May 3 – Clinching a bronze medal at the U23 Asian Cup with a 2-1 extra-time victory against Indonesia, Iraq claimed Asia’s third and final ticket for the Olympic Games.  The Iraqis will join Japan and Uzbekistan in Paris at the men’s football tournament after defeating the Indonesians, who had dreamed of returning to the Olympic Games for the first …

May 3 – Dutch Eredivisie outfit Vitesse has started a crowdfunding campaign in a bid to retain the club’s professional status. Vitesse is in deep financial difficulty and has a deadline of two weeks to address the situation. The club is yet to obtain a professional license to enable it compete in next season’s league. “Let your yellow-black heart speak, …

May 5 – The UEFA Executive Committee has rubberstamped a recommendation from its national competitions committee to increase squad sizes from an original quota of 23 players to 26. UEFA said that although the squad size has been increased, competing nations aren’t obliged to fill the full 26 slots now available. The deadline for naming squads is June 7 with …