on social media.
AFC builds plan for women’s game with Champions League talk for 2023
April 12 – The AFC’s men’s Champions League kicks off this week. The women’s game in Asia could see the debut of a regional Champions League as early as 2023.
Wenger says automated VAR offsides could be in place by Qatar 2022
April 12 – Arsene Wenger, FIFA’s chief of global football development since 2019, says the game would be considerably improved if marginal offside calls are decided automatically and hopes it will happen in time for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, using Artificial Intelligence to make instant decisions.
Flamengo beat Palmeiras on penalties to win Brazilian Super Cup
April 12 – Flamengo claimed their first prize of the season winning the Brazilian Super Cup 6-5 on penalties against Palmeiras on Sunday.
National League hammers its clubs for failing to complete fixtures during the pandemic
By Andrew Warshaw
April 12 – In what amounts to one of the most draconian and insensitive rulings in non-league football, 17 English clubs have been punished for failing to meet fixture obligations – in the middle of a pandemic.
CAF go back to school with new championship launch plan
April 12 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has launched a Pan-African School Football Championship, the governing body announced on Saturday.
Italian legend De Rossi hospitalised
April 4 – Former Italy captain Daniele De Rossi, now the national team’s technical coach, has been admitted to an infectious diseases hospital with pneumonia symptoms after testing positive for coronavirus.
Man City seal new regional deal with noon.com platform
April 12 – Manchester City has added Middle Eastern e-commerce platform noon.com as a regional partner.
Palace reveal £58m loss and £30m covid hit
By David Owen
April 12 – The South London club Crystal Palace have announced a pre-tax loss of £58 million for 2019-20. This was after the accounting period was extended until the end of July. The Eagles are the third Premier League side so far to have adopted this business tactic, in spite of the inclusion of an extra month’s wages in operating costs for the period as a consequence.
UEFA greenlights eight cities for Euro 2020; Munich, Rome, Bilbao and Dublin given more time
By Andrew Warshaw
April 10 – UEFA have given four of the 12 European Championship host cities until April 19 to come up with further details of their plans to allow fans to attend – or risk being thrown out.
Villa post £99m ‘total loss’ to keep EPL clubs on course for staggering £1bn tide of red ink
By David Owen
April 10 – Aston Villa, the Birmingham club which has made sound on-field progress in its second season back in the Premier League big time, has become the latest English outfit to announce a substantial loss for the covid-impacted 2019-20 campaign.
Rangers, Swansea and Birmingham withdraw social media accounts in anti-racism protest
April 9 – Three British clubs have decided independently to boycott social media platforms because of online racist abuse.