Overview
- Judge Luis Armella authorized more than 30 simultaneous searches at AFA headquarters, the LPF offices and numerous clubs to seize accounting records and digital devices.
- Prosecutors moved to lift bank secrecy on 17 teams to trace financial flows, as authorities probe Sur Finanzas, a recent sponsor across Argentine football, for large-scale tax evasion and suspected laundering.
- The LPF postponed the fixture event by 24 hours and then conducted an improvised live stream that featured delays and website errors before confirming the 2026 format.
- The league set two zones of 15 teams with 16 regular-season matches per club, including two interzonals (the classic and an additional crossover), followed by single-elimination playoffs from the round of 16.
- Several clubs issued statements characterizing their Sur Finanzas ties as sponsorships only—Racing also cited an outstanding debt—while AFA president Claudio Tapia met top-flight leaders in Ezeiza under intensified scrutiny without announced charges.