December 18 – Bulgaria’s Vitosha Bistritsa have withdrawn from the Elitbet Third League due to financial issues, with the club set to operate exclusively as a youth development academy moving forward.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.
December 18 – Electronics and home appliance retailer Euronics has agreed a three-year extension to its Women’s Champions League sponsorship, and added the 2029 Women’s Euro, to be played in Germany, to its UEFA sponsorship portfolio.
December 17 – Czech top tier club Bohemians Praha 1905 has agreed in principle to buy its Ďolíček stadium from Prague’s city government.
December 17 – The cost of injuries in elite European football is edging towards £3 billion, underlining the growing financial toll of an increasingly congested and physically demanding game.
December 17 – The Kings League is doubling down on its World Cup ambitions, confirming São Paulo as the host city for the 2026 Kings World Cup Nations in what is shaping up to be its most commercially significant statement yet.
December 17 – The United Soccer League has renewed Prinx Tires as the naming rights partner for the USL Cup for the 2026 and 2027 seasons.
December 17 – The Epic Battles short film from the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup has earned a Silver Clio Sports Award for Film Editing and a Bronze Clio Sports Award for Film Direction in a first for Concacaf.
December 17 – Aaron Ramsey’s time in Mexico has ended, and not the way he planned it with a last-minute thunderbolt winner, but with a missing dog, a plane ticket home, and one of the stranger footnotes in modern football.
December 16 – Ecuador’s Grupo Independiente Del Valle (IDV) has acquired a minority stake in Brazil’s Coritiba to expand their network of clubs.
December 16 – The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) has confirmed it will stick to its two-track process as it weighs up the long-term future of the KNVB Campus, keeping both the Zeist and Almere regions in play until at least the summer of 2026.
December 16 – The Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) has become the first continental association to become a Sports for Nature Signatory, marking a commitment to create and sustain healthy natural environments across Oceania.
December 16 – South Africa manager Hugo Broos has denied accusation of racism and sexism following comments on the late arrival of Mbekezeli Mbokazi at the latest national team camp.
December 16 – Serbian football powerhouse Red Star Belgrade have signed a co-operation agreement with the Eagles Sports Academy from Dubai, a renowned sports institution focused on developing young football talents and coaches.