January 13 – A football supporter has been jailed for 18 months after hitting Aberdeen’s Jack MacKenzie in the face with a seat thrown from the stands during a Scottish Premiership match.
January 13 – English football seemingly always finds an audience. The latest proof comes from Afghanistan, where Ariana Television Network (ATN) has secured the rights to show the closing stages of this season’s EFL Cup.
January 13 — The World Leagues Association (WLA) has come out in support of Italy’s Serie A and its member leagues following statements by web security platform Cloudflare after it was fined €14.2 million by Italy’s communications regulator for failing to block access to pirate streaming sites.
January 12 – Egypt brought Côte d’Ivoire’s Africa Cup of Nations title defence to an end as the quarter-final stage concluded with Egypt joining Nigeria, Morocco and Senegal in the semi-finals.
January 12 – Barcelona’s latest Super Cup success came once again far from home, edging Real Madrid 3-2 in Jeddah to retain a trophy that has become as much a Saudi Arabian event as a Spanish one.
January 12 – Some critics say that the FA Cup belongs to a bygone era, but when a big boy gets their nose tweaked, we’re once again reminded that it is the greatest knockout competition in world football.
January 12 – Major League Soccer (MLS) players have welcomed the league’s long-awaited decision to align its season with the global football calendar, but the reaction also raises an obvious question as to why it took this long?
January 11 – Nigeria Premier Football League (NPFL) Chief Operating Officer Davidson Owumi has written to the chairmen and general managers of the leagues 20 clubs, urging them to guard the reputation of the league as a commercial asset.
January 9 – While the jury is out on how good the US men’s team might be at the 2026 World Cup, the country’s referees are making an impact internationally. U.S. Soccer has confirmed a record 47 match officials have been appointed to the 2026 FIFA International Panel, following nominations by the Federation’s Referee Committee.
January 9 – The Nigerian government has stepped into the row over unpaid bonuses for Super Eagles players at the currrent Africa Cup of Nations, saying that it has approved and released the bonuses which should be in players’ bank accounts today and ahead of their quarter final clash with Algeria on Saturday.
January 8 – Minnesota United head coach Eric Ramsey, who joined the MLS club in February 2024, looks set to be returning to England to take charge of Championship club West Bromwich Albion.
January 9 – In a powerful tribute to one of football’s most enduring icons, CSKA has officially announced that its future youth academy will be named the Dimitar Penev Academy.
January 8 – The Turkish Football Federation has referred 212 officials to disciplinary board over illegal betting after announcing a massive investigation into illegal betting activities.
January 8 – The Bulgarian Football Union (BFU) has officially launched a pioneering pilot project aimed at identifying and tracking young football talents of Bulgarian descent living abroad.
January 8 – Debreceni VSC’s change of ownership is official, confirming months of speculation around the club’s future direction.