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Leading stories and industry insights

Report: Football 2016-2026, Chapter 9: Performance, Science and Talent Development

August 27, 2026

This article summarises Chapter 9 of Football 2016–2026: The Decade that Rewrote the Rules, the World Football Summit report marking ten years of structural change

Report: Football 2016-2026, Chapter 9: Performance, Science and Talent Development

August 27, 2026

This article summarises Chapter 9 of Football 2016–2026: The Decade that Rewrote the Rules, the World Football Summit report marking ten years of structural change

The Fan Behind... Javier Tebas

Javier Tebas Opens Up in the Inaugural Edition of New Interview Series “The Fan Behind…”

August 11, 2026

El presidente de LaLiga Javier Tebas inaugura nueva serie de entrevistas “The Fan Behind…”

August 11, 2026

WFS and Substack team up to champion a new era of sports media

August 5, 2026

Formula 1’s Liam Parker to Speak at WFS Madrid 2026, as F1 Becomes First “Guest Sport” of the Summit

July 30, 2026

GIS x WFS Scholarship Partnership at WFS Madrid 2026

July 30, 2026

“AI will change everything about football… except the 90 minutes”

July 16, 2026

Pedro Pinto returns as MC for WFS Madrid 2026

July 16, 2026

The Female Leaders Programme will reach new heights at WFS Madrid’s Tenth Anniversary edition

July 9, 2026

Thibaut Courtois to Discuss Athlete Investment at WFS Madrid 2026

July 2, 2026

WFS Madrid Awards

WFS Awards 2026: Official jury revealed

June 25, 2026

The right call, faster: How SAOT is transforming football officiating in Mexico and beyond

SAOT: From Officiating Tool to Commercial Asset

June 25, 2026

Less than a month left to apply for the WFS Awards 2026

June 18, 2026

World Cup Stadiums: What FIFA requires and what cities are left with

June 18, 2026

10 lessons WFS Mexico City taught us about the future of football

June 11, 2026

Concacaf presented the case of Concacaf Kickoff at WFS Mexico City.

WFS Mexico City Day 2: Fan identity, new audiences and the 365-day stadium

June 5, 2026

WFS Mexico City Day 1: The biggest World Cup in History, fan data and ROI

June 4, 2026

The World Cup that built nothing

May 28, 2026

One week for WFS Mexico City: speakers, topics, brands and everything you need to know

May 25, 2026

How the NBA built a sports economy in Africa and what football can learn from it

May 21, 2026

Marc Spiegel: “Liga MX is unique because it has a major commercial engine in the US”

May 7, 2026

Vuelve el programa de becas de WFS y Johan Cruyff Institute

May 7, 2026

Back in play: Wera Kuri kicks off community pitch renovation in Mexico City with Comex, WFS and Zucaritas

April 30, 2026

WFS Reports Downloadable resources

WFS Reports
Downloadable resources

Report: Football 2016-2026, Chapter 9: Performance, Science and Talent Development

August 27, 2026

Report: Football 2016–2026, Chapter 8: Football, Geopolitics and Global Power

August 20, 2026

Report: Football 2016–2026, Chapter 7: Commercial Strategy & Intellectual Property

August 13, 2026

Report: Football 2016–2026, Chapter 6: Competition Formats & Alternative Models

August 6, 2026

New Report: Football 2016–2026, Chapter 5: Broadcasting, Rights and Distribution

July 30, 2026

Report: Football 2016–2026, Chapter 4: The Business Case for Women’s Football

July 23, 2026

Report: Football 2016-2026, Chapter 3: The Stadium Economy

July 16, 2026

New Report: Football 2016–2026 – Chapter 2: From passion project to asset class

July 9, 2026

Fooball 2016-2026: The Decade that Rewrote the Rules

New Report – Football 2016–2026: The Decade that Rewrote the Rules

July 2, 2026

New Report: LATAM football assets

May 14, 2026

New report: how MLS stopped being a destination and became a market

April 30, 2026

Introducing the WFS half-time report: “The end of the captive fan”

April 16, 2026

Futbol Femenino Mexicano

Women’s football in Mexico: Eight Years of a League that is Changing the Game

March 11, 2026

The future of football

November 27, 2025

¡Menos ruido, más ingresos!

October 29, 2025

WFS Case Studies

September 18, 2025

Asia – Pacific Women’s Football

August 6, 2025

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The numbers behind the 2026 World Cup

May 4, 2025

Report-Asia-Panels

WFS Riyadh 24 Panels Report

March 18, 2024

REPORT Sustainability in the Football Industry

Sustainability in Football Report

March 18, 2024

Sportainment & Venue Experiences Report

March 18, 2024

Football & Tourism Report

Football & Tourism Report

December 20, 2023

The Pundit’s Seat
Exclusive insights from the game's brightest minds

The Pundit’s Seat
Exclusive insights from
the game's brightest minds

WFS’ interview series featuring in-depth conversations with leading experts across the football industry.

MATINAL founders on why football needs to “separate culture from performance”

August 6, 2026

Simon Chadwick: “World Cup 2026 will be remembered as a structural tipping point: a US-style operating model is now programmed into FIFA’s DNA”

July 22, 2026

“AI will change everything about football… except the 90 minutes”

July 16, 2026

Common Goal CEO Mary Connor: “If Common Goal was a Federation it would be the third in the World”

May 21, 2026

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Kike Levy: “Football is the infrastructure for community, identity and belonging”

April 23, 2026

N3xt Sports CEO Mounir Zok on the AI readiness gap in sports: “AI is exposing structural weaknesses in how data is treated”

April 9, 2026

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