January 6 – Nigeria and Egypt swept into the quarter finals of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco last night. With six quarter finalists now confirmed, the finals two slots in the last eight will be confirmed tonight with the winners of Algeria-Congo and Ivory Coast-Burkina Faso, going through.
January 5 – Gabon’s government has responded to a disastrous Africa Cup of Nations campaign by suspending the entire national team, the expelling coach Thierry Mouyouma, and star forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, from the national set-up after finishing bottom of their group in Morocco.
January 5 – James Johnson is conscious that grand declarations mean little without trust behind them. Six months into his role as chief executive of Canada Soccer Business (CSB), he frames his tenure not as a reset, but as a careful recalibration at a moment when the sport in Canada is edging towards its most significant summer.
January 5 – Bulgarian football is in mourning following the passing of Dimitar Penev, 80. The legendary Bulgarian player and coach, was widely regarded as the ‘strategist’ of Bulgarian football, and leaves behind an unparalleled legacy that shaped the sport in his home country for decades.
January 5 – Five-time finalists of MLS Cup, the New England Revolution are finally getting their own home after 30 years of toiling at the NFL home of the serial-winning New England Patriots.
January 2 – Fresh off winning their first MLS Cup, Inter Miami have announced a three-game pre-season tour through Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador as the MLS club attempts to capitalize on the ‘Messi Effect’ and push both brands into the global football conversation.
January 1 – The England Football Association (FA) has used the King’s New Year Honours list for 2026 to trumpet the ground-breaking success of the Lionesses’ at UEFA Women’s EURO 2025.
December 27 – Architectural and design practice Populous has been appointed by Birmingham City’s US owners Knighthead Capital Management to take forward development of the club’s Sports Quarter training complex.
December 23 – Plans to stage a Serie A fixture in Australia have been shelved, with Italy’s top flight confirming that AC Milan’s scheduled match against Como will no longer be played in Perth following regulatory complications involving the Asian Football Confederation.
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 – 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.