January 26 – The Bulgarian Council of Ministers has allocated €1,872,862.16 for the renovation of the Vasil Levski National Stadium, the country’s largest football venue.
January 26 – Trials allowing supporters to drink alcohol in the stands at Women’s Super League matches have received overwhelmingly positive feedback, prompting renewed debate over why such policies remain controversial in English football when they are routine across much of British sport. The sight of a beer snake at cricket matches being one of the traditions of the summer.
January 23 – Senegal coach Pape Thiaw has defended his side’s walk off the pitch during the Africa Cup of Nations final, saying it was an emotional response taken in the chaos of a moment.
January 23 – Major League Soccer (MLS) has fixed one of its most persistent self-inflicted problems. For 2026, the league will extend its summer transfer window, with the deadline moving to September 2.
January 23 – Police across Europe were kept busy on Thursday night as crowd trouble at three Europa League fixtures led to delays, injuries and police intervention before and during matches.
January 23 – After speculation that she was on the move to Europe and a Women’s Super League, the NWSL has hung on to one of its biggest with Trinity Rodman signing a new three-year deal with the Washington Spirit with the club saying she will be “a franchise cornerstone in Washington, D.C. through the 2028 season.
January 23 – The Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) has officially launched its ‘Renaissance’ plan, a strategic overhaul of the structure and organisation of Greek football from the grassroots level to elite national teams.
January 23 – Broadcast production specialists Tenfield will continue producing Uruguayan domestic football after exercising its contractual matching rights to retain the AUF’s host broadcast production for the 2026–29 cycle. They did leave it to the last moment, though, closing the deal at the death by matching a $4.94 million bid submitted by DirecTV/Torneos and La Corte.
January 22 – LaLiga has signed a new agreement with Brazil’s SportyBet as Spain’s top division continues to double down on one of its most important overseas markets.
January 22 – Real Madrid remain the financial benchmark in world football, finishing top of Deloitte’s latest Football Money League as the game’s biggest clubs pushed revenues to a new high.
January 22 – Juventus may still trade heavily on history but they got a potential glimpse into the future this week. According to the latest data from the CIES Football Observatory, winger Kenan Yildiz has outperformed his Juventus teammates more than any other under-22 player across Europe’s top five leagues.
January 22 – Real Madrid and England superstar Jude Bellingham insists his drinking-gesture celebration at the Estadio Santiago Bernabéu was never meant as provocation, but as satire.
January 22 – Amid tensions between the United States and Europe over Greenland, France’s sports minister has for the time being ruled out a boycott of the 2026 World Cup.
January 22 – Representatives from the Croatian Football Federation (HNS) and the Embassy of Canada in the Republic of Croatia met to coordinate logistics and fan safety ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup.
January 22 – The Swiss Canton of Vaud that had a motion before its Tuesday night Grand Council meeting calling for the revoking of UEFA’s tax exemption in the region, did not manage to progress its meeting agenda to the point of a vote. The motion is an attempt to bring pressure on UEFA to suspend the Israeli FA (IFA).