December 23 – End-of-year figures published by the Football Association of Ireland have a painted a picture of the current landscape of Irish domestic football – crowds across the League of Ireland continued to climb in 2025, with more than one million supporters attending matches over the course of the season.
December 23 – Former FC Barcelona defender Dani Alves is set to take his first formal step into club ownership after finalising the acquisition of Portuguese third-division side Sporting Clube de São João de Ver.
December 23 – Napoli added another piece of silverware to their collection on Monday night, lifting the Italian Super Cup with a 2–0 victory over Bologna in Riyadh, as Saudi Arabia again staged one of Italian football’s traditional showpiece events.
December 23 – The Football Federation of Macedonia (FFM) has officially launched an open competition to design a new trophy for the champion of the Macedonian First Football League.
December 23 – Relevent have spent the past decade quietly but decisively moving into the top tier of football’s commercial power structure. The company’s appointment of Boris Gartner as CEO is less a change of direction and more a confirmation of where Relevent now sit at the top table.
December 23 – In July 2023, the English Football Association (FA) set out a five-year sustainability strategy called ‘Playing for the Future,’ aimed at pushing its environmental ambitions forward. Last week, the body published a mid-strategy progress report.
December 23 – The business of U.S. youth soccer is a multi-billion-dollar industry, but for players and families, different leagues with different acronyms all fight for attention, claiming to be the best.
December 18 – FIFA has ordered Malaysia to forfeit three international matches by 3–0 scorelines after ruling that the national team fielded ineligible players, deepening a document forgery scandal that has already led to heavy sanctions, senior suspensions and criminal referrals across multiple jurisdictions.
December 18 – Liverpool have deepened their commitment to data-led operations after confirming a new multi-year partnership with SAS, which becomes the club’s official AI marketing automation partner.
December 18 – At a time when the cost of injuries in elite European football is edging towards £3 billion, physical robustness is fast becoming one of the most valuable – and overlooked – assets in the modern game.
December 18 – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has secured its most extensive European broadcast footprint to date for the TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025, concluding 20 separate media rights agreements covering more than 30 territories across the continent.
December 18 – UEFA Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain have been crowned FIFA Intercontinetal Cup victors after defeating CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores champions Flamengo 2-1 on penalties following a 1-1 draw in Qatar.
December 18 – Bulgaria’s Vitosha Bistritsa have withdrawn from the Elitbet Third League due to financial issues, with the club set to operate exclusively as a youth development academy moving forward.
December 18 – Former French striker Thierry Henry is to be honoured with the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2025 BBC Sports Personality of the Year ceremony.
December 18 – The UK government has given a final warning to former Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich. Release the £2.5 billion raised from the sale of the club for humanitarian aid in Ukraine within 90 days, or face court action.