January 24 – Swiss prosecutors have dropped their investigation into Veron Mosengo-Omba, secretary general of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), citing insufficient evidence to proceed with legal action.
January 24 – Transitioning from being a professional footballer to a working life outside of playing the game is one of the biggest challenges a player undertakes.
January 24 – To successfully run an international tournament containing 32 teams from varying continents, an army of volunteers is an ‘absolute must’ for any organising committee. With the FIFA World Club Cup just a few months away from kick-off, the world’s governing body has been silent until now.
January 24 – Less than a year after reaching the Champions League final, Borussia Dortmund have sacked their coach, Nuri Sahin, following Tuesday’s defeat at Bologna which left them 13th in the new-look league system.
January 24 – Hosts Saudi Arabia, chasing a third title, will face Uzbekistan, Thailand and China in Group A of the AFC U17 Asian Cup to be played April 3-12.
January 24 – Chelsea Women have announced a new multi-year partnership with Constant Contact, a US-based digital marketing company specialising in helping small businesses and non-profits.
January 24 – 20-time Serie A champions, Football Club Internazionale Milano, better known as Inter Milan, have just signed their first partnership with Saudi Arabian technology company Zain KSA, who will become an Official Regional Partner.
January 24 – The Premier League is proving just as competitive off the pitch as it is on it, with the latest matchday setting a season-high attendance capacity record of 98.8%.
January 24 – Los Angeles is burning, but it is also building. Dignity Health Sports Park, home of 2024 MLS Cup Champion LA Galaxy and the west coast training base for US national teams, is at the start of a four-year upgrade.
January 24 – Manchester City has announced a multi-year partnership with Veritran, a digital technology specialist.
January 24 – The Bulgarian Professional Football League (BPFL) has agreed a sponsorship with one of the newest entrants to the Bulgarian online betting market, BET.bg.
January 23 – Swedish striker Viktor Gyökeres has been revealed as the top scorer of 2024 by the CIES Football Observatory after a superb season for Sporting CP, netting 64 goals across the past twelve months, 54 for his club and 10 at national team level.
January 23 – The FA Women’s National League (FA WNL) has provided a positive update on its ‘Empowering for Success’ strategy as it enters its final year of implementation. Introduced at the start of the 2022/23 season, it aims to help clubs in tiers three and four of the English women’s football pyramid to thrive both on and off the pitch.
January 23 – Despite being close to qualifying for the World Cup finals for the first time, Uzbekistan head coach Srečko Katanec resigned on Wednesday citing undisclosed health reasons.
January 23 – Real Betis have released new renderings of their ambitious plan to modernise the Benito Villamarín Stadium in Seville, with construction slated to begin at the end of the current season.