February 19 – UEFA has collaborated with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on a Girls’ Grassroots Participation and Coach Education workshop in Kuala Lumpur, strengthening the two bodies’ collaboration on the development of the women’s game.
February 19 – The newly-rebranded Canadian Soccer Media & Entertainment (CSME) has strengthened its grip on the Canadian football broadcast landscape after agreeing a one-year extension with CONCACAF for exclusive domestic media rights.
February 19 – American billionaire Leon Cooperman has increased his stake in Manchester United, taking his holding to 5.2% of the club’s publicly traded Class A shares.
February 19 – Costa Rica’s CS Cartaginés held last year’s Champions Cup finalists to a 0-0 draw in the round one, first leg of their tie at Estadio Fello Meza, Cartago, Costa Rica.
February 18 – Raw speed has long been one of football’s most prized assets – and, increasingly, one that enhances a player’s market value as much as their output on the pitch. Fresh data from the CIES Football Observatory underlines just how decisive top-end pace can be in the modern game, particularly as we the latter stages of the UEFA Champions League.
February 18 – Birmingham City Women have been sold to the club’s ownership group, Shelby Companies Limited, alongside a group of independent investors that includes former England international Karen Carney and former women’s tennis world No.1 Kim Clijsters, who has taken a minority stake.
February 18 – A new cross-organisation partnership, comprised of the English football authorities, the UK Football Policing Unit and regulator Ofcom, has been launched to strengthen efforts to combat online abuse in football and protect the players.
February 18 – The on-going war on streaming pirates has again hit the courts, this time in Spain, with another victory for rights owners and their broadcast buyers.
February 18 – Arsenal are to introduce safe standing at the Emirates Stadium, starting in the Clock End lower tier for both home and away supporters, in the 2026-27 season. The scheme will then extend to the North Bank, with around 13,500 fans expected to be using safe standing areas by 2027–28.
February 17 – There are good starts to a game, and then there are dream starts. At Estadio Francisco Morazán in the capital of Honduras, San Pedro Sula, LAFC had the latter.
February 17 – Nashville SC made it a difficult Champions Cup debut for Atletico Ottawa at Hamilton Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, securing a 2-0 lead for the second leg at home next Tuesday.
February 17 – The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) has extended its collaboration with Ticketmaster Hellas, who remain the Greek federation’s exclusive ticketing services provider for all matches they organise.
February 18 – Italian football is taking its engagement fantasy football to the next level with the announcement that the 20 clubs of Serie A have approved the league’s acquisition of a 51% controlling stake in fantasy football platform Fantacalcio.
February 18 – The BBC has agreed to sub-license eight Serie A matches across the remainder of the 2025–26 season from DAZN.
February 17 – The Premier League has secured a 25% uplift on its broadcast deal in South America and the Caribbean after agreeing a new long-term extension with ESPN, understood to be worth around £450 million through to 2031, according to reports.
February 18 – History will be written in Cartago as CS Cartaginés face Canadian opposition for the first time in the competition.
February 17 – The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is still weighing up the venue for the UEFA Nations League match against Israel in October. Meanwhile, the Israel Football Association (IFA) wants to stage international fixtures at home again.
February 17 – The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has confirmed a four-year extension of its partnership with DHL Express Ireland, who will remain the association’s official logistics partner.
February 17 – FIFA President Gianni Infantino was presented with a Lebanese passport at the Interior Ministry in Beirut on Monday, several months after being granted citizenship by the country’s president.