February 24 – Five-second countdowns for throw-ins and goal kicks are set to feature at this summer’s FIFA World Cup, with football’s lawmakers moving to clamp down on time-wasting and slow restarts. Read more …
February 2026 – International football’s once-maligned friendly window is growing more competitive every year, and the FIFA Series 2026 is the world governing body’s firmest attempt yet to make those dates matter.
February 23 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino has again floated the idea of world football launching its own cryptocurrency, telling an audience in Florida that the organisation is studying the creation of a ‘FIFA token’ or ‘FIFA coin’.
February 23 – FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s growing bromance with U.S. President Donald Trump has attracted interest in the corridors of power of Olympic sport, though having initially said they would investigate, have now issued a statement saying that the role Infantino is promoting for FIFA in Gaza is “in keeping’ with the role os a sports federation.
February 20 – World governing body FIFA will invest $75 million to rebuild Gaza’s infrastructure as a part of Donald Trump’s Board of Peace plans.
February 20 – Uefa looks set to greenlight FIFA’s plan to expand the Club World Cup to 48 teams for its next edition in 2029.
February 19 – Kansas City’s local World Cup organisers have confirmed details for the area’s FIFA Fan Festival, which is set to be a free, multi-week celebration right in the heart of the city.
February 19 – When FIFA comes to town, municipalities usually roll over – but two weeks after Foxborough’s World Cup security funding dispute burst into public view, there is no sign that local authorities are willing to budge on who will cover nearly $8 million in public safety costs tied to the seven 2026 World Cup matches scheduled for Gillette Stadium.
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.
February 12 – Ukrainian Football Association President Andriy Shevchenko is seeking a meeting with Gianni Infantino after the FIFA President’s recent push to reintegrate Russia into the international game.
February 9 – With exactly 500 days to go until the Women’s World Cup kicks off in Brazil, FIFA has shifted focus to building the narrative of the competition, unveiling a host-city artwork project designed to anchor the event in local culture.
February 3 – FIFA President Gianni Infantino has reiterated that football should lift its ban on Russia, arguing that the measure “has achieved nothing.”
February 2 – Arsenal won the inaugural FIFA Women’s Champions Cup on Sunday evening picking up the largest prize payout in the history of women’s football. An English team also won the first edition of the expanded men’s Club World Cup last summer, when Chelsea picked up $100 million.
February 2 – FIFA, The FA and the Women’s Super League Football (WSL Football) have announced two programmes to increase the number of women’s coaches in the game as the cornerstone of the Women’s Champions Cup 2026 legacy programme.
January 30 – The push from the Premier League and Major League Soccer, amongst many others, for temporary concussion substitutions (TCS) feels increasingly like an overdue correction rather than a tweaking of the rules.