March 7 – German Football League (DFL) chief Marc Lenz says global football is at a “crossroads” when it comes to competitive balance and the international calendar.
March 7 – European football is raking in more cash than ever, but UEFA’s latest Club Licensing Benchmarking Report warns that clubs are walking a financial tightrope. While revenue hit a record €26.8 billion in 2023—up nearly €3 billion from the previous year—so did costs, squeezing operating margins across the board.
March 7 – Brazil manager Dorival Junior has recalled former captain Neymar to the national team for World Cup qualifiers against Colombia and Argentina this month after an absence of more than a year.
March 7 – Turkey and Switzerland will be the pre-Gold Cup warm-ups for Mexico and the USA before the Concacaf tournament kicks off this summer.
March 7 – The SoFi Stadium in Hollywood Park is this week laying grass over the top of the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams pitch in preparation for the Concacaf Nations League finals that kick off March 20.
March 7 – The first FIFA/Coca-Cola Women’s World Ranking of 2025 has been released. With 196 teams now officially ranked, this edition showcases new entries, impressive climbs, and a few surprises that reveal the shifting dynamics of the women’s international game as it continues to rapidly develop.
March 7 – Toyota Canada has joined forces with the Northern Super League (NSL) as its exclusive automotive partner, taking a huge step in supporting the growth of women’s soccer in the region.
March 7 – The Ghana Football Association (GFA) has renewed its partnership with Decathlon Ghana, reaffirming a collaboration that has been a steady pillar of support for football development in the country over the past four years.
March 7 – Long rumored, and now official, US Club Soccer, US Youth Soccer and the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) have announced that they will be transitioning away from a mandated Birth Year age group policy, and into a more flexible policy starting with the 2026-27 season.
March 7 – The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas has been selected as the International Broadcast Center (IBC) for the 2026 World Cup to be hosted in the United States, Mexico, and Canada.
March 6 – Referee abuse is on the rise in both professional and youth games, which is why it is imperative that the pros set a good example, however, that message didn’t get through to Lyon head coach, Paulo Fonseca.
March 7 – Botev Plovdiv owner Anton Zingarevich has published an open letter to players and staff expressing his outrage over the team’s results since the beginning of the year. Botev’s team has not yet won a single league match and was eliminated from the Bulgarian Cup by champions Ludogorets on penalties.
March 6 – The umbrella body covering Europe’s major leagues says it won’t back down in its legal dispute with FIFA and that it is increasingly confident of its case.
Last October, European Leagues joined forces with FIFPRO, the players’ international union, in filing a complaint to the European Commission over FIFA’s “abuse of dominant position”, specifically the international match calendar.
March 6 – CIES Football Observatory’s latest study has identified the 100 players outside Europe’s top five leagues whose transfer values have surged the most over the past six months, with Porto’s Samu Aghehowa leading the way.
March 6 – In a Super Bowl-style collaboration, Coldplay vocalist Chris Martin is working with FIFA to curate a half–time spectacular at the World Cup final next year.